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Joinfortmill

(14,443 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:41 PM Mar 2022

WTF? CBS News hired Mick Mulvaney, a former Trump Admin official, as a paid contributor.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-30-2022?s=r

Letters from an American: Heather Cox Richardson

"As director of OMB, Mulvaney okayed the withholding of almost $400 million Congress had appropriated for Ukraine’s protection against Russia. In May 2019, he set up “the three amigos,” Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, special envoy Kurt Volker, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, to pressure Zelensky.

...the Washington Post tonight revealed that he had reviewed a recording of a phone call in which the co-president of CBS News, Neeraj Khemlani, suggested they had hired Mulvaney to guarantee access to Republican lawmakers. “If you look at some of the people that we’ve been hiring on a contributor basis, being able to make sure that we are getting access to both sides of the aisle is a priority because we know the Republicans are going to take over, most likely, in the midterms,” Khemlani told staff."
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WTF? CBS News hired Mick Mulvaney, a former Trump Admin official, as a paid contributor. (Original Post) Joinfortmill Mar 2022 OP
Call CBS to file a complaint at (212) 975-4321. zuul Mar 2022 #1
Found video where Mulvaney makes his first appearance. He's not too bad, even says ridh manipulate Hoyt Mar 2022 #2
poor Stephen Colbert is at CBS IcyPeas Mar 2022 #3

zuul

(14,627 posts)
1. Call CBS to file a complaint at (212) 975-4321.
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 03:42 PM
Mar 2022

An operator will answer. Tell him/her that you want the complaint department. You will be connected to a line where you can leave a recorded message.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. Found video where Mulvaney makes his first appearance. He's not too bad, even says ridh manipulate
Thu Mar 31, 2022, 05:46 PM
Mar 2022

their taxes, and how we deal with that needs to be discussed.

He's definitely goofy looking.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-tax-how-billionaire-minimum-income-tax-works-cbs-news-explains/

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