Guiliani's Professional Affiliations

Giuliani's Professional and Personal Affiliations

With his marital history, at times it is difficult to keep up with who Rudy is in bed with. What are we to make of this political "Little Black Book"?

• In Fox News, Giuliani Finds a Friendly Face - The New York Times - August 2, 2007 by Russ Buettner
  
  Roger Ailes is the current head of Fox News, the most important media outlet for likely Republican primary voters. Mr. Ailes has also been close friends with Rudy Giuliani for nearly twenty years. In 1996, Giuliani intervened with Time Warner on behalf of the then-fledgling Fox News, offering "extraordinary" pressure according to Time Warner Executives. A federal judge blocked Giuliani's plans for Fox News before an agreement was reached between Fox News and Time Warner a year later, citing it to be "special advocacy to reward a friend and further a particular viewpoint". Thus far into the 2008 US Presidential Campaign, Giuliani has clocked more minutes on Fox News than his rival candidates. Read Russ Buettner's examination into how much of a role Giuliani and Ailes' friendship may have in election media coverage.
  
  
• Rudy Giuliani Assails Venezuela's Chavez - The Guardian Unlimited - May 2, 2007 by Liz Sidoti
  
  "Petroleos de Venezuela, the country's national oil company that Chavez controls, bought U.S.-based Citgo Petroleum Corp. in 1990. The Houston law firm now known as Bracewell & Giuliani has represented Citgo in matters involving the Texas legislature since 2005."
  
  
• Giuliani's Ties To Texas Law Firm May Pose Risk - The New York Times - May 2, 2007 - Russ Buettner
  
  "From clean air to mercury pollution to global warming policies," said Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, "Giuliani's firm has been perhaps the most anti-environment voice in Washington, representing some of the biggest corporate polluters.""