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GRAY MARKET due to SEC action is the real GORILLA in the room.
Corporate status in Delaware is only a minor matter of paper work and paying proper fees.
As WillWeBeLong said earlier, "Post a screen shot please".
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=134916200
Well said.
I'm guessing they learned a few things from that experience.
SMH Why do you say that?
Big revenue from what activity?
Huge signed contract for what product or service?
Audited financials. Pfffttt. That is something I want to see.
Over the years, NAGP has appeared to be dead, just not buried. "Where is Raj/Joe?" but, unlike Waldo, Raj/Joe doesn't show himself.
We "hear" from the true believers that Raj/Joe, like NAGP, unicorns and faeries do exist in London or Shanghai or somewhere over the rainbow.
But, the real proof of existence would be activity.
When will NAGP provide some proof of its existence? We need something to speculate about.
A statement/press release could be made with little or no effort on the part of Raj/Joe and it would provide fuel for this board for the next six months.
NAGP should issue statement or a press release. At a minimum, they should
1. acknowledge the SEC action, possibly allude to their reaction
2. update the status of the long awaited financials they promised
3. current Delaware corporation status, does NAGP exist or not?
Honest, after all these years, I'd love to just break even at $50 per share but if you are serious at $500 a share, let's go!!
Hey, $50 per share and we might have a deal.
If we do that deal, I might even buy my pet unicorn a Slurpee.
Think about it. You can get ahead of the curve.
I truly believe that we are still being "shined on".
Shine on, shiny, shine on!!!
It doesn't matter what the SEC says. It doesn't matter what the rules are. There will be unicorns ridden by Mongol hoards buying huge positions in NAGP with the gold at the end of the rainbow.
And, somebody once said I didn't have a since of humor pffftt!!!
The insidious nature of power
By MarkGB
Our problems will not be solved by the victory of one party over another, or of one ‘ism’ over another. Changing lawmakers from ‘conservatives’ to ‘liberals’ or ‘liberals’ to ‘socialists’, without reforming how the laws are made is like asking the orchestra to play a happy tune whilst the ship goes down, writes Mark GB. Our problems arise from the centralisation of power and money in the hands of unaccountable vested interests. We need fundamental reform of the political and monetary system itself.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” – George Orwell, ‘Animal Farm’
There have been several theories about the political ‘creed’ of George Orwell since he wrote those words. The year was 1945 and World War Two was drawing to a close. Undoubtedly the tale was a scathing indictment of authoritarian communism and a caution about the rise of the Soviet Union; but at a fundamental level, Orwell’s metaphor is a warning about the insidious nature of ‘power’ itself. He repeated this warning in his final book ‘1984’, written three years later. The message is as important now as it was then.
Our problems will not be solved by the victory of one party over another, or of one ‘ism’ over another – they are systemic: they arise from the centralisation of power and money in the hands of unaccountable vested interests, both governmental and corporate. Changing the lawmakers from ‘conservatives’ to ‘liberals’ or ‘liberals’ to ‘socialists’, or back the other way…without reforming how the laws are made…is like asking the orchestra to play a happy tune whilst the ship goes down. We need fundamental reform of the political and monetary system itself.
To fix this we need to address how we think. For those unable to think about complex issues without over-simplifying them with ‘labels’ such as ‘fascist’ and ‘anarchist’, any idea that challenges their particular variety of group hypnosis can be conveniently dismissed as leftist, rightist, pacifist, racist, ageist, sexist or ‘whateverist’…depending on the habitual ‘lens’ being looked through.
Through this blinkered thinking process we end up with a narrative that ‘analyses’ away each and every misdeed committed by ‘us’, and condemns each and every action committed by ‘them’ – both domestically and geo-politically:
We can attack our opponents for ‘cronyism’, whilst loading up the pork barrel for our own ‘contributors’ without a trace of chagrin.
We can claim to be free marketers whilst trying to put our competitors out of business through government sanctioned ‘protections’.
We can ban speakers whose ideas offend us one day, and preach ‘tolerance’ and ‘diversity’ the next.
Our jihadists are ‘moderate rebels’, theirs are ‘terrorists’.
Ours are wars of liberation and democracy, theirs are wars of tyranny and territorial acquisition
Our military build-ups are ‘exercises’, theirs are ‘dress rehearsals’.
