flexians

These political convictions -- forged in the Cold War -- were so strongly held, that they blinded our 'flexians' to the mounting scientific evidence that acid rain, the ozone hole, second-hand smoke, and global warming were real problems, doing real damage.

Naomi Oreskes: Shadow Elite: "Merchants of Doubt" -- Do Scientific Denialists Have No Shame? 2010

Of course that was shameless and self-serving of Rubin, and is emblematic of the new class of influencers Wedel has dubbed as "flexians," but a theoretically independent news media outlet, Newsweek, also shouldn't have allowed that kind of misrepresentation.

Charles Lewis: 'Shadow Elite': Outsourcing Government, Losing Democracy 2010

The contrarians we studied -- who systematically sought to undermine the scientific evidence of the harms of tobacco, acid rain, the ozone hole, DDT and global warming -- engaged in many of the same kinds of behavior as the 'flexians' described by Wedel.

Naomi Oreskes: Shadow Elite: "Merchants of Doubt" -- Do Scientific Denialists Have No Shame? 2010

In Shadow Elite, Janine calls them "flexians", top players who move in and out of government, corporate, and think tank roles, gathering exclusive information at each stop, and using that privileged asset to benefit themselves and their allies.

Linda Keenan: Shadow Elite : Think BP's The Bad Guy? Think Bigger, Way Bigger 2010

Wedel dubs this new class of influencers "flexians," and the closed system they've created for themselves the "flex net."

Arianna Huffington: The First HuffPost Book Club Pick of 2010: Shadow Elite by Janine Wedel 2010

These players (I call those at the pinnacle "flexians") glide across roles of influence in government, business, media, and think tanks, use overlapping affiliations and information gleaned in onevenue in other venues, and exploit a stranglehold on (should-be) public information to advance their own interests, not the public interest.

Naomi Oreskes: Shadow Elite: "Merchants of Doubt" -- Do Scientific Denialists Have No Shame? 2010

Of course that was shameless and self-serving of Rubin, and is emblematic of the new class of influencers Wedel has dubbed as "flexians," but a theoretically independent news media outlet, Newsweek, also shouldn't have allowed that kind of misrepresentation.

'Shadow Elite': Outsourcing Government, Losing Democracy Charles Lewis 2010

The blogs -- highlighted below -- have shown over and over again that a group of "flexians" and their "flex nets" are the ones more in control of our government than elected officials.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

The blogs -- highlighted below -- have shown over and over again that a group of "flexians" and their "flex nets" are the ones more in control of our government than elected officials.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010

"flexians" and their "flex nets", continue to be rewarded -- and rewarded big -- for their failures.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2010