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  • August 2008

    • Top Black Donors Emerge as New Force

      New York Times  |  Aug 29, 08 7:27 AM CDT

      Top Black Donors Emerge as New Force

      (Newser) - Barack Obama's rise to the top of the Democratic Party has a special resonance for one group: African-American business leaders who, like the candidate, were among the first blacks to enter into all-white industries. As the New York Times reports, black lawyers, bankers, and corporate titans see in Obama an echo of their own climbs—and are expressing their excitement by raising millions for the campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama  • campaign fundraising  • race  • blacks  • African-Americans  • corporate execs

    • Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 7, 08 1:56 PM CDT

      Exec: I Was Fired for Not Donating to Mitt

      (Newser) - An ex-executive with a Chicago-based consulting group has filed an employment bias complaint, alleging that he was fired in part for his refusal to donate to Mitt Romney’s campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports. The complaint offers a rare glimpse into the machinery of corporate donations. In emails seen by the Journal , Huron Group’s CEO asks employees to back the Republican. “This is just business and the way business works,” he writes. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • campaign finance  • campaign contributions  • corporate  • corporate execs  • Huron

  • July 2008

    • In Good Times and Bad, Looks Matter

      Washington Post  |  Jul 21, 08 1:07 PM CDT

      In Good Times and Bad, Looks Matter

      (Newser) - Did so many people believe IndyMac CEO Michael Perry's assurances that his company was doing fine because of his baby face? A forthcoming study suggests that soft features like "large eyes, small nose, high forehead and small chin," engender more favorable bias in viewers, the Washington Post reports. The effect only goes so far, however. More »

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      subprime mortgage crisis  • CEO  • IndyMac  • corporate execs  • appearances  • consumer psychology

  • May 2008

    • CNN Reporter: Corp. Execs Pushed Media to Play Up War

      Salon  |  May 29, 08 9:58 AM CDT

      CNN Reporter: Corp. Execs Pushed Media to Play Up War

      (Newser) - CNN reporter Jessica Yellin charged on-air last night that “the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives” to present the Iraq war consistently “with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings.” Responding to Scott McClellan’s complaint that reporters were too “deferential,” Yellin—who was at ABC in the war run-up—told Anderson Cooper her own pieces were edited to elevate the positive and downplay the critical. More »

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      CNN  • media bias  • Scott McClellan  • corporate execs

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