

Adelson

Last night on NBC, Michael Isikoff did a good piece on the new terrain in campaign finance since the disastrous Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court. He focused on Super PACs, which help out a candidate unofficially and can collect unlimited contributions. One such PAC, called Restore Our Future, is raising money for Mitt Romney’s campaign and has gotten $2 million from “Steven Lund, a leader of the Mormon church.” Lund is a businessman who’s made his money in cosmetics.

Then Isikoff mentioned Sheldon Adelson’s bigtime support for Newt Gingrich, and failed to say anything about Adelson’s greater Israel agenda. It’s not the first time. Here is a long report Isikoff did on Adelson last spring, without a word about Israel!

Thank god for Amy Goodman. From Democracy Now! today (11:21):