Our media offers impartial ‘analysis’, theirs produces ‘fake news’ and ‘propaganda’.
We can rig other people’s elections with denial and impunity, but woe betide the Russians for not rigging one of ours.
The irony bypass that such delusional thinking requires of its mental slaves has recently reached a pinnacle with cries of ‘Russian meddling’ that were first heard three days before Wikileaks released the DNC emails. That is, when it became apparent that the Democrats’ attempted ‘coronation’ of Hillary had been rumbled, and a diversion was needed.
Continued reading full article at:
https://renegadeinc.com/none-blind-will-not-see/
Traveled a good bit back in the day. Sometimes I would be in conversations that were based on where we came from and comparing notes on how we did/said this or that.
Basically, such went well as long as there was some give and take.
Today, you can't speak to someone you don't know because you might offend them by noticing them. But, you might offend them by not noticing them.
Thus, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Seems the problem is there are too many people looking to be offended first. The "I'm more of offended (a victim) than you" syndrome has afflicted the majority of the population.
Academics Discover New Way To Get Offended: ‘Invisibility Microaggressions’
IAN MILES CHEONG, Contributor 11:32 AM 09/01/2017
File under "Damned if you do, ...
Two professors claim to have discovered a new form of politically incorrect offense called “invisibility microaggressions,” which are said to be even more subtle than regular microaggressions. Their proposed solution for these offenses is to get rid of meritocracy.
In social justice jargon, a “microaggression” is when someone — say a white person — asks an Asian person where they’re from. While the question isn’t offensive in and of itself, the act of asking a person who may get the same question repeatedly throughout the week can be annoying and therefore offensive.
Campus Reform reported on Thursday that a recent study by two professors, Jasmine Mena, who teaches psychology at Bucknell University, and Annemarie Vaccaro of the University of Rhode Island, claim that they are the first academics to discover that “invisibility” is a form of microaggressions not previously described in feminist academia.
“There is a growing body of literature that suggests invisibility is a common form of exclusion — or microaggression,” Mena and Vaccaro say. “However, no studies have focused deeply on the ways women faculty and staff experience invisibility microaggressions on college campuses.”
The two professors interviewed 13 non-white women at “predominantly white institutions” and found five different forms of “invisibility microaggressions.” Three were “environmental” and two were “interpersonal.”
Publishing their findings in the NASPA Journal About Women In Higher Education on Aug. 29, the professors claim that the environment-based “invisibility microaggressions” occur when they are “among the few, or only” non-whites in a workplace or communal context.
Meanwhile, interpersonal “invisibility microaggressions” are said to hinder non-white people in “everyday work roles” because their ethnicity or gender is being ignored or because they don’t see other non-white people there.
The participants reported “campus invisibility,” where non-white faculty members say they experienced invisibility for being one of the few non-white faculty members on campus.
Unlike regular microaggressions, which require at least two parties for them to occur, invisibility microaggressions only needs for one person to feel invisible in an environment. A lone black person among a sea of white faces could qualify as one of these invisibility microaggressions — especially if he or she isn’t singled out for being black. But if that happens, then it can possibly be a macroaggression.
The professors say that the only way to deal with invisibility microaggressions is for campuses and workplaces to single out minorities and shower them with positive attention, to make them feel less invisible.
Rather than commend them on the merits of their work like any other employee, the professors suggest deliberately selecting non-white women for high-profile awards and celebrate them on alumni magazines, newsletters, and other materials.
The professors also recommend that campus leaders “must be especially vigilant in considering and recommending Women of Color for leadership roles.”
Ian Miles Cheong is a journalist and outspoken media critic. You can reach him through social media at @stillgray on Twitter and on Facebook.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/01/academics-discover-new-way-to-get-offended-invisibility-microaggressions/
I get it. You guys are "shining us on". Joking as it were.
when faced with factual comments, answer with misdirection and obfuscation.
when asked for linkage between naeg investments and nagp, an accusation of negativity and "fake news" is the answer.
when nagp productivity is questioned, throw up some six year old statement as if it means something today.
when nagp company plans are questioned, use vagaries, insinuations and answer your own posts.
cruel joke, trying to make people think there is still life in this nagp carcass.
Hope you are not equating "naeg investments" with "Native American Energy Group (NAGP)"
But, if you are, good luck. Probably do as well as waiting on unicorn and faery dust.
