A critique of the media that stings because it's true

By Greg Dworkin
Wednesday Sep 14, 2016 · 7:27 AM EDT

Here’s the big Newsweek piece from Kurt Eichenwald that’s been the buzz for 24 hours, just up:

HOW THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION'S FOREIGN BUSINESS TIES COULD UPEND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

Throughout this campaign, the Trump Organization, which pumps potentially hundreds of millions of dollars into the Trump family’s bank accounts each year, has been largely ignored. As a private enterprise, its businesses, partners and investors are hidden from public view, even though they are the very people who could be enriched by—or will further enrich—Trump and his family if he wins the presidency.

A close examination by Newsweek of the Trump Organization, including confidential interviews with business executives and some of its international partners, reveals an enterprise with deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals, although there is no evidence the Trump Organization has engaged in any illegal activities. It also reveals a web of contractual entanglements that could not be just canceled. If Trump moves into the White House and his family continues to receive any benefit from the company, during or even after his presidency, almost every foreign policy decision he makes will raise serious conflicts of interest and ethical quagmires.
Read the whole thing. This what we’ve wanted from the press.  The material is there.

Newsweek article:
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-national-security-498081.html

Read more:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/14/1569792/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up-A-critique-of-the-media-that-stings-because-it-s-true