NRZ NEWZ: MAYWEATHER PACQUIAO AFTER ALL!??! WASHINTON POST GETS 600 MILLION DOLLAR CIA CONTRACT??!!; COACH SAYS CARMELLO EYEING RONDO FOR NICKS;
It’s been a rough couple days for The Washington Post. Word emerged that hackers invaded its internal system—for a few days, no less—all of its staffers had to change their passwords as the company tried to figure out how much data had been compromised.
Meanwhile, a petition campaign was launched related to news that Amazon, under the Post’s new owner, Jeff Bezos, recently secured a $600 million contract from the CIA. That’s at least twice what Bezos paid for the Post this year. Bezos recently disclosed that the company’s Web-services business is building a “private cloud” for the CIA to use for its data needs.
Critics charge that, at a minimum, the Post needs to disclose its CIA link whenever it reports on the agency. Over 15,000 have signed the petition this week hosted by RootsAction.
In a statement released by the Institute for Public Accuracy, media writer/author Robert McChesney observes:
When the main shareholder in one of the very largest corporations in the world benefits from a massive contract with the CIA on the one hand, and that same billionaire owns theWashington Post on the other hand, there are serious problems. The Post is unquestionably the political paper of record in the United States, and how it covers governance sets the agenda for the balance of the news media. Citizens need to know about this conflict of interest in the columns of the Post itself.If some official enemy of the United States had a comparable situation—say the owner of the dominant newspaper in Caracas was getting $600 million in secretive contracts from the Maduro government—the Post itself would lead the howling chorus impaling that newspaper and that government for making a mockery of a free press. It is time for thePost to take a dose of its own medicine.”
See article by Norman Solomon for a fuller accounting. He notes:
CARMELLO EYING RONDO FOR NICKSBezos personally and publicly touts Amazon Web Services, and it’s evident that Amazon will be seeking more CIA contracts. Last month, Amazon issued a statement saying, “We look forward to a successful relationship with the CIA.”
USA Today's Jason Jordan interviewed Steve Smith, who is the Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy boys basketball coach, and in the past had both Rajon Rondo and Carmelo Anthony playing for the team at separate times in their youth. According to Steve's interview with Jason Jordan, Melo is currently trying to recruit Rajon Rondo to come play for the New York Knicks.
Steve was quoted as saying:
"No, I think he should be fine. He took a long time off and he's rehabbed the right way. Whether he stays in Boston or not who knows. I know, talking to Melo , he's recruiting Rajon to come to New York. Melo thinks he'll come, too. You never know about that stuff though. I think either way, Rajon will be fine."
Both Rondo and Melo are signed to their respective teams through the next season, but after their contracts are up, maybe the pair will unite under the same organization.
What do you think of Rajon Rondo potentially playing for the Knicks?
Source: greenstreet.weei.com
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