As long as we're talking 8-Ks
from the 6/30/16 8-K:
The Company's Chief Executive Officer, Joseph G. D'Arrigo, would like to inform stockholders that in addition to engaging the auditing firm of MaloneBailey LLP of Houston, Texas, it is working closely with financial partners abroad in conjunction with accountants and professional advisors to satisfy the various requirements including but not limited to, certain asset valuations and project capital expenditure (capex) budgets that are vital for the accuracy and adequacy of the Company's financial statements.
The Company's Chief Financial Officer, Raj Nanvaan, (currently stationed between the UK and Asia) and Mr. D'Arrigo have been jointly coordinating with everyone to complete these various tasks for the filing of the Company's pending financial statements in succession by/on the next regulatory filing date of August 15, 2016.
In addition, the Company is pleased to report that it is continuing its efforts to retire its outstanding debt. It most recently retired a portion of its outstanding debt and anticipates continuing to retire additional debt in the near future.
Native American Energy Group: January 2017 Update
FRESH MEADOWS, NY--(Marketwired - January 26, 2017) - Native American Energy Group, Inc. (OTC PINK: NAGP) (the "Company") announced that it has taken additional steps to ensure that current and prospective investors will have access to up-to-date periodic reports of the Company -- up to and including the Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for its fiscal first quarter ending March 31, 2017 (the "2017 Q1 Form 10-Q"), by/on May 15th, 2017 (the "filing date") when NAGP will resume financial reporting.
CEO Joseph G. D'Arrigo was mindful to confirm for stockholders that Native American Energy Group has taken these several deliberate steps to cure deficiencies, ensure that current and prospective investors have access to the periodic reports of the Company and to ensure future compliance, stating that "The Company's auditors have now been paid in advance for a large portion of the missing periods and will next week be paid in-full through the December 2016 audit and also up to and including, the January-March 2017 quarter, as well, which is intended to ensure future compliance." Mr. D'Arrigo has also called a board meeting to be held in London, UK with NAGP's financial partners during the first full week in February to finalize the required data. The Company is working diligently in this respect.
As to how realistic is this filing date considering the sheer volume of financial statements being prepared to bring everything current, firstly, there are no foreseeable scheduling conflicts with professional service providers, and the Company's senior management emphasized, in this report, that the entire matter of regaining compliance with all SEC filing requirements, which would include filing an audited Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (the "2016 Form 10-K"), now simply depends on how soon the Company's principal accountant, MaloneBailey, LLP ("MaloneBailey") receives all of the financial information in the proper format from the Company.
According to Native American Energy Group's CEO, Joseph D'Arrigo, "MaloneBailey, having been sufficiently compensated for the inclusive period, could possibly find the readiness to have all of NAGP'S periodic reports prepared for us to submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in succession as early as the next regulatory due date, March 31st, 2017, starting with the '2013 Form 10-K' and leaving the 2017 Q1 Form 10-Q to be filed separately on the later due date on its own." This would result in NAGP being considered current as soon as March 31st and then able to resume its regular reporting schedule. That will be left up to the auditors.
Yep, that's my general understanding. Notice my "general" qualifier. I, personally, would expect full disclosure and transparency after a deal is done if the deal affected the balance sheet and/or my rights as a share holder.
If there is sufficient incentive to file an 8-K to announce the change of a transfer agent, just imagine how proud RaJoe would be of actually accomplishing something with NAGP.
Yep, 8-K. Anything that would affect the company ... and "hints" don't count.
From the SEC "Quick Answers"
Form 8-K
In addition to filing annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, public companies must report certain material corporate events on a more current basis. Form 8-K is the “current report” companies must file with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about.
The instructions for Form 8-K describe the types of events that trigger a public company's obligation to file a current report, including any of the following :
Section 1 Registrant's Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership
Item 1.04 Mine Safety - Reporting of Shutdowns and Patterns of Violations
Section 2 Financial Information
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement
Item 2.05 Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities
Item 2.06 Material Impairments
Section 3 Securities and Trading Markets
Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
Section 4 Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review
Section 5 Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 5.04 Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant's Employee Benefit Plans
Item 5.05 Amendment to Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics
Item 5.06 Change in Shell Company Status
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.08 Shareholder Director Nominations
Section 6 Asset-Backed Securities
Item 6.01 ABS Informational and Computational Material
Item 6.02 Change of Servicer or Trustee
Item 6.03 Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support
Item 6.04 Failure to Make a Required Distribution
Item 6.05 Securities Act Updating Disclosure
Section 7 Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Section 8 Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events (The registrant can use this Item to report events that are not specifically called for by Form 8-K, that the registrant considers to be of importance to security holders.)
https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answersform8khtm.html
Somehow, I doubt that is the plan Plugger is using.
as to the first question, I'll hold my opinion.
