NBC Reporter Was on UN Lobby Payroll

摘要

Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post wrote a story in late January about how MSNBC President Rick Kaplan has put more NBC into MSNBC. Since Rick Kaplan was named president of MSNBC a year ago, Kurtz reported, his colleagues say that one of his main achievements has been "forging a tighter partnership with NBC News." The assumption is that NBC is a valuable resource. But on one of the hottest stories around, the UN corruption scandal, NBC has been out to lunch. Why? Its UN reporter has been on the payroll of the UN lobby. Linda Fasulo, the UN correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, has written a pro-UN book, "An Insider's Guide to the UN," which reads like the UN paid for it. Actually, the pro-UN lobby paid for it. In a monstrous conflict of interest for a supposed straight news reporter, Fasulo acknowledges Ted Turner's UN Foundation and Better World Campaign for "their generous financial support" of her book project. She also thanks the Rockefeller Brothers Fund "for helping to fund the project."