People much cannier than I have been trying to unravel the money trail of the many dummy organizations used by the Koch Brothers to funnel money to propaganda machines.
Thanks to a state-by-state review of the Koch Brothers labyrinthine finances, we now know that the Koch Brothers have been the largest rainmaker for the Caesar Rodney Institute. Here’s the info on Delaware, and the literal money quote:
CRI is not required to disclose its donors to the public, and does not do so voluntarily. The two known CRI donors, though, are both secretive right-wing organizations based in Virginia. In just the two years of 2009 and 2010, CRI received $352,500 from the Koch-funded Donors Capital Fund – representing 61% of CRI’s total funding in those two years. Donors Capital Fund, known as the “dark money ATM of the conservative movement,” keeps its own funders anonymous, therefore adding another layer of secrecy. The only other known CRI funder is the State Policy Network (also a Koch-funded non-profit), which funneled $66,000 to the institute between 2008 and 2010.
Alert the media!: As I pointed out from its inception, CRI is nothing but a propaganda tool funded by the right-wing big money guys. The media should either cite the fact that CRI is underwritten by the Koch cabal, or stop using its stuff and stop providing a platform for its ‘experts’. Either identify them properly for who and what they are, or cross them off your e-rolodexes. Anything else is journalistic malpractice.