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October 31, 2011

The 1% Have A Stranglehold On Politics: New Al Jazeera Documentary Sheds Light On The Koch Brothers

By Amanda Lang

Al Jazeera released a new mini-documentary yesterday on the Koch Brothers -- the multi-billionare energy tycoons who have spent over $50 million on campaigns to tear down the science of climate change and clean energy policy. The documentary features a lengthy interview with our colleague Lee Fang, an investigative reporter with Think Progress, who has played a major role in uncovering the strong "web of influence" of the Koch Brothers on stat ...

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Al Jazeera released a new mini-documentary yesterday on the Koch Brothers -- the multi-billionare energy tycoons who have spent over $50 million on campaigns to tear down the science of climate change and clean energy policy. The documentary features a lengthy interview with our colleague Lee Fang, an investigative reporter with Think Progress, who has played a major role in uncovering the strong "web of influence" of the Koch Brothers on state and federal politicians. The film touches on the Koch role in everything from health care to energy policy. It's worth the watch. (Note: much of the energy and climate stuff is in the second half, after about 15 minutes.) This is exactly why "the other 99%" of Americans are protesting in the streets.

Authors Bio:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.


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