Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Follow-up: "60 Minutes Expected to Air Investigation of Pelosi Stock Investments"

Last Friday the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jamie DuPree broke what I thought might be an interesting story by actually listening at a Capitol Hill press conference! Here's the pile on:

Politico, Nov 3:
'60 Minutes' takes on John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi

ABC News' The Note blog, Nov. 4:
’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Questions Boehner, Pelosi on Stock Deals

SF Weekly, Nov. 8, the gatherer of the above links: 
60 Minutes Expected to Air Investigation of Pelosi Stock Investments

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Five Ways We Can Make San Francisco Absolutely the Most Expensive City in America


Previously:
"Is there a major news organization investigating the financial investments of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Speaker John Boehner?"
Is there a major news organization investigating the financial investments of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Speaker John Boehner?  It sure seemed that way at Thursday's regular news briefings by party leaders on Capitol Hill.

I was working on other stories at the time, but the questions - and answers - caught my ear, as Steve Kroft, the veteran correspondent for the CBS program "60 Minutes" was pressing Pelosi about some of her investments.

Kroft is not a regular in the Capitol, so his presence and his questions certainly merit some attention....MORE