Today’s quotable
Wednesday, Apr 18, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Tribune…
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scheduled to appear on a Monday panel in Chicago presented by Axios, a Virginia-based news site founded by former top names at Politico. […]
What’s a bit more unusual is who’s sponsoring the event. It’s Koch Industries, the business empire of Charles and David Koch, brothers best known for using their wealth to pour tens of millions of dollars into conservative causes and candidates, often kicking up controversy in the process. The Koch brothers long have drawn the ire of national Democrats for their outsize influence in conservative politics, with progressives often accusing the brothers of trying to buy elections. […]
Emanuel spokesman Adam Collins said the mayor is “looking forward to a thoughtful conversation with a nationally respected, nonpartisan news organization about topics that matter to our city.”
“I didn’t know and can’t help who sponsors the event, but if long-standing and widely differing views was a nonstarter, we wouldn’t have held similar events with the Chicago Tribune either,” he added.
Zing.
- ZC - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 9:30 am:
Axios does decent stuff from what I’ve read. It’s news for people with attention deficit disorder but I don’t see marked bias.
- Shytown - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 9:37 am:
Adam Collins, winning; Tribune, losing.
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 9:55 am:
On the plus side, the Koch Boys aren’t known for regular temper tantrums and lighting their hair on fire, either.
- VanillaMan - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 10:03 am:
It works because the Brothers aren’t behaving like the stereotypes they’ve been painted as being.
Love the “outsized influence” twist in the article. Just couldn’t be neutral, right?
- Anon35 - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 1:02 pm:
@Shytown
Not sure how Adam Collins is winning when he gives the typical arrogant response that comes out of the Emanuel Camp. The only surprise is that he didn’t distract from the issue, which is how they operate 99% of the time.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 2:23 pm:
“It works because the Brothers aren’t behaving like the stereotypes they’ve been painted as being.”
I have no idea what the Koch brothers are like as people and have never given it much thought. So I’m not sure what stereotype you have in mind. I doubt they act like cartoon villains. Heck, even Stalin was considered charming in social circles in his younger days.
- Radio Flyer - Wednesday, Apr 18, 18 @ 11:10 pm:
“I didn’t know and can’t help who sponsors the event, but if long-standing and widely differing views was a nonstarter, we wouldn’t have held similar events with the Chicago Tribune either,” he added.
You know what is a nonstarter for me, is an infant on a ventilator because the “sponsers” can’t be bothered to cover their mountain of petcoke on the southeast side.
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/05/chicagos-petcoke-woes-are-far-from-over/371171/