Thursday, July 30, 2015

Planned Parenthood Hires Crisis Communication Firm Featuring Anita Dunn



Planned Parenthood Hires Crisis Communication Firm Featuring Anita Dunn
by John Sexton 28 Jul 2015
Planned Parenthood has hired a high-profile crisis communication firm to help it deal with fallout from a series of undercover sting videos produced by the Center for Medical Progress.

Politico reports that PP has hired SKDKnickerbocker, a firm which features former Obama communications staffer Anita Dunn as a managing director. Dunn is perhaps best known for a speech she gave extolling the political philosophy of communist revolutionary Mao Zedong.

On its website, SKDKnickerbocker touts its expertise in crisis communications in Washington and on Wall Street. “By working with a company’s existing corporate communications resources or creating a separate ‘war room,’ we quickly help create the most effective messaging, lead media training, manage briefings to key stakeholders, deliver talking points, and provide overall strategic guidance,” the company promises.

According to Politico, the group sent letters to “reporters and producers” late Monday warning them that undercover sting videos violate the privacy of patients. “Those patients’ privacy should not be further violated by having this footage shared by the media,” the letter warns.

The obvious attempt to prevent the disturbing videos from being aired by the media doesn’t seem to line up with reality. None of the videos released so far feature patients in any prominent way. The first two videos are discussions with two different PP medical directors, i.e. high-level corporate employees. The third video, released today, is the first part of a web series and features a former employee of one of the tissue collection companies working with Planned Parenthood in California. The employee tells her story with full awareness she is being recorded.

Since the videos were released, at least five states have indicated their intention to investigate Planned Parenthood. In addition, Republicans in Congress have threatened to defund the group, which receives hundreds of million in state and federal funding each year.

SKDKnickerbocker
SKDKnickerbocker is a media consultant for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Note: Peter G. Peterson is the founder for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Nancy Pelosi was invited to his 2013 wedding reception.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
William W. Bradley is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), an advisory board member for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and Anita B. Dunn was his chief of staff.
Anita B. Dunn was William W. Bradley’s chief of staff, a communications director for the Barack Obama administration, produced an ad campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline, and is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.
Alex Slater was a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, and a managing director for the Glover Park Group.
Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Elizabeth Engel is a managing director for the Glover Park Group, and a lobbyist for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  
Howard Wolfson was a partner at the Glover Park Group, and is married to Terri McCullough.
Terri McCullough is married to Howard Wolfson, and Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff.
Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff is Terri McCullough, was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, and Cecile Richards was her deputy chief of staff.
Cecile Richards was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, the founder & president for America Votes, a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and married to Kirk Adams.
Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
AFL-CIO is a national partner with America Votes.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a national partner with America Votes.
Kirk Adams was an organizing director for the AFL-CIO, is married to Cecile Richards, and is the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).  
Jennifer Cunningham was a political director, Local 1199 for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.
Ted Turner is the chairman for the Turner Foundation, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank). 
Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Peter G. Peterson is the founder for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, and was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
SKDKnickerbocker is a media consultant for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
TransCanada Corporation is a SKDKnickerbocker client, and the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline.
Anita B. Dunn produced an ad campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline, William W. Bradley’s chief of staff, a communications director for the Barack Obama administration, and is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.
Susan E. Rice is a stockholder in the TransCanada Corporation, the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
TransCanada Corporation is the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline, and a SKDKnickerbocker client.
Josh Isay is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, and was Michael R. Bloomberg’s political consultant.
Michael R. Bloomberg’s political consultant was Josh Isay, is the founder of the Independence USA PAC, and Howard Wolfson is his adviser.
SKDKnickerbocker is the media consultant for Independence USA PAC.
Howard Wolfson is Michael R. Bloomberg’s adviser, married to Terri McCullough, and was a partner at the Glover Park Group.
Terri McCullough is married to Howard Wolfson, and Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff.
Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Elizabeth Engel is a managing director for the Glover Park Group, and a lobbyist for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  
Alex Slater was a managing director for the Glover Park Group, and a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.

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