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24.9.2018 Pastebin.com - Printed Paste ID: https://pastebin.com/cqDiq3P4 1. INTRODUCTION: This pastebin is organized into eight sections. The first seven sections detail the extent of Jewish influence at Comcast and NBC Universal, particularly within NBC's News Division. The final section catalogs each of the citations used to support the assertions made throughout the text. This pastebin is accessible at https://pastebin.com/cqDiq3P4. An archived version of this pastebin is also accessible via https://archive.fo/DxsGs. Feel free to copy, build upon, or otherwise repost the information in this pastebin on your own website. To see a similar list for the New York Times, visit: https://pastebin.com/syWNwnMP. To see a similar list for CBS News, visit: https://pastebin.com/U7QYbUry. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION 1: Comcast/NBC Universal Executives 6. SECTION 2: NBC Universal Chairman & Presidents 7. SECTION 3: NBC Universal Sub-Division Presidents 8. SECTION 4: NBC Universal Vice Presidents 9. SECTION 5: NBC Executive Producers 10. SECTION 6: MSNBC/NBC News Hosts 11. SECTION 7: MSNBC/NBC News Correspondents, Analysts & Contributors 12. SECTION 8: Works Cited 13. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14. 15. **SECTION 1: Comcast/NBC Universal** 16. 17. Brian L. Roberts – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Comcast Corporation 18. Brian Roberts is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Comcast Corporation. [1]. Brian Roberts is Jewish. According to The Forward, a Jewish publication, Roberts is the “son of a Philadelphia Jewish entrepreneur,” Roberts hosted a bar mitzvah for his son, and Roberts has a commitment to religion and Jewish causes that “is extremely personal and low-profile,” such that Roberts Jewish identity “should not be doubted.” [2]. 19. 20. David Cohen - Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Lobbyist, Comcast Corporation 21. David Cohen is Senior Executive Vice President and the Chief Lobbyist for Comcast Corporation. [3]. David Cohen is Jewish. According to The Forward, a Jewish publication, Cohen is Jewish, and he is “a board member of the Philadelphia Jewish federation and a donor to many local and national Jewish causes.” [4]. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Barbara Cohen, “the mother of Comcast Corp. executive David L. Cohen… was active as a volunteer for the Jewish Federation and her synagogue.” [5]. 22. 23. Arthur Block – Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Comcast Corporation 24. Arthur Block is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Comcast. [6]. Arthur Block is Jewish. Block discussed his Jewish upbringing in an interview with the Columbus Jewish Historical Society, describing how his family “always had the Kiddush in the shul” when hosting his or his brother’s bar mitzvah. [7]. The Forward, a Jewish publication, has also referred to Arthur Block as “Another key Jewish officer in the Comcast empire.” [8]. 25. 26. Ron Meyer - Vice Chairman, NBC Universal 27. Ron Meyer is Vice Chairman of NBC Universal. [9]. Ron Meyer is Jewish. The Jewish publication, The Forward, states that “Universal’s Jeff Shell and Ron Meyer” are among the “Jewish A-Listers” that fueled a 98% Hollywood donation landslide for Hillary Clinton (vis-à-vis Donald Trump). [10]. 28. 29. Adam Miller - Executive Vice President, NBC universal 30. Adam Miller is Executive Vice President at NBC Universal. [11]. Adam Miller is Jewish. Miller was married in a Jewish wedding ceremony performed by Rabbi Balfour Brickner. [12]. 31. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32. 33. **SECTION 2: NBC Universal Chairman & Presidents** 34. 35. Andrew Lack – Chairman, NBC Universal News Group 36. Andrew Lack is the Chairman of NBC News. [13]. Andrew Lack is Jewish. Lack confirmed that he was Jewish in a speech at Boston University, stating, “Just like in ancient Egypt, it comes down to an unknown Jewish fellow to do the heavy lifting.” [14]. Lack has been honored by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA)- Federation of New York’s Broadcast, Cable & Film Division. [15]. Lack has stated that the Bronx House Jewish Community Center performs “vital work” during his visits to the Center. [16]. Jewish journalist Jeffrey Blankfort [17] has also stated that Lack is Jewish, in his publication entitled, “Stunning Jewish Success Dominates American Media.” [18]. Lack’s daughter, Joanna [19], was married in a Jewish wedding ceremony performed by Rabbi Will Berkovitz. [20]. 37. 