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Council on Foreign Relations
Ruling Class Journalists and Propagandists
Author: Mordechai Zember
Updated on April 24, 2006
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*= former CFR member; does not appear on 2005 CFR roster
Television:
ABC
Barbara Walters
Diane Sawyer
Juju Chang
Jim Sciutto
Lynn Sherr 20/20
Tamala Edwards
*George Stephanopoulos
*Ted Koppel
Susan Robinson King former correspondent
C. Robert Zelnick former correspondent
NBC
Brian Williams - anchor
Andrea Mitchell (Alan Greenspans wife)
Katie Couric NBC Today
Alan S. Murray co-host of Capital Report on CNBC
Tom Brokaw retired; currently a director of CFR
Marvin Kalb former moderator of Meet The Press
Michael D. Mosettig former producer of NBC Nightly News and NBC Today Show
*David Brinkley
CBS
Katie Couric designated CBS News anchor
Dan Rather 60 Minutes; former anchor
Lesley Stahl 60 Minutes
*Edward R. Bradley 60 Minutes
Martha Teichner CBS News Sunday Morning
Marquita Pool-Eckert senior producer of CBS Sunday Morning
Marshall Loeb - columnist for CBSMarketWatch.com and commentator on CBS radio
Lowell A. Bergman former 60 Minutes producer
George Crile III producer/reporter for 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II
Neeraj Khemlani producer of 60 Minutes
Barbara Cochran former Washington bureau chief
*Charles Collingwood
Marlene Sanders former producer and correspondent
David A. Andelman former correspondent
CNN
Paula Zahn (former FOX anchor, former CBS anchor)
Kathryn Kitty Pilgrim
Sanjay Gupta medical correspondent
David B. Ensor
Peter L. Bergen
Garrick Utley former host of NBCs Meet the Press
Judy Woodruff former correspondent
April A. Oliver fired by CNN for her Operation Tailwind investigation
FOX
Robert Anthony Tony Snow
Linda J. Vester
Morton Kondracke Beltway Boys
Mansoor Ijaz terrorism analyst
PBS
Jim Lehrer - anchor
Margaret G. Warner co-anchor
Michael Getler omsbudman
Joan Ganz Cooney producer of Sesame Street
Deborah Amos NPR and ABC
Daniel Schorr NPR, All Things Considered, former New York Times journalist
*Robert L. McNeill - retired
Michael D. Mosettig former producer of PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
*Bill D. Moyers retired
Magazines:
Newsweek
Jonathan Alter senior editor and columnist
Christopher S. Dickey Paris bureau chief
Dorinda Elliott former correspondent
Nisid Hajari managing editor of Newsweek International
Michael Hirsh senior editor
*Joe Klein
Tamara Lipper
Marcus Mabry a senior editor
Jane Bryant Quinn contributing editor
Elizabeth Lally Weymouth - columnist
*George F. Will contributing editor and columnist
Fareed Zakaria - Newsweek International and ABC
Time, Inc.
*Hedley Donovan former editor-in-chief
Joel Dreyfuss senior editor of Fortune magazine
Charles R. Eisendrath former correspondent
Dorinda Elliott former assistant managing editor
*Henry A. Grunwald former editor-in-chief
Stephen Handelman - columnist
Stanley Karnow former chief correspondent for Time and Life
Louis Kraar former Fortune magazine correspondent
Bernard Krisher former Time-Asia propagandist
*Henry R. Luce former editor-in-chief and founder of Time and Life
Marguerite Michaels Midwest bureau chief
Norman Pearlstine current editor-in-chief
Jerrold Schecter former correspondent
Others
Jodie T. Allen managing editor of U.S. News & World Report
William L. Allen former editor-in-chief for National Geographic
David A. Andelman Executive Editor of Forbes.com
David Bosco senior editor of Foreign Policy
*William F. Buckley, Jr. - National Review
Arnaud de Borchgrave former editor of Insight magazine
*Steven A. Emerson - former CNN reporter; author of American Jihad
James M. Fallows national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly
Nathan Gardels editor of New Perspectives Quarterly and Global Viewpoint
Philip Gourevitch staff writer for The New Yorker
Nikolas K. Gvosdev executive director of The National Interest
Roger Hertog - The New Republic
Hendrik Hertzberg Managing Director of The New Yorker
Edward Klein - Parade magazine; author of "The Truth About Hillary"
James Klurfeld columnist for Newsday
Morton Kondracke editor of Roll Call
*Irving Kristol Public Interest, godfather of neo-conservatism
Lewis H. Lapham editor of Harpers magazine
Karl E. Meyer editor of World Policy Journal
Lucia Mouat former UN correspondent for Christian Science Monitor
