Koch vs. Rolling Stone

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Finehoe's favorite company, Koch Industries seems to be in a war of words with Rolling Stone Magazine.

Rolling Stone Magazine, having been on the ropes several times, seems to be finding its quasi-journalistic footing these days and continues by authoring an expose on Koch's contributions to pollution.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-koch-brothers-toxic-empire-20140924

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/koch-industries-responds-to-rolling-stone-and-we-answer-back-20140929

One thing all companies should learn, never engage Rolling Stone. Issue your press release and be done with them.

Per the Wichita BJ:

Koch spars with Rolling Stone over pollution allegations



Rolling Stone magazine recently published a lengthy article on Koch Industries Inc., primarily taking aim at the Wichita-based company over the issue of pollution. Koch has fired back — and Rolling Stone has responded in kind.
Koch's response to the article, entitled "Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire," takes author Tim Dickinson to task over a number of the story's claims.

Dickinson responded to Koch's lengthy response with his own attacking Koch's counter claims.
Koch's take going in was that the article would be slanted, which the company concluded turned out to be the case.
"Any pretense at objectivity is belied by Mr. Dickinson's efforts to hype his article on social media with hyperbole like, 'From toxic pollution to toxic assets — everything you need to know about how the Koch brothers got so rich,'" Koch's response reads.
The company says Dickinson used less five percent of the 3,200-words worth of answers and information it provided the author in response to his questions.  Dickinson contends the information was used to inform his writing but most of the responses covered no new ground.
The author also says he attempted to "engage Koch Industries in a robust discussion of the issues raised in our reporting," but ultimately was left with only on-the-record email responses from Koch's general counsel Mark Holden. Koch says it provided detailed responses that it requested be used in full. The company also says Dickinson also did not engage in any discussion about omitting the responses from the story as was requested.

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Isn't the Palatka paper mill one of theirs?  I bet they would say Rice Creek is perfectly safe.