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Thursday, October 18
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 18 Oct 2007 04:36 PM PDT
If you would like to contact the Gates Keepers, send an email to Gates.Keepers.blog [at] gmail [dot] com. more »
Thursday, March 18
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 18 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT
Would a Nieman fellow or former fellow directly criticise the Gates Foundation? Mason comes close. more »
Wednesday, March 17
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 17 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT
Winnipegonians are upset that the Gates Foundation didn't come through on it job creating project. more »
Tuesday, March 16
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 16 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT
It looks like twenty something Dana, despite thinking hard about it, has not made a successful transition from niche writing to mainstream media. Too bad she never reads comments on her work as she says she is too busy. Bill just toys with her here. more »
Monday, March 15
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 15 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PDT
The latest development tourism dispatch from Bill's late 2009 trip to the front lines. more »
Friday, March 12
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 12 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Did Cathy speak to a Gates Foundation Panel or a Gates Foundation-funded panel. Were Foundation people in the audience and listening? more »
Thursday, March 11
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 11 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Whoever wrote this attached testimony for the Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to present to the Committee on Foreign Relations certainly knows their stuff. Some of these are the best thought-out words ever to come of out Bill's mouth. more »
Wednesday, March 10
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 10 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Here is what appears to be a rundown on Gates Foundation education activities that is not sponsored by the Gates Foundation. But who can say? more »
Tuesday, March 9
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 09 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Diane Ravitch crossing the floor probably says more about Ravitch than it does about education. If Ravitch can change her mind then what guarantee is there that the Gates Foundation is on the right track in education reform? What are the costs if they are wrong? more »
Monday, March 8
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Bill's new book review, had it been sent to the editor of a college newspaper, probably wouldn't have been published or worth reading. It is not very good. But since he didn't get an undergraduate degree we can't fault him for not knowing this. --- We need more serious thinking about responsibility and accountability and fewer book reviews on Gates Notes. more »
Friday, March 5
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 05 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Who ARE these people and why do they want to advertise to us to make us think the way they do? Is it possible that members of the cabal have financial interests involved? --- Does the Gates Foundation fund any Nieman activities? more »
Thursday, March 4
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 04 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
It is rare that we see Jeff's ideas though every time one of Bill's neuron's fires we read a webcast about it. more »
Wednesday, March 3
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 03 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Well those Southeast Asian lawmakers who earn billions a year from producing tobacco products are unlikely to just roll over and increase taxes to reduce consumption without a people's movement to push them. SEATCA will receive seven million dollars but doesn't look like a citizen participation organization to Gates Keepers. more »
Tuesday, March 2
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 02 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
It appears that this commentator in Forbes has his tongue firmly in his cheek when he calls Bill Gates 'smart'. more »
Monday, March 1
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 01 Mar 2010 12:00 PM PST
Tachi says he likes to give direct negative feedback so he will like Gates Keepers speaking straight: Gates Keepers thinks you acted unethically by threatening academic researchers. Restitution and amends are in order. more »
Friday, February 26
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 26 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
The head of the Gates Foundation is clearly writing his own tweets. No one but a high school freshman or Bill Gates could write such a jejune statement. And what was he doing all those years at Microsoft that MS still has not produced software that can send us his picture so we can see what he calls beauty? This is the man who would rule the world. more »
Thursday, February 25
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 25 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Yikes, Tachi. Threatening people is not polite. We hope you don't do that in your present job at the Gates Foundation. more »
Wednesday, February 24
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 24 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
It will be interesting to see how the Gates Foundation deals with the corruption endemic to Bihar. And what will they do for security? Form their own private army? more »
Tuesday, February 23
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 23 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Next time Gates Keepers wants to publish an infomercial disguised as an oped in a newspaper we will be sure to go to a newspaper where we sit on the Board of Directors. That is what Melinda has done. Has this Gates Foundation board member no shame? Why didn't she send it to another paper where she doesn't sit on the board? more »
Monday, February 22
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 22 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Remember "640k ought to be enough for everybody"? Now he is predicting in the field of energy. --- The hive mind on MF takes him apart. more »
Friday, February 19
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 19 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Some people are angry at the Gates Foundation and CRS because of their relationship. Gates Keepers do not agree with them but they need to be heard, too. more »
Thursday, February 18
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 18 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Here is fair comment on Gates-funded Chris Murray's salary of over four hundred thousand dollars a year. more »
Wednesday, February 17
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 17 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
The head of the Gates Foundation just digs himself in deeper on climate change. more »
Tuesday, February 16
