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Beware of NewsMax, CEO is "friends" with & Contributes Millions to the Clintons....

I know everyone is looking for an alternative to Fox News these days, many are turning to Newsmax. But I urge caution, because of Newsmax's ties and donations to the Clintons.

You might consider OANN as an alternative conservative news site: https://www.oann.com/category/newsroom/

CEO of Newsmax, I think is being black mailed by the Clintons. Chris Ruddy wrote a book about the Vince Foster "suicide" (2 shots to the back of the head).....then a few years later Chris Ruddy is suddenly "donating" to the Clinton Foundation, and now saying nice things about the Clintons. So it is clear to me the Clintons found some "dirt" on Chris Ruddy, black mailed him and the DEAL was:

1) $1Million to the Clinton Foundation, and

2) STOP badmouthing the Clintons, and

3) Chris Ruddy was forced to introduce his wealthy (Mellon wealth, Golf Oil, Alcoa) beneficiary (RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE) to the Clintons so the Clintons could extract money from him too.

Newsmax boss Chris Ruddy explains why he gave to the Clinton Foundation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/02/23/newsmax-boss-chris-ruddy-explains-why-he-gave-to-the-clinton-foundation/

Posted: 11/11/2020 3:30:12 PM EST [Last Edit: 11/11/2020 3:31:38 PM EST by CJ7365] FUCK NEWSMAX

The CEO of the right-of-center publication Newsmax reportedly pledged $1 million to the Clinton Foundation, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Chris Ruddy, the Newsmax CEO, has reportedly been “friends with the Clintons since 2007” and “last year pledged $1 million to the Clinton Foundation over a five-year period.”

Ruddy told the Journal through a spokesman that though he felt Hillary Clinton would “make a great presidential candidate,” the donation was not an endorsement.

Last year, as Bloomberg News noted in its profile of him, Ruddy launched “NewsmaxTV, a 24-hour cable news channel that will be, he says, a kinder, gentler Fox.”

“Our goal is to be a little more boomer-oriented, more information-based rather than being vituperative and polarizing,” Ruddy told the outlet.

Current CEO contributed 1 million to Hitlery

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/All-of-you-propping-up-Newsmax-stop-it-please-/5-2390631/?page=1

Who owns Newsmax Media?

https://marketrealist.com/p/who-owns-newsmax-tv-channel/

The strange philanthropy of Chris Ruddy: Conservative newsman pledges $1M to Clintons

A political analyst told FoxNews.com that the relationship between Ruddy, who considers himself a Reagan Republican, and the Clintons, may have improved because of the Clintons’ friendship with the late Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire who invested in Newsmax.com. The former president spoke at the memorial service for Scaife, 82, in 2014, according to NewsMax.com, saying he had developed a ‘counterintuitive friendship’ with Scaife that proved to be an “invaluable experience.”

"[Hillary Clinton would] make a great presidential candidate.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-strange-philanthropy-of-chris-ruddy-conservative-newsman-pledges-1m-to-clintons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mellon_Scaife

RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE OBITUARY

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes and various projects to discredit President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 82.

Scaife died early Friday at his home, his newspaper, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reported. Scaife's death comes less than two months after he announced in a first-person, front-page story in his Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he had an untreatable form of cancer.

"Some who dislike me may rejoice at the news," wrote Scaife, who acknowledged making political and other enemies. "Naturally, I can't share their enthusiasm."

He was the grand-nephew of Andrew Mellon, a banker and secretary of the Treasury who was involved with some of the biggest industrial companies of the early 20th century. Forbes magazine estimated Scaife's net worth in 2013 at $1.4 billion.

The intensely private Scaife became widely known in the 1990s when first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said her husband was being attacked by a "vast right-wing conspiracy." White House staffers and other supporters suggested Scaife was playing a central role in the attack.

Several foundations controlled by Scaife gave millions of dollars to organizations run by critics of Clinton, including $1.7 million for a project at the conservative American Spectator magazine to dig up information about his role in the Whitewater real estate scandal.

Scaife rarely gave interviews, but in a sit-down with George magazine editor John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1998, he called President Clinton "an embarrassment."

In the interview, Scaife denied that his money helped support an effort to hurt the president, but he suggested Clinton might be linked to the deaths of dozens of administration officials and associates, including White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster and onetime Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. Foster's death was determined to be a suicide; Brown died in a plane crash.

Scaife also accused Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel whose investigation led to Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, to be a "mole working for the Democrats."

Scaife's stance toward the Clintons softened years later. In an interview published in early 2008, he told Vanity Fair magazine he and the former president had a "very pleasant" lunch the previous summer, and "I never met such a charismatic man in my whole life."

Clinton gave Scaife an autographed copy of his book, and Scaife said he later sent $100,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative. (Scaife also said philandering "is something that Bill Clinton and I have in common.")

Scaife's newspaper also endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for president in 2008.

Despite funding many causes dear to conservatives, Scaife was libertarian on many social issues. He supported Planned Parenthood and abortion rights, supported legalizing same-sex marriage and marijuana, and opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Scaife bought the Tribune-Review in suburban Pittsburgh in 1969, using its editorial pages to trumpet his views.

