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May 13, 2005

National Desk

National Desk is a former PBS show that was partially funded by the conservative philanthropies. The show featured many people from institutions that also were sponsored by the conservative philanthropies.

Produced by Whidbey Island Films, National Desk was once titled "Reverse Angle."

Screen captures from the National Desk propaganda piece, "Education: A Public Right Gone Wrong"

Andrew J. Coulson

Brother Robert Smith, Messmer HS: $2.4 million from the Bradley Foundation

Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice

John Chubb

John Chubb: $400,000 from Olin and Bradley; vested interest as head of Edison Project

John Norquist

John Norquist, now working with Howard Fuller.

Margaret Lin

Margaret Lin: National Charter School Initiatives

Mikel Holt

Mikel Holt: $25,000 Olin Foundation

Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman, chief ideologist of conservative movement (gets grants, too).

Myron Lieberman

Myron Lieberman, $140,000 to Bowling Green from Bradley and Olin

Screen captures from the June 10, 2000 National Desk

Help from the CSPC

Center for the Study of Popular Culture

Robert Atkinson

Robert Atkinson, Progressive Policy Institute

Jo Kwong

Jo Kwong, Atlas Economic Research Foundation

Randall O'Toole

Randall O'Toole, Thoreau Institute

Walter E. Williams

Walter Williams, George Mason University