Peter W. Klein
@peterwklein.bsky.social
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https://muckrack.com/disclaimify
Canada's largest paper,
@thestar.com
, asked me to weigh in on the
@60minutes.bsky.social
Bari Weiss saga. For me, it comes down to a flawed media landscape where the firewall between editorial and corporate have crumbled.
bit.ly/Star-60
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Iām a former ā60 Minutesā producer. Hereās why this scandal raises concerns about corporate meddling in media
The largely indelible firewall between news and corporate has crumbled at CBS News, and weāre seeing cracks at other major news organizations.
http://bit.ly/Star-60
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Peter W. Klein
about 2 months ago
Documentary about one of the biggest bribery scandals in modern history is premiering on
@joltfilm.bsky.social
. On this International Anti-Corruption Day, watch BRIBE, INC. and raise global awareness about corruption's harmful effects.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay
www.jolt.film/watch/bribeinc
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Bribe, Inc. | Watch on Jolt.Film
BRIBE, INC. is a true story exposing the shady underpinnings that fuel global commerce: corruption and lots of money. In the shadows of the global oil industry the Ahsani family ran Unaoil with jet-se...
https://www.jolt.film/watch/bribeinc
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reposted by
Peter W. Klein
Global Reporting Centre
about 2 months ago
Our latest newsletter went out on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day.
globalreportingcentre.org/newsletter/t...
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The biggest bribery scandal in modern history - Global Reporting Centre
STREAM NOW: Bribe, Inc. a documentary exposing corruption on a global scale is now available to stream via Jolt in the US and Canada.
https://globalreportingcentre.org/newsletter/the-biggest-bribery-scandal-in-modern-history/
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Peter W. Klein
TRACE
about 2 months ago
On International Anti-Corruption Day 2025, the launch of "Bribe, Inc." on Jolt.Film underscores why this day mattersārevealing corruptionās real impact across industries and communities. š Learn more about IACD:
www.unodc.org/unodc/en/ant...
š„ Stream on-demand:
www.jolt.film/watch/bribeinc
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Peter W. Klein
Global Reporting Centre
6 months ago
A clip from GRC founder
@peterwklein.bsky.social
's Bribe Inc. documentary was featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where
@trace-inc.bsky.social
president
@alexandrawrage.bsky.social
presented an anti-corruption argument on
@cnbc.com
against bribing foreign governments.
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Peter W. Klein
Global Reporting Centre
3 months ago
What happens when critical infrastructure is carved up and sold off to investors? A new investigation looks at how these firms are capturing our rail networks and prioritizing profits ā often at the expense of safety
@cnsmd.bsky.social
cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/29/p...
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PRIVATE TRACKS: How Wall Street is Reshaping the Railroad Industry
Investment firms are quietly taking greater control over America's railroad industry, accumulating large stock positions in railroad operators and buying up companies that lease and manage rail cars o...
https://cnsmaryland.org/2025/10/29/private-tracks-how-wall-street-is-reshaping-the-railroad-industry/
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I grew up listening to my dad playing recordings of Hungary's greatest comedian, GƩza Hofi. I got to thinking recently about Hofi's dangerous antics during the height of the Cold War, and wrote this piece about the risks to American comedy today.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Authoritarian regimes need their court jesters
Thereās a long history of political satire in authoritarian regimes. In Communist Hungary, it came courtesy of GĆ©za Hofi
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-authoritarian-regimes-need-their-court-jesters
4 months ago
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Chris Cannon put it well
cannonwriter.substack.com/p/america-ha...
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5 months ago
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@globalreportingcentre.org
continues reporting on how sports, politics and human rights are interconnected. Check out this bonus episode that just posted!
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7 months ago
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reposted by
Peter W. Klein
Global Reporting Centre
8 months ago
The GRC's founder, board chair, and academic director,
@peterwklein.bsky.social
, will be screening his new film, Bribe, Inc., in The Hague during the NATO Security Summit on June 21st. Don't miss your chance to see his latest documentary!
bit.ly/3FwZUO5
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Just Peace Movie Night: Bribe Inc.
Join us for Just Peace Movie Night to watch Bribe, Inc. organised by III Europe, YAC and The Hague Humanity Hub.
https://bit.ly/3FwZUO5
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Bribe Inc. documentary showing this Saturday, 1 PM, at Rialto Elmwood in Berkeley. On
#WorldPressFreedomDay
, we're showcasing this bold investigation about corruption, followed by Q&A w/
@erichavian.bsky.social
of
@whistleblower.law
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9 months ago
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I keep hearing that the detentions like those of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts student Rümeysa Ćztürk are unprecedented. As I wrote in @nytimes, these kinds of investigations and detentions were common after 9/11, as well as previously in US history.
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/o...
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Opinion | My Fatherās Red Scare (Published 2007)
My father was never a spy, never a member of the Communist Party. Nonetheless, the F.B.I. kept a file on him from the day he arrived in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/opinion/04klein.html
10 months ago
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Worth circling back to my
@nbcnews.com
fact-check on Vivek Ramaswamy's spurious claim during primary debate that Canada is a major source of fentanyl. We debunked it then, but Trump has continued to propagate fiction that the deadly drug comes across northern border.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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Fact-checking the third Republican primary debate
As five Republican candidates traded barbs onstage, NBC News fact-checked what they said in real time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/fact-check-republican-debate-third-presidential-election-rcna121831
11 months ago
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How will a new Trump administration prosecute corruption? Experts weigh in on whether a second Trump administration will maintain robust anti-corruption efforts or politicize enforcement to serve strategic interests.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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How will a new Trump administration prosecute corruption?
Experts weigh in on whether a second Trump administration will maintain robust anti-corruption efforts or politicize enforcement to serve strategic interests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-prosecute-corruption-rcna179281
about 1 year ago
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