I own enough NAGP to say I own some NAGP but I don't own enough (since the split) to pay the transaction fee if I sold it
as to when, how and why I trade stocks or not, I'll quote you from one of your previous posts:
Nothing is 100% certain in this space, BUT..I am willing to stay put on this one. Whine or lose!
Already "placed my bet" years ago. Still waiting for the "sure thing", worst case break-even, to come through.
What are you going to bet?
Hey, Trueheart, what's wrong with ham and eggs? I like ham and eggs.
Native resumed regular trading, and then moved up onto the OTCQB in around 2011. They've been full SEC-reporting for years, only now they have to catch up with an audit of every period report that is missing.
Not really. Just a couple people on here chasing unicorns and pixie dust if the Mongol hordes aren't nipping at their heels.
Long time no hear. Welcome back.
I think they have to word that way so the SEC can believe them.
"with all deliberate haste" Oh, OK. Yeah, yeah. Sure. That's it. That's the ticket.
How does sea level rise in some places and not in others? We are talking about the same "sea", right?
Maybe the land is sinking in some spots?
I'm puzzled
Think of it as just another rung on the ladder of success. You've really got to climb high to get anywhere.
Oh, well, I got nuthin ain't been said at least a couple hunnert times afore.
I don't think we investors are in a "Need To Know Position."
Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal
If only this would have impact more than a "color" article
A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn't repeal the Affordable Care Act he's suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.
Bob Heghmann, 70, filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court saying the national and Virginia Republican parties and some GOP leaders raised millions of dollars in campaign funds while knowing they weren't going to be able to overturn the ACA, also known as Obamacare.
The GOP "has been engaged in a pattern of Racketeering which involves massive fraud perpetrated on Republican voters and contributors as well as some Independents and Democrats," the suit said. Racketeering, perhaps better known for use in prosecuting organized crime, involves a pattern of illegal behavior by a specific group.
The lawsuit lists as defendants the Republican National Committee and Virginia's two national GOP committee members, Morton Blackwell and Cynthia Dunbar, as well as the Republican Party of Virginia and state party Chairman John Whitbeck.
In an email, Blackwell dismissed Heghmann's complaint as a "frivolous, nuisance suit that should be thrown out of court by any judge."
In a separate email Dunbar sent to Blackwell that was forwarded to The Virginian-Pilot, Dunbar referred to it as "ridiculous."
But at the same time, both said they understood where Heghmann was coming from. Blackwell said the suit is a "sign of conservative anger that the Republican-controlled Congress has not yet repealed and replaced Obamacare."
He argued that “progressives” had taken over the Democratic Party and seemed to lament that "conservatives" had not yet taken over the Republican Party.
"Too few conservatives are willing to invest their time, talent, and money and personally participate inside the Republican Party," Blackwell said. "A Republican majority will mean a conservative majority if and when a sufficient number of conservatives figure out why the success of their principles depends on their personal involvement in local, state and national Republican Party committees and in party nomination contests."
A spokesman for the state party did not respond to a request for comment.
Heghmann's suit comes a week after the Senate failed by one vote to approve a bill to repeal and replace the ACA.
It argues that the national GOP raised more than $735 million and Virginia's party more than $20 million from 2009 to 2016 in large part by promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Heghmann said he has standing to sue the GOP because has been a contributor. Federal Election Commission records show he gave a total of $875 to New Hampshire's GOP, but no donations were noted for the national party or Virginia. He was a Granite State resident for more than a decade – and a Trump campaign volunteer there – before moving to the Beach last year.
https://pilotonline.com/news/government/politics/virginia/republican-donor-from-virginia-beach-sues-gop-accusing-the-party/article_f7e5e7ec-f6ad-5d09-90d5-29774701b0c2.html
Wow, SMH Just another $49.84 to get to break even.
Hold steady, men, hold steady
Those rigs will show up any day now and the uranium will glow and the wind will blow and
and and the methane gas will passssssss
One (1) share traded today @ .1869 ???
