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Why do the Koch Brothers get all the sunshine?

By Mark Tapscott
Published March 10, 2013 5:00am ET
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Why do the Koch Brothers get all the sunshine?
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know. It is made possible by generous funding from Bloomberg LP and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Here’s a couple of data points that bear serious thought this week by transparency advocates celebrating Sunshine Week and by everybody else who cares about protecting and preserving a free and independent press:

1,130 – Number of results for search term “Koch Brothers” on The New York Times web site.

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