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#JesseHelms

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People (2)

  • 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.

Organizations (1)

  • 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.