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News Media Last Updated: Oct 30th, 2006 - 02:18:15


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Secret admirers: The Bushes and the Washington Post; part 2 of a 2-part series
By Michael Hasty

A mutually beneficial relationship -- both in politics and in business -- between George Herbert Walker Bush and the Washington Post began in the early 1950s, when Bush solicited a substantial investment in his first Texas oil company from Eugene Meyer, former president of the World Bank, founder of the Washington Post Company, and father of the late Katharine Graham. The relationship continues to this day in the illegitimate presidency of Bush�s firstborn son, George Walker Bush.

Feb 11, 2004, 15:15

News Media
Secret admirers: The Bushes and the Washington Post; part 1 of a 2-part series
By Michael Hasty

Ever since the days of the Watergate scandal, when a series of front-page articles by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the Post has had a reputation among many Americans as one of the elite bastions of the �liberal media.�

Feb 5, 2004, 02:08

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