Patrick J. ORourke correspondent for The Atlantic and contributing editor at The Weekly Standard
Daniel Pipes - publisher of Middle East Quarterly
Stephen Schlesinger publisher of World Policy Journal
Andrew L. Shapiro The Nation magazine
Stanley K. Sheinbaum publisher of New Perspectives Quarterly
Stephen G. Smith former editor of U.S. News & World Report
R. Emmett Tyrrell - American Spectator
Vijay Vaithweeswaran correspondent for The Economist
Katrina vanden Heuvel editor of The Nation
Jacob M. Weisberg editor of Slate magazine
*Leon Wieseltier - The New Republic
Mortimer Zuckerman, Editor-in-Chief of U.S. News & World Report
Charlie Rose - Charlie Rose Show
Bernard Kalb retired
Newspapers:
New York Times
Elizabeth Becker agricultural writer
Ethan Bronner deputy foreign editor
Lynette Clemetson - correspondent
Ann Crittenden former reporter
Barbara Crossette former UN bureau chief
Thomas L. Friedman columnist
Pranay Gupte former correspondent
Bernard Gwertzman foreign affairs
*Joseph Kraft former columnist
Nicholas D. Kristof columnist
*Paul Krugman columnist
Joseph Lelyveld former executive editor
Anthony Lewis former columnist
*Flora Lewis former columnist
*Walter Lippmann
Judith Miller - columnist (questioned in Plame case)
Abraham Michael (A.M.) Rosenthal columnist and former executive editor
David E. Sanger White House correspondent
Seymour Topping formering managing editor and foreign editor
Washington Post
*Nurith Aizenman
Anne E. Applebaum columnist
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Pamela Constable deputy foreign editor; former Kabul Bureau Chief
Karen J. DeYoung associate editor
Jackson K. Diehl columnist
David R. Ignatius
Robert Kagan columnist
Robert G. Kaiser
Glenn A. Kessler
Charles Krauthammer columnist
Thomas Lippman former Middle East bureau chief
Caryle M. Murphy
Don Oberdorfer staff writer
Walter H. Pincus
*George F. Will columnist
Robin Wright correspondent
Wall Street Journal
*Max Boot columnist
Paul Steiger
Alan S. Murray
Marcus Brauchli global news editor
John C. Bussey deputy managing editor
Daniel Henninger deputy editor of the editorial page
Melanie Kirkpatrick associate editor of the editorial page
Kenneth H. Bacon former columnist
*Robert L. Bartley former Editor
*L. Gordon Crovitz Senior Vice President
Susan Bennett former diplomatic correspondent for Knight-Ridder newspapers; former USA Today editorial writer
*Linda Chavez syndicated columnist
Lee Cullum - columnist for Dallas Morning News; commentator on PBS
Arnaud de Borchgrave former editor-in-chief of Washington Times and former senior editor of Newsweek
Dennis A. Britton former editor-in-chief of Denver Post and Chicago Sun-Times
Georgie Anne Geyer syndicated columnist; author of Guerilla Prince (Fidel Castro); first westerner to interview Saddam Hussein
Carol Giacomo diplomatic correspondent for Reuters News Agency
Pranay Gupte business columnist for The New York Sun
Edwin O. Guthman former editor of Los Angeles Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lucy Komisar journalist and author of The New Feminism; a rabid feminist
James Landers columnist for Dallas Morning News
Deroy Murdock columnist
Andres M. Oppenheimer - columnist for The Miami Herald
Michael C. Parks former editor of Los Angeles Times
Ponchitta Pierce former New York editor of Ebony magazine
Sheridan Prasso columnist and propagandist
Trudy S. Rubin columnist and editorial board member for The Philadelphia Inquirer
David M. Schribman syndicated columnist
Cynthia A. Tucker Atlanta Journal Constitution
CFR Hollywood actors and actresses:
Madeleine K. Albright (part-time)
Warren Beatty
Shirley Temple Black
Michael Douglas
Richard Dreyfuss
Michael Medavoy
Ron Silver
(Sen.) Fred Thompson (part-time)
*Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Board of Directors of the Corporate Media
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Walt Disney (Disney, ABC, ESPN)
(Sen.) George J. Mitchell, Chairman of the Board
John E. Bryson
John S. Chen
Monica C. Lozano
Viacom
Ellen V. Futter
Frederic V. Salerno
Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal)
Peter R. Kann, CEO
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
Frank N. Newman
News Corporation (Fox News)
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO
*Viet Dinh
John L. Thornton
Time Warner (CNN, Time, Warner Brothers, etc.)
