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story in the huffington post reported there was a gathering of "times" journalists and they asked, okay, show of hands, who would quit if the kochs bought the paper and half of the room allegedly raised their hand. who would quit if murdoch bought the paper? and there was a sprinkling of hands which was surprising. who would quit if this guy austin butner and brode bought it and not a hand. ely brode and butner used to be a deputy mayor. he is a democratic deputy mayor of the city of los angeles running for mayor. ely brode is the biggest philanthropist in the city of l.a. he threw a. >> began nick inaugural ball for barack obama. he has his thumb in everywhere. he is getting corporate deals on property downtown. has never run a newspaper in his life. >> doesn't matter. >> and these people say these are active political proponents who don't know about objective journalism and they want to work for them