Category: Philanthropy

John Hinderaker, a conservative blogger at the Power Line weblog, asks, “Who is Art Pope?” Hinderaker examines Art Pope’s political and philanthropic giving in light of the distortion from Mayer’s article in The New Yorker. Read more Source: Power Line

Mark Bauerlein, of The Chronicle of Higher Education, questions Jane Mayer’s article in The New Yorker about Art Pope. “With so much discussion right now of the 99 percent vs. 1 percent, The New Yorker has a timely profile by Jane Mayer of Art Pope, businessman, philanthropist, and political funder in the state of North Carolina. The title and subtitle indicate the gist: “State for Sale: A conservative multimillionaire has taken control in North Carolina, one of 2012’s top battlegrounds.’” Read More Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education

David Boaz, of the Cato Institute, discusses Jane Mayer’s attack on Art Pope. “Jane Mayer of the New Yorker, fresh from her expose of the nefarious Koch Brothers’ conspiracy to reduce taxes and regulation, has found a new target: James Arthur (Art) Pope, chairman and CEO of Variety Wholesalers and a major contributor to free-market and Republican causes, especially in North Carolina.” Read more Source: The Cato Institute

Conn Carroll, an editorial writer at The Washington Examiner, defends Art Pope in his October 10, 2011 editorial. “Last week, Bloomberg Markets Magazine published a 7,000+ word, 14 author hit piece, on Koch Industries Inc. that was so pathetic, Bloomberg’s own Businessweek editorialized against it. This week, The New Yorker’s Jane Meyer, also of Koch hit piece fame, has published a new hatchet job, this time on retailing magnate Art Pope.” Read more Source: The Washington Examiner

Art Pope speaks with ABC TV station WTVD about The New Yorker article about him Watch the video Source: WTVD