Priorities at Pravda

by: lambert

Sun Oct 18, 2009 at 10:17


Originally posted at Corrente -- lambert
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Pravda has what looks like a fine report today on AIDS programs in Washington, DC. Here's how they describe it:
About this Investigation
Over ten months, the Washington Post analyzed the spending, services, and finances of every specialized AIDS organization funded by D.C.'s HIV/AIDS Administration from 2004-2008, an estimated 90 groups, building a database from tax returns, audits, lawsuits, real estate records, D.C. Council records, and corporate and police reports. The Post also obtained grant agreements, invoices and government correspondence for about 60 of these groups. The newspaper interviewed dozens of people with HIV or AIDS patients, their families and service providers, and visited more than a dozen offices across the city.

The largest possible sum at issue seems to be $25 million, since that's the total sum available to non-profits, where the problems seem to be concentrated.

So, one question:

lambert :: Priorities at Pravda

Why aren't similar investigative resources being directed at the $24 trillion that went to the banksters? A  million is not like a trillion; see here for visualization.

Aren't the trillions that went to the banksters more important than a few millions that don't even add up to "real money"?

bailoutnationchart-500

Just asking.

NOTE I mean, at least Bloomberg's got a FOIA going on where the bailout money went. So where's the newspaper of record for Versailles on this? Is "Look! Over there!" all they're really good for?

UPDATE See Project Censored. Guess which story is #1?

UPDATE In particular, Buffet owns Moody's, too. And oddly, or not, McClatchy has the Moody's story, and Pravda doesn't.


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