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 16 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
No one but Bill appears to be writing his Twitter posts. No one but him could make a tweet so twerpy. more »
Monday, February 15
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 15 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
After years of stifling innovation at Microsoft, why is it assumed that Bill Gates is competent to lead innovation worldwide? more »
Friday, February 12
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 12 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
This is just speculation but valid ... more »
Thursday, February 11
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 11 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Glasspockets has a tool for you to look at what they Gates Foundation says about itself. Check it out. more »
Wednesday, February 10
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 10 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
This article is well written and the audio attached is interesting if you can stay awake through it. But why do we have to learn about changes or business as usual at the Foundation on the COP website? Why isn't it on the Gates Foundation website where everyone can read it? --- They still have a LONG way to go to become truly transparent. more »
Tuesday, February 9
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 09 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Here someone from the Center for Global Development (Is there any other kind of development?) is overly polite in making suggestions on how to leverage funds and then imagining that the Gates Foundation has already thought of them all. Is she being cute as she has already suggested them to the Foundation or careful as her organisation is a beneficiary of Gates Foundation largesse? more »
Monday, February 8
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 08 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
If the Gates Foundation cares about the health and development of people in China then it could lobby Microsoft to make safer software. more »
Friday, February 5
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
More worship of the Gates Foundation and it was not even published on a Sunday. more »
Thursday, February 4
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 04 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Is mainstream media doing enough investigative journalism on the Gates Foundation? Here is a shining example of how mainstream media and professionals in civil society can complement one another in developing an analysis of the activities of the Foundation. Kristi Heim has referred her readers to Philippe Boucher's blog. These two Cascadians living and working near the Foundation give Gates Keepers hope. more »
Wednesday, February 3
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 03 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Bill Gates certainly knows about pipe dreams, distraction, and opportunity costs. But since when is he an expert on immunisation delivery? more »
Tuesday, February 2
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 02 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
A Gates Foundation grantee uses the Huffpo to worship at the lotus feet of Bill and Melinda. more »
Monday, February 1
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 01 Feb 2010 12:00 PM PST
Gates Keepers is back after summer vacs. --- Matthew displays just a glimpse of his opinion of Bill's hubris in this article. And he can see that whatever Bill's original jottings might have been, the Gates Foundation's well-paid machine has twisted, spun, massaged, and otherwise fixed Bill's text so that it resembles gospel rather than one man's thoughts. Beatification indeed. more »
Friday, January 8
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 08 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
Radical voices are also being raised in protest at the Gates Foundation influence on education. Do the Gates' children attend a charter school? more »
Thursday, January 7
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 07 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
At least one person in Denver is talking about the Gates Foundation education grant. more »
Wednesday, January 6
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
Good question --- read on. more »
Tuesday, January 5
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 05 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
The "excellent Trevor", formerly of the Gates Foundation, and the Philanthrocapitalistoptimists have a love fest. more »
Monday, January 4
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 04 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
Have any other PRIs been announced? This organization works with Starbucks and the Body Shop. more »
Sunday, January 3
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sun 03 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
The wunderkind Clinton(s)/Gore/Gates nominee Raj Shah takes on an impossible job. Watch for Gates Foundation influence to increase ... more »
Saturday, January 2
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sat 02 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
The Huffpo loves Bill. Here two cheerleaders come to his rescue. Are either of the authors just a little bit angry more »
Friday, January 1
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 01 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST
Here is a video of Rick Warren and Bill Gates. Impatient optimists both. more »
Thursday, December 31
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 31 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Gates Foundation in China is hard to keep track of. Here is some AIDS money that appears to be going to AIDS care without catalysing change. Not everyone agrees with it, as you can see below. more »
Wednesday, December 30
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 30 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Amerika needs national learning objectives and this grant will allow the PTA to oppose teachers who don't like it. more »
Tuesday, December 29
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 29 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Hot air from Bill in this one. more »
Monday, December 28
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 28 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Gates Keepers applaud the courage and integrity of the Gates Foundation's hometown newspaper in continuing to publish dissenting news and views on the activities of the local Leviathan. Is the Foundation's mission statement really: "Technology can save the world." We don't see an alternative one on the Foundation website. more »
Sunday, December 27
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sun 27 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Steve Rawley and many others in Portland are thinking and talking about Foundation influence, race, labor, and poverty in their schools more »
Saturday, December 26
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sat 26 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Here is a view from Small Tobacco. more »
