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Thursday, August 30, 2012

'Democracy Now!' Meets Sheldon Adelson: Chaos Ensues

Wild story gaining steam (and it's all on video)--a senior producer for Amy Goodman's lefty radio/TV show Democracy Now! named Mike Burke (after interviewing David Koch) happened to come upon mega-GOP donor and casino owner Sheldon Adelson being pushed in a wheelchair at the RNC.  Naturally he asked him what he thought of the GOP ticket.  He did not comment and then Burke followed him, looking for more.

Then: he bumped into a woman who happened to be Adelson's daughter. Accounts differ on who was at fault in this collision.  "Get off me!" she shouted.  In any case: Democracy Now! claims their camera was seized and then "dropped" to the floor. An Adelson aide then attempted to take away Burke's cell phone.

Here's the video, action starts after about 10 minutes:




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