Far Right Political Funder Scaife Enthusiastic About Clinton
While making clear that he was not yet endorsing Hillary Clinton, far-right wing political infrastructure funder Scaife seemed quite enthusiastic after his meeting with Clinton:
Sen. Clinton came to the Trib anyway and, for 90 minutes, answered questions. Over the past several decades Richard Mellon Scaife has been, almost certainly, one of the top funders of far-right organizations in America. The industrial fortune heir and owner of the Pittburgh Tribune Review provided the lion's share of the initial funding which created the Heritage Foundation and has given key finding to The American Spectator, the pro-war Neoconservative Foundation For The Defense Of Democracies, the Heartland Institute, the Institute On Religion and Democracy, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, the Free Congress Foundation As Bill Berkowitz, for Media Transparency, describes the role of the Scaife funded Heritage Foundation,
The creation of the influential Heritage Foundation was probably the single most important event in the development of a national network of conservative policy-oriented institutions. Heritage was founded in 1973 by the anti-labor, racist, homophobic brewery magnate Joseph Coors together with prominent right-wing activist Paul Weyrich and wealthy right-wingers Richard Scaife and Edward Noble. The initial funding came from Coors ($250,000), Scaife ($900,000), and "significant sums" from Noble. Large corporations, including Gulf Oil, also made early contributions. In the early 1980s, Heritage reported that "87 top corporations" were supporters. By 1995, it had an annual budget of $25 million.
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