Friday, December 25
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 25 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Check out the graph in the original post. more »
Thursday, December 24
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 24 Dec 2009 12:00 AM PST
Gates Keepers think that the Gates "are unaccountable and lack legitimacy." more »
Wednesday, December 23
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 23 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
The Gates Keepers think that Sam is making fun of Bill. But they are not sure. more »
Tuesday, December 22
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 22 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Will he? more »
Monday, December 21
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 21 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa Bay should serve better food so the Gates will come. more »
Sunday, December 20
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sun 20 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Now you can help Oxfam spend Gates Foundation money. Oxfam used to spend only their own funds but now they spend others' too. more »
Saturday, December 19
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sat 19 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
A small voice from Whoville. more »
Friday, December 18
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 18 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
This blogger puts it all together. more »
Thursday, December 17
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 17 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Rice is nice. But what do Midwestern corn and hog farmers know about it? Find out here. more »
Wednesday, December 16
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 16 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Way to go, Chang Kun. more »
Tuesday, December 15
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 15 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
This almost looks like a real blog. But the Gates Foundation pays for it. more »
Monday, December 14
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 14 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Why is 'training' for journalists always issue-based? AIDS, agriculture, etc. The Gates Foundation wants to advance its own agenda. Why not fund an panAfrican school of journalism? Or five or six regional African schools of journalism? Africans can run their own schools of journalism. more »
Friday, December 11
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 11 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Are the activities funded by the Gates Foundation or just the techno-optimist book? --- Are Duncan Green and Philanthro-optimist Michael Green related by blood or only by ideology? more »
Thursday, December 10
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 10 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Here a journalist looks carefully at the Gates Foundation-supported AGRA. more »
Wednesday, December 9
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 09 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Even Holden, who one guesses is no farmer, wonders about the Gates Foundation experiments in agriculture in Africa. more »
Tuesday, December 8
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 08 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
These people have a right to be angry. "Gates Foundation rhetoric makes Africa sound like a basket case, land-wise: references to “depleted” or “degraded” soils." Right. more »
Monday, December 7
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 07 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Is Jeff Raikes really in charge? Who knows? --- "Accusations that the foundation is overly influential, unaccountable, and arrogant are similar to the complaints that Microsoft weathered for decades as it dominated techdom". Who is surprised? more »
Friday, December 4
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 04 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Do not miss this excellent blog on tobacco control and the Gates Foundation's smoky backroom dealings with the Canadian International Research Centre. more »
Thursday, December 3
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 03 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
“Gates has created a huge blood-buying operation that only cares about money, not about people,”. Ouch. more »
Wednesday, December 2
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 02 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
Something funny is going on with Tony Blair and the Gates Foundation -- more »
Tuesday, December 1
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 01 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST
When programs are begun without governmental implementation in mind, they are hard to hand over. more »
Monday, November 30
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 30 Nov 2009 03:06 AM PST
This article does not, unfortunately, give us a feeling for who Martha Choe really is and what her values are. more »
Sunday, November 29
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sun 29 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
It is good to see people calling GAVI to account. What a treat to have the usually conservative, big business-linked and Gates Foundation-funded Save the Children make this call. more »
Saturday, November 28
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sat 28 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
If you want to look at what the Foundation and other players have wrought in Seattle then please pay a visit to Seattle Education 2010. Mark Kingwell says citizenship includes the sense of public commitment and public good but redefines it as an ethical commitment of care and respect, which fosters justice among people and a sense of belonging. These bloggers get it. more »
Friday, November 27
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 27 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
Clever and apt headline to this analysis. more »
Thursday, November 26
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 26 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
The Gates Foundation new headquarters and philanthropy theme park gets noticed. How many little children's equally valued lives will be lost because of the (lost opportunity) costs of the building? Bill and Melinda are not even dead yet and they are building edifices in their honour --- more »
Wednesday, November 25
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 25 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
Buy in. Half a billion dollars to school efforts ... more »
Tuesday, November 24
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 24 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
From reading Bill and Melinda's thoughts on family planning you would think they only cared about WHY women would want smaller families (they say because their children don't die) and that they didn't care any longer about HOW women can reduce the number of children they have (family planning). But the Foundation just funded one of the largest family conferences on family planning in years ... read on. more »
