by PETER HART
With Chinese leader Hu Jintao in Washington, you got some of what you might expect in right wing media outlets–Rush Limbaugh doing a fake Chinese accent, and Bill O’Reilly opening his Fox show last night with crack about a Chinese dinner that wasn’t take out.
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Kissinger’s defense of China and other repressive governments has sometimes raised eyebrows. What it has not raised is tough questions from TV interviewers about Kissinger’s business ties to these same governments. In a column alluding to FAIR’s study that found Kissinger to be Nightline’s most frequent guest, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen (8/29/89) sounded an urgent appeal: “Will someone please ask Henry Kissinger the ‘C’ question?” The “C” stands for conflict of interest.
When he’s not pontificating in the media about foreign affairs, he’s engaging in foreign financial affairs through his secretive consulting firm Kissinger & Associates. The firm, representing some 30 multinational companies–including American Express, H.J. Heinz, ITT and Lockheed–earns profits by “opening doors” for investors in China, Latin America and elsewhere (New York Times, 4/30/89).
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