Richard D. Parsons, Chairman and CEO
Jessica P. Einhorn
Frank J. Caufield
Carla A. Hills
CBS (Viacom and CBS separated in Jan. 2006)
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
William S. Bill Cohen
New York Times Co. (New York Times, Boston Globe)
Henry B. Schacht
Donald M. Stewart
Gannett Co. (USA Today)
*Louis D. Boccardi
James A. Johnson
Donna Shalala
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Corporate Executives of the Corporate Media
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Current Executives
H. Brandt Ayers - publisher of The Anniston Star (Alabama); also a columnist
Jeffrey Bewkes President and Chief Operating Officer of Time Warner Inc.; former CEO of Home Box Office (HBO)
Cathleen Black President of Hearst Magazines
Glenn A. Britt - Chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable
Lewis W. Coleman President, DreamWorks Animation SKG
Joan Ganz Cooney producer of Sesame Street (on PBS)
Lyric Hughes Hale Publisher and CEO of China Online, Inc.
Karen Elliot House Publisher of Wall Street Journal; Senior Vice President of Dow Jones
Joel Z. Hyatt CEO of IndTV
Gary E. Knell President and CEO of Sesame Workshop (PBS)
Monica C. Lozano publisher and CEO of La Opinion (largest Spenish-language newspaper in the U.S.)
Christopher Ma Vice President of Washington Post Co.
Patricia E. Mitchell - President, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service)
Rupert Murdoch Chairman and CEO, News Corp. (Fox News)
Bruce L. Paisner Vice President of The Hearst Corporation; President of Hearst Entertainment
Richard P. Parsons Chairman and CEO, Time Warner, Inc.; former CEO of American Online (AOL)
Joe Peyronnin - Executive Vice President of News and Infoormation Programming for Telemundo Network
Norman Pattiz - chairman & founder of Westwood One (radio network)
Richard M. Smith chairman and editor-in-chief of Newsweek
David L. Westin president of ABC television
Former Executives
William E. Ahearn former executive editor of The Associated Press (AP)
*Louis D. Boccardi former President and CEO of The Associated Press (AP)
C. Shelby Coffey III former Editor and Executive Vice President of Los Angeles Times
Joseph J. Collins former chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable
John F. Cooke former president of The Disney Channel
*Michael Eisner former CEO of Disney
Peter C. Goldmark Jr. former Chairman and CEO of International Herald Tribune
*Katharine Graham - former Chairman of the Board of The Washington Post
Jay T. Harris former chairman and publisher of San Jose Mercury News
James F. Hoge former publisher of Chicago Sun Times
Lee W. Huebner former Publisher and CEO of International Herald Tribune
Alberto Ibarguen former publisher of The Miami Herald
Walter S. Isaacson former CNN executive
W. Thomas Johnson former president of CNN; former publisher and CEO of Los Angeles TImes
Eason T. Jordan - former Chief News Executive of CNN News
Peter Kann former chairman, Dow Jones & Co.
James V. Kimsey - founding CEO of America Online
David A. Laventhol former publisher of Los Angeles Times; former publisher and editor of Newsday
Jose I. Lozano former Publisher and CEO of La Opinion
*Eugene Meyer former head of The Washington Post
Thomas S. Murphy former CEO of Capital Cities/ABC
Luis G. Nogales former Chairman and CEO of United Press International (UPI)
Michael S. Ovitz former President of Disney; former head of Creative Artists Agency
*William S. Paley former chairman of CBS television
Joe Peyronnin former President of Fox News; former Vice President of CBS News
*David Sarnoff former head of RCA (also NBC)
Herbert S. Schlosser former President of NBC
Alan Spoon former President of Washington Post (1993-2000)
Frank Stanton former President of CBS
*Arthur Hays Sulzberger former head of New York Times
*Arthur Ochs Sulzberger former head of New York Times
Arthur R. Taylor former president of CBS
Jack Valenti former president of Motion Picture Association of America (1966-2004)
George Vradenburg III former Executive Vice President at Fox; former general counsel of CBS
Source: http://angelsfortruth.com/Media Coverup.html
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