Monday, November 23
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 23 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
There has been a lot recently written about the new USAID administrator. You can search his name on the Gates Keepers site to see previous notes about him. Gates Keepers are sceptical about how much Wunderkind like Bill Gates and Rajiv Shah can accomplish outside their carefully controlled environments. Raj seems to not understand how any actions he takes can cause hostility. --- Even selfstyled wunderkind Holden looks at Rajiv's department's data and finds a bit of playing with the truth. more »
Friday, November 6
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 06 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
Bill must be really, really, mad to use the word "outrageous" about bednet production in Africa. But is this news or an informercial? Look at the last line of this interview transcript. The Gates Foundation paid NPR to do this interview. more »
Thursday, November 5
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 05 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
There is a media blitz being conducted by the Gates Foundation these days. Lest we forget about Bill Gates on November 11, you can see one of his most prolific fans talk with him in New York. Bill would autograph books at this event but he has not 'written' one in a decade. Though you can bet Matthew will be flogging his new edition. more »
Wednesday, November 4
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 04 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
Praise the Lord, Bill didn't call people up to the stage to be saved. And Melissa struck this author as "a real evangelist". Too bad truth sometimes gets in the way. more »
Tuesday, November 3
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 03 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
A corporate communication person is just what the Gates Foundation needs to lead their corporate communications. Why communicate with communities anyway? And hey, isn't Glaxo Smith Kline Tachi Yamada's old outfit? more »
Monday, November 2
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 02 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST
Only three times in two and a half years have the Gates Keepers heard a complaint about copyright violation. --- Thanks for the note! more »
Friday, October 30
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 30 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
This is frightening. One billion ideas in China and Mr Chen has to fix on this one. more »
Thursday, October 29
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 29 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
What are the boffins and wonks and publicists at the Gates Foundation not listening or do they think they are so important they don't need to respond to this argument? more »
Wednesday, October 28
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 28 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Don't look for leadership on a Green Revolution in Africa here. more »
Tuesday, October 27
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 27 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Ban breakfasted at the Gates' on the weekend and this interview followed. --- more »
Monday, October 26
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 26 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
The first line says it all: "The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates." Not all journalists are so honest. more »
Sunday, October 25
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sun 25 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Even students can see the problems with the Gates Foundation hunger strategy --- more »
Saturday, October 24
by
gatekeeper 1
on Sat 24 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Some good humour coming from Forbes. The choice of Kofi Annan as 'incomprehensible" is one. more »
Friday, October 23
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 23 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Is there really no media strategy for the domestic American program at the Gates Foundation. GKs don't think so. Why did Greg say this? more »
Thursday, October 22
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 22 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Monday the papers were all asplash with announcements that there would be a Chinese copy of the Gates Foundation. Now it appears that the celebration might have been premature. Perhaps New Huadu is a perfect imitator, as Microsoft also engaged in illegal activities before the Gates Foundation emerged. more »
Wednesday, October 21
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 21 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Gates Keepers thinks there will be no Gates Foundation grants for Reganold or Herren forthcoming. --- Isn't it governance that is lacking for the Green Revolution in Africa? Does blaming people who question genetically modified plants help? Heim is asking the right questions of the right people. Is the Foundation listening? more »
Tuesday, October 20
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 20 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Can Jeff Raikes' foundation expect a big gift when he leaves the Gates Foundation? more »
Monday, October 19
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 19 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
If this is how the Gates Foundation tries to support innovation in China it is not trying very hard. China has lots of new tech talent educated in the US. If the environment is right in the next twenty years there will be lots of innovation. But are small timebound grants the way to support it? more »
Friday, October 16
by
gatekeeper 1
on Fri 16 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Did the Foundation also make a donation? more »
Thursday, October 15
by
gatekeeper 1
on Thu 15 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
At least one eight hundred pound gorilla representative sees humour in his invitation to this meeting. Doug Lederman took good notes. more »
Wednesday, October 14
by
gatekeeper 1
on Wed 14 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
Kavita Ramdas is outspoken in her antiwar activities but is she outspoken while serving on a Gates Foundation program advisory panel? Who knows? more »
Tuesday, October 13
by
gatekeeper 1
on Tue 13 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
This is frightening. She tries to simplify media development and media for development but in the end it all sounds manipulative ... like our strings are being pulled by the Gates Foundation. more »
Monday, October 12
by
gatekeeper 1
on Mon 12 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
PSI, Pepfar, and the Gates Foundation are three organisations that love to quantify results. They are sure to have set easily-quantifiable targets. What happens if Litsembe Letfu doesn't meet its targets? Will there be coercion? more »
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