"I fell in love with newspapers as a boy, when my father bought me editions from around the country and abroad," Scaife told readers in the column announcing his cancer diagnosis. "The day I became a newspaper publisher, buying the Tribune-Review, remains one of the proudest, happiest moments of my life."

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said in a statement Friday that Scaife's passing "marks the departure of a man whose vision and generosity shaped the city's progress and our nation's course." He said his contributions helped to preserve Pittsburgh's landmarks.

Corbett also cited Scaife's investment in think tanks that he said "reshaped our nation's political dialogue and delivered the opening salvos in the Reagan revolution, replacing tired nostrums with vigorous new ideas for progress."

Scaife was a longtime supporter of Republicans, backing presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 and heavily funding the 1968 campaign of Richard Nixon.

In 1972, Scaife donated $1 million to Nixon in 334 separate checks to avoid paying gift taxes. After The Associated Press wrote a story about the money, Scaife insisted the Tribune-Review get rid of its AP service.

"He ordered us to come in and take out the wire machines that night," Pat Minarcin, then AP's Pittsburgh bureau chief, told The Wall Street Journal for a 1995 story.

Scaife also made headlines in recent years during a bitter divorce battle with Margaret Ritchie Battle Scaife, his second wife. The divorce was finalized in 2012. His first marriage, to Frances Gilmore Scaife, also ended in divorce.

A Pittsburgh native, Richard Mellon Scaife was born in 1932, the son of Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife. His mother was an alcoholic, and his upbringing has been described as cold and unhappy. He and his sister were raised by nannies.

He went to Yale but was expelled during his freshman year after a he rolled a beer keg down a flight of stairs, breaking the legs of a classmate, according to a 1999 story in The Washington Post.

Scaife admitted to becoming an alcoholic, and he had a reputation for having a fiery temper. He reportedly quit drinking in 1990 after going to the Betty Ford Clinic.

The Tribune-Review reported Scaife is survived by a daughter, Jennie K. Scaife, a son, David N. Scaife, a daughter-in-law, Sara Scaife; and two grandchildren.

The newspaper reported that a private memorial service would be held at a later date.

