#FairnessInMedia

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Harry Weyher New York tax lawyer who was Wickliffe Draper's personal attorney from 1955, executor of his will, and president of the Pioneer Fund from 1958 until his death in 2002.
Jesse Helms North Carolina broadcaster and senator whose direct-mail organization was built by two Pioneer Fund directors, took Nelson Bunker Hunt's money, tried to buy CBS, and was investigated in 1986 for a leak to Pinochet's government.
Thomas F. Ellis Raleigh lawyer who ran Jesse Helms's political organization, sat on the Pioneer Fund board, took its money for his television foundation, organized a bid for CBS, and lost a Reagan nomination over his record on race.

Fairness in Media Raleigh committee of three Jesse Helms associates that mailed nearly a million letters in January 1985 urging conservatives to buy CBS stock, was sued by CBS, and petitioned the FCC over Laurence Tisch to 1988.