Am I reading that correctly? All right, who gave up and threw in the towel??? You only needed to wait for another $49.81 to break even.
Gee, Foxwoods Man, if you told us about the French countryside, would you have to kill us?
Did you go thru Le Mans? That has been more than 20 years ago for me.
Tired of Selling Politics Like Soap, Democrats Are Now Selling It Like Pizza
Buyer beware. Peronally, I think their slogan should be "Democrats: BOGO"
Democrats Are Now Selling It Like Pizza
John Fund
By John Fund Published July 24, 2017 Fox News
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Knowing they need a positive agenda, Democrats have spent months preparing to offer more than blind resistance to anything Donald Trump does or says. Last week, after countless focus groups and consultations with all of the party’s ideological grouplets, the party unveiled a new slogan they hoped would rival Trump’s famous “Make America Great Again.”
The new Democratic slogan is significantly more wordy: “Better Deal: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Wages'" The thud it made in Washington and elsewhere came from how quickly it fell to earth.
Vox congressional reporter Jeff Stein notes that a Democratic member of Congress told him the slogan was “the result of months of polling and internal deliberations among the House Democratic caucus." But if that’s true, you think they would have figured out the new slogan is strangely similar to the current pitch for Papa John’s Pizza: "Better Ingredients. Better Pizza. Papa John's."
Democrats who are veterans of Barack Obama’s two successful presidential races were quick to heap scorn on what one called “the rhetorical equivalent of a soggy, tasteless slab or pizza dough.” “If your slogan uses a colon or a comma, back to the drawing board,” tweeted Jon Favreau, the former head of speechwriting for President Obama. “Fire every consultant involved,” added Jon Levitt, another former Obama speechwriter.
To make matters worse, within days of the slogan's unveiling it was learned it had also been lifted in part from a USA Today op-ed by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, who as the running-mate of Hillary Clinton last year helped take the Democratic Party into an historic and unexpected defeat. Back in May, Kaine summarized his message in his USA Today piece as “Better Skills. Better Jobs. Better Wages. My thoughts on why Dems need a stronger economic message.”
Then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held up a book entitled “Stronger Together”. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
It’s certainly true that even with the stolen slogan, the new Democratic message is an improvement over Hillary Clinton’s vapid 2016 race (where her slogan was “Stronger Together”) It contains some valuable insights on how to make job training programs more relevant and encourage apprenticeships. But too much of it is a series of warmed-over excuses for higher government spending on dubious programs and pump priming. That recipe will lead many independent and moderate voters to conclude the new slogan is trying to sell them on the policy equivalent of a mediocre slab of pizza slathered with 40-year-old ingredients and precious little meat. There’s just that much of a market for a stale product like that.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/07/24/tired-selling-politics-like-soap-democrats-are-now-selling-it-like-pizza.html
You still haven't told me if you meant ALL videos or just one in particular?
Oh, ouch, that hurt.
Are you saying ALL those videos are examples of people lying about NAEG/NAGP company activities?
Please, clarify.
Now, that sounds like a RAJOE kind of deal!!!
Sign me up (NOT)
Out of all the wink-wink, nudge-nudge, Bob's your uncle crap that is going on right in front of every one, NO ONE IS BEING CHARGED with anything. Only accusations fly. Proving a charge is just way too costly for everyone involved ....
#@&><)(&%&*%^(^&&*ti!!! *(&^!!! #(*^&*&%#@#^@!!!
Yeah, that's how I feel about it.
An English teacher told me in high school that "ain't" was not a word and should not be used. When asked about the origin of the non-word, she told me it as a combination of the contractions for "are not" and "is not".
As such, the proper contractions should be used and not the hybrid version.
She followed that with "the look" that meant I would be in trouble if I pushed it further.
I totally agree. We ain't seen nothing.
Hoping you all have a fantastic and safe holiday.
CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story
By Emily Smith June 27, 2017 | 8:25pm | Updated
$100,000,000 does tend to get your attention
The specter of a $100 million libel suit scared CNN into retracting a poorly reported story that slimed an ally of President Trump’s — and forcing out the staffers responsible for it, The Post has learned.
The cable network’s coverage of Trump transition team member Anthony Scaramucci came amid federal scrutiny of corporate parent Time Warner’s pending purchase by AT&T — and the widespread belief among media execs that CNN President Jeff Zucker can’t survive a merger.
