Drummond Pike
Summary
Drummond Pike (born October 11, 1948) is an American philanthropist, activist and social entrepreneur. He founded Tides Foundation in 1976 and is the current CEO of Tides. Pike helped pioneer the advent of donor advised funds in philanthropy.Pike was born in San Rafael, California, the third of four brothers, to Peter Pike, an investment banker, and Catherine Cline Pike, Marin County’s first ever female pediatrician.Pike studied Political Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and became involved in the anti-war movement of the late 1960s. He was selected as campus representative to the Board of Regents during his senior year in 1969, and graduated with a BA in 1970.
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Who Didn't Beck Blame For Egypt's Unrest?
As protesters took to the streets of Egypt this week, Glenn Beck took to his multiple broadcast platforms to weave an elaborate theory about the forces behind the uprising. During this span, Beck connected the protests and violence in Egypt to, among other things, Islamic socialists, Marxist communists, food prices, Bill Ayers, Code Pink, ACORN co-founder Wade Rathke, the Tides Foundation's Drummond Pike, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the AFL-CIO.
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George Soros Donates $1 Million To Media Matters To Fight Fox News
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has donated $1 million to Media Matters for America in an effort to fight Fox News.
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Soros gives $1 million to Media Matters
George Soros announced that he has given $1 million to Media Matters “to hold Fox News accountable for the false and misleading information they so often broadcast. ” Fox commentators frequently describe Media Matters, a frequent Fox critic, of being funded by Soros, but Media Matters has long denied that connection.
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"Progressive Hunter" redux: Beck devotes entire hour to demonizing Tides
Less than a week after revelations that conspiracy theories pushed by Glenn Beck and the right-wing media drove a California man to plot the assassination of Tides Foundation employees, Beck devoted an hour-long show to demonizing Tides. Beck's latest attacks come just hours after Tides released a letter calling on advertisers to stop financing the extremist rhetoric and conspiracy theories broadcast on Fox News.
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Tides CEO: "There will be blood"
The Tides Foundation, one of the progressive groups targeted by freeway shooter Byron Williams and a frequent rhetorical target of Glenn Beck, has been largely silent in the media discussion that has followed the incident. But on the heels of John Hamiltons jailhouse interview with Williams released earlier this week by liberal watchdog Media Matters, which is partly funded by Tides, the progressive nonprofit has called for an advertiser boycott of not just Glenn Beck, who it accuses of inspiring Williams, but of the entire Fox News network.
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Tides Foundation CEO To Fox News Advertisers: Drop Glenn Beck Or Have Blood On Your Hands
In an extraordinary move to nip the inflammatory commentary coming from Glenn Beck, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation (a frequent Beck target) has written advertisers asking them to remove their sponsorship of the Fox News program or risk having "blood on their hands. ".
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