JOE MANDAK, Associated Press

http://www.legacy.com/ns/richard-mellon%20scaife-obituary/171644236

#Beware of NewsMax, CEO is "friends" with & Contributes Millions to the Clintons.... **I know everyone is looking for an alternative to Fox News these days, many are turning to Newsmax. But I urge caution, because of Newsmax's ties and donations to the Clintons.** **You might consider OANN as an alternative conservative news site:** https://www.oann.com/category/newsroom/ CEO of Newsmax, I think is being black mailed by the Clintons. Chris Ruddy wrote a book about the Vince Foster "suicide" (2 shots to the back of the head).....then a few years later Chris Ruddy is suddenly "donating" to the Clinton Foundation, and now saying nice things about the Clintons. So it is clear to me the Clintons found some "dirt" on Chris Ruddy, black mailed him and the DEAL was: 1) $1Million to the Clinton Foundation, and 2) STOP badmouthing the Clintons, and 3) Chris Ruddy was forced to introduce his wealthy (Mellon wealth, Golf Oil, Alcoa) beneficiary (RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE) to the Clintons so the Clintons could extract money from him too. Newsmax boss Chris Ruddy explains why he gave to the Clinton Foundation https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/02/23/newsmax-boss-chris-ruddy-explains-why-he-gave-to-the-clinton-foundation/ Posted: 11/11/2020 3:30:12 PM EST [Last Edit: 11/11/2020 3:31:38 PM EST by CJ7365] FUCK NEWSMAX #The CEO of the right-of-center publication Newsmax reportedly pledged $1 million to the Clinton Foundation, according to a Wall Street Journal report. **Chris Ruddy, the Newsmax CEO, has reportedly been “friends with the Clintons since 2007” and “last year pledged $1 million to the Clinton Foundation over a five-year period.”** **Ruddy told the Journal through a spokesman that though he felt Hillary Clinton would “make a great presidential candidate,” the donation was not an endorsement.** **Last year, as Bloomberg News noted in its profile of him, Ruddy launched “NewsmaxTV, a 24-hour cable news channel that will be, he says, a kinder, gentler Fox.”** **“Our goal is to be a little more boomer-oriented, more information-based rather than being vituperative and polarizing,” Ruddy told the outlet.** #Current CEO contributed 1 million to Hitlery https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/All-of-you-propping-up-Newsmax-stop-it-please-/5-2390631/?page=1 #Who owns Newsmax Media? https://marketrealist.com/p/who-owns-newsmax-tv-channel/ #The strange philanthropy of Chris Ruddy: Conservative newsman pledges $1M to Clintons **A political analyst told FoxNews.com that the relationship between Ruddy, who considers himself a Reagan Republican, and the Clintons, may have improved because of the Clintons’ friendship with the late Richard Mellon Scaife, a billionaire who invested in Newsmax.com. The former president spoke at the memorial service for Scaife, 82, in 2014, according to NewsMax.com, saying he had developed a ‘counterintuitive friendship’ with Scaife that proved to be an “invaluable experience.”** #"[Hillary Clinton would] make a great presidential candidate.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-strange-philanthropy-of-chris-ruddy-conservative-newsman-pledges-1m-to-clintons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mellon_Scaife #RICHARD MELLON SCAIFE OBITUARY 7/3/1932 - 7/4/2014| Visit Guest Book · · · Share this obituary via email · Print this obituary PITTSBURGH (AP) — Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes and various projects to discredit President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 82. Scaife died early Friday at his home, his newspaper, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, reported. Scaife's death comes less than two months after he announced in a first-person, front-page story in his Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he had an untreatable form of cancer. "Some who dislike me may rejoice at the news," wrote Scaife, who acknowledged making political and other enemies. "Naturally, I can't share their enthusiasm." He was the grand-nephew of Andrew Mellon, a banker and secretary of the Treasury who was involved with some of the biggest industrial companies of the early 20th century. Forbes magazine estimated Scaife's net worth in 2013 at $1.4 billion. The intensely private Scaife became widely known in the 1990s when first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said her husband was being attacked by a "vast right-wing conspiracy." White House staffers and other supporters suggested Scaife was playing a central role in the attack. Several foundations controlled by Scaife gave millions of dollars to organizations run by critics of Clinton, including $1.7 million for a project at the conservative American Spectator magazine to dig up information about his role in the Whitewater real estate scandal. Scaife rarely gave interviews, but in a sit-down with George magazine editor John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1998, he called President Clinton "an embarrassment." In the interview, Scaife denied that his money helped support an effort to hurt the president, but he suggested Clinton might be linked to the deaths of dozens of administration officials and associates, including White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster and onetime Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. Foster's death was determined to be a suicide; Brown died in a plane crash. Scaife also accused Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel whose investigation led to Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, to be a "mole working for the Democrats." Scaife's stance toward the Clintons softened years later. In an interview published in early 2008, he told Vanity Fair magazine he and the former president had a "very pleasant" lunch the previous summer, and "I never met such a charismatic man in my whole life." Clinton gave Scaife an autographed copy of his book, and Scaife said he later sent $100,000 to the Clinton Global Initiative. (Scaife also said philandering "is something that Bill Clinton and I have in common.") Scaife's newspaper also endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton's bid for president in 2008. Despite funding many causes dear to conservatives, Scaife was libertarian on many social issues. He supported Planned Parenthood and abortion rights, supported legalizing same-sex marriage and marijuana, and opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Scaife bought the Tribune-Review in suburban Pittsburgh in 1969, using its editorial pages to trumpet his views. "I fell in love with newspapers as a boy, when my father bought me editions from around the country and abroad," Scaife told readers in the column announcing his cancer diagnosis. "The day I became a newspaper publisher, buying the Tribune-Review, remains one of the proudest, happiest moments of my life." Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said in a statement Friday that Scaife's passing "marks the departure of a man whose vision and generosity shaped the city's progress and our nation's course." He said his contributions helped to preserve Pittsburgh's landmarks. Corbett also cited Scaife's investment in think tanks that he said "reshaped our nation's political dialogue and delivered the opening salvos in the Reagan revolution, replacing tired nostrums with vigorous new ideas for progress." Scaife was a longtime supporter of Republicans, backing presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 and heavily funding the 1968 campaign of Richard Nixon. In 1972, Scaife donated $1 million to Nixon in 334 separate checks to avoid paying gift taxes. After The Associated Press wrote a story about the money, Scaife insisted the Tribune-Review get rid of its AP service. "He ordered us to come in and take out the wire machines that night," Pat Minarcin, then AP's Pittsburgh bureau chief, told The Wall Street Journal for a 1995 story. Scaife also made headlines in recent years during a bitter divorce battle with Margaret Ritchie Battle Scaife, his second wife. The divorce was finalized in 2012. His first marriage, to Frances Gilmore Scaife, also ended in divorce. A Pittsburgh native, Richard Mellon Scaife was born in 1932, the son of Sarah Cordelia Mellon and Alan Magee Scaife. His mother was an alcoholic, and his upbringing has been described as cold and unhappy. He and his sister were raised by nannies. He went to Yale but was expelled during his freshman year after a he rolled a beer keg down a flight of stairs, breaking the legs of a classmate, according to a 1999 story in The Washington Post. Scaife admitted to becoming an alcoholic, and he had a reputation for having a fiery temper. He reportedly quit drinking in 1990 after going to the Betty Ford Clinic. The Tribune-Review reported Scaife is survived by a daughter, Jennie K. Scaife, a son, David N. Scaife, a daughter-in-law, Sara Scaife; and two grandchildren. The newspaper reported that a private memorial service would be held at a later date. JOE MANDAK, Associated Press http://www.legacy.com/ns/richard-mellon%20scaife-obituary/171644236