38. Bonnie Hammer – Chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment (Cable Group) 39. Bonnie Hammer is the Chairman of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. [21]. Bonnie Hammer is Jewish. Hammer was featured by the Jerusalem Post (“JPost”), an Israeli-based publication, in its article on the Jewish women that were included in the Forbes' 2012 list of world’s most powerful women. [22]. JPost referred to Hammer as “one of the most powerful women in television.” [23]. Bonnie also discussed her Russian-Jewish heritage in a 2008 speech to the Anti- Defamation League, according to Variety. [24]. 40. 41. Robert Gleenblatt – Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment (Television Group) 42. Robert Greenblatt is the Chairman of NBC Television Group (Telvision Group). [25]. Robert Greenblatt is Jewish. The Times of Israel featured Greenblatt in its article entitled, “Who said Jews run Hollywood,” which discussed who among the Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 100 most prominent players in the show business are Jewish. [26]. 43. 44. Jeff Shell – Chairman, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group 45. Jeff Shell is the Chairman of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. [27]. Jeff Shell is Jewish. The Jewish publication, The Forward, states that “Universal’s Jeff Shell” takes a place among the “Jewish A-Listers” that fueled a 98% Hollywood donation landslide for Hillary Clinton (vis-à-vis Donald Trump). [28]. 46. 47. Mark Lazarus - Chairman, NBC Sports Group 48. Mark Lazarus is Chairman of NBC Broadcasting & Sports. [29]. Mark Lazarus is Jewish. Media Village has written about Lazarus’ “self-deprecating humor” about being Jewish, including Lazarus’ quip that he attended Vanderbilt University, “where the number of Jews is like the Nielsen sample, very small.” [30]. Mark is son of John Lazarus, a vice president for sales and advertising at ABC Sports. [31]. The Lazarus family has been honored by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA)-Federation of New York [32], and Jewish Voice reports that Mark Lazarus has attended UJA luncheons in the past. [33]. 49. 50. Noah Oppenheim – President, NBC News 51. Noah Oppenheim is the President of NBC News. [34]. Noah Oppenheim is Jewish. Oppenheim was featured in the American Israelite’s December 2016’s edition of Jews in the Newz, which described how Oppenhim “wrote sometimes on Jewish issues” while studying at Harvard and later went on to produce political talk shows. [35]. Noah is married to Allison Oppenheim. [36]. Noah and Allison were mentioned in the obituary for Noah’s grandmother, Elaine Nussbaum, who resided in the Jewish Home of Eastern Pennsylvania and was buried in the Dalton Jewish Cemetery. [37]. 52. 53. Phil Griffin – President, MSNBC 54. Phil Griffin is President of MSNBC. [38]. Phil Griffin’s wife, Kory Apton, is Jewish. Due to their interfaith differences, Phil and Kory were married in a non-denominational ceremony. [39]. Kory is the daughter of Erna Apton, whose funeral took place at the Frank Campbell Funeral Home [40], which the Times of Israel states is a Jewish funeral home [41], and whose husband was a plastic surgeon at the predominantly Jewish Mount Sinai Hospital (original known as https://pastebin.com/print/cqDiq3P4 1/12 24.9.2018 Pastebin.com - Printed Paste ID: https://pastebin.com/cqDiq3P4 the “Jews’ Hospital”). [42]. Phil and Kory’s daughter, Riley [43], has enrolled in and spoken about courses taken at Duke’s Center for Jewish Studies. [44]. Keith Apton, Kory’s brother [45], has donated to Temple Beth Shalom. [46]. 55. 56. Mark Hoffman – Chairman & President, CNBC 57. Mark Hoffman is Chairman & President of CNBC. Mark Hoffman is Jewish. CNBC staffers were buzzing about the video that Mark Hoffman had commissioned for his son’s bar mitzvah, according to IMDB. [47]. According to Tablet Mag, a Jewish news publication, Mark Hoffman “arranged for a blockbuster bar mitzvah video for his son.” [48]. Gawker repoted that Hoffman produced a video for his son’s bar mitzvah that included Jim Cramer and Derek Jeter. [49]. 58. 59. Jimmy Horowitz – President, Universal Pictures (Filmed Entertainment Group) 60. Jimmy Horowitz is President of Universal Pictures. [50]. Jimmy Horowitz is Jewish. In Volume 14 of From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood: The Jewish Role in American Life, authors Vincent Brooks and Michael Renov write, “Comcast, which recently acquired Universal and NBC from GE, is run by Jewish Brian Roberts, with Jews Adam Fogelson and Jimmy Horowitz in charge of Universal and Robert Greenblatt of NBC.” [51]. 61. 62. Jeff Wachtel - President, Universal Cable Productions & Wilshire Studios; Chief Content Officer, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment. 63. Jeff Wachtel is Chief Content Officer, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment, and President, Universal Cable Productions & Wilshire Studios. [52]. Jeff Wachtel is Jewish. Wachtel has put on a bat mitzvah for his daughter. [53]. 64. 65. Jennifer Salke – President, NBC Entertainment (NBC Universal Television Entertainment