CNN immediately caved after Scaramucci, a financier and frequent network guest, cried foul and threatened to take legal action, sources said Tuesday.
Scaramucci got an unusual public apology but still hired a top Manhattan lawyer to put further pressure on CNN and “look after [his] interests in this matter,” one source said.
Sources also said the three journalists responsible for the retracted story — reporter Tom Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris, who headed the CNN Investigates unit — were urged to resign.
“They called them in and said they’d pay out their contracts, but they should leave immediately,” one source said.
Zucker was afraid of facing a high-profile suit from Scaramucci while the US Justice Department weighs the proposed $85.4 billion media merger.
Meanwhile, a CNN insider said staffers are furious at “having lost the moral high ground because of this story.” Sources said Zucker tried to rally his staff during a Tuesday morning conference call.
“Zucker stressed that this issue was a ‘lapse in editorial standards’ and said it was a lesson to all reporters and editors to continue to strive for strong, accurate reporting,” a source said.
At last week’s Cannes Lions festival in France — where Zucker boasted that viewers trust CNN “more than ever” — rumors were rife that he’d be out of a job if the AT&T deal goes through.
“It’s not just Jeff Zucker, all Time Warner executives are anxious about if they will survive the merger,” a media source said Tuesday.
“What is interesting is that the AT&T execs who will decide who goes and who stays are [AT&T CEO] Randall Stephenson and [AT&T Entertainment Group CEO] John Stankey — who have a very good relationship with the current administration.”
Trump — a fierce critic of CNN — publicly opposed the merger during the campaign. Sources said Scaramucci, a frequent guest on CNN to defend the president, was treated like a star at Saturday’s wedding of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Louise Linton in Washington, DC.
“Everyone at the White House has been high-fiving each other over Anthony’s success in embarrassing CNN,” one attendee said.
“Trump is thoroughly enjoying this, and Anthony got endless slaps on the back at Steve’s wedding.”
The retracted story was based on a single, anonymous source who claimed the Senate Intelligence Committee was probing ties between the Trump administration and a Russian government-owned investment fund.
The story, posted on CNN.com on Thursday, also claimed the Treasury Department was believed to be investigating Scaramucci over a purported Jan. 16 meeting with the fund’s director general.
The media will do anything to bash Trump — and now they're hurting
Trump remains CNN's number one critic
CNN staffers resign over retracted Russia story
CNN is cracking down on how it covers Russia
In an Editor’s Note posted late Friday, CNN said the story had been deleted for not meeting “editorial standards,” with the network later revealing a “breakdown” in pre-publication vetting that typically involves “fact-checkers, journalism standards experts and lawyers.”
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday she wasn’t sure if CNN’s handling of the matter was “good enough” for her boss, who went on a Twitter tirade against the news channel earlier in the day.
“I think that we have gone to a place where if the media can’t be trusted to report the news, then that’s a dangerous place for America, and I think if that is the place that certain outlets are going, particularly for the purpose of spiking ratings, and if that’s coming directly from the top, I think that’s even more scary,” she said.
“I think that we should take a really good look at what we are focused on, what we are covering, and making sure that it’s actually accurate and it’s honest,” she added.
CNN’s retraction of the Scaramucci story was the latest in a string of recent embarrassments, including the firing earlier this month of “Believer” series host Reza Aslan after he called Trump a “piece of s–t” on Twitter.
The network also fired comedian Kathy Griffin — longtime co-host of its New Year’s Eve coverage — over a photo that showed her posing with a prop resembling Trump’s bloody, severed head, and had to own up to a story that incorrectly predicted what fired FBI Director James Comey would testify about before Congress.
CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Following Friday’s apology, Scaramucci tweeted that “CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on.”
On Tuesday, he retweeted a message from CNN “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter saying that “nothing in my story should be taken to imply that Scaramucci is under investigation,” as well as a meme portraying Trump as Batman driving the Batmobile.
The image also shows Vice President Mike Pence as Robin, holding the “Bat Phone” and saying: “SORRY HE CAN’T TALK RIGHT NOW — HE’S BUSY WINNING!!!!”
Additional reporting by Bob Fredericks and Bruce Golding
http://nypost.com/2017/06/27/cnn-staffers-didnt-resign-over-retracted-story-they-got-fired/