The Lobbyist, The Marauder, The Not So Magnificent AsperSons And...

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.....The Straight Talkin' Senator?

LordBlackBackInTheCrossHairs
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Oh boy.

Never underestimate the follow-up power of emptywheel.

I mean, who else would have unearthed this little nugget:

On July 31, 2000, Alcalde & Fay--and their lobbyist Vicki Iseman--terminated their lobbying activities for CanWest, a big Canadian media company. That day, CanWest had achieved the goal Alcalde & Fay had been assisting with: the acquisition of much of Conrad Black's media empire in Canada.

Iseman and her colleagues had been lobbying the FCC, the House of Representatives, and the Senate (including John McCain, with whom McCain's advisors believed Iseman had an inappropriate relationship at the time) to win approval for the foreign purchase of American broadcast companies--that is, Conrad Black's properties, which were headquartered in Chicago.

And that is only one of a number of media consolidation deals that Ms. Iseman and her bosses have been involved with over the years.

Kind of changes one's perspective about how quickly so many Media Co's have closed ranks behind their charges since the 'Romancing The Lobbyist Stone' story ran in the NYT last week, eh?

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