a self-made man

From wikipedia, and therefore presumably "approved" for your consumption by TPTB:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer_Zuckerman

Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman is a self-made American billionaire magazine editor, publisher, and real estate tycoon. He co-founded Boston Properties, Inc. in 1970; he is chairman of the board, and director. He is also the current Editor-in-Chief of “U.S. News & World Report” and the publisher/owner of the “New York Daily News” since 1993.

In 1980, Zucker acquired the literary magazine the “Atlantic Monthly”, where he was Chairman from 1980 to 1999. In addition to his publishing and real-estate interests, Zuckerman is also a sought-after commentator on world affairs and an active supporter of Israeli, Zionist and international Jewish causes.

HEY THERE'S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT ANY OF THIS STUFF.

Mort Zuckerman is a "self-made" billionaire tycoon with multiple media platforms because he writes things like this: (you will need about 6 million tissues and a bucket to read this, good luck i could only get through about a paragraph and a half before i wanted to do something not very ladylike)

The Cruel Dilemma Facing the Jews of Israel

The Jews of Israel are facing a cruel dilemma. They came home to find peace and safety in their homeland of Israel; to find an end to that vulnerable status of a perpetual wandering minority; an end to exile, alienation, and powerlessness; and the beginning of a normal national existence. Instead, they found neighbors who were not reconciled to their living again together in this tiny piece of land the Jews have regarded as home for 4,000 years. How do you share a home with someone who says, "You have no right to be here"?

Read more INSUFFERABLE WHINING BY MORT THE "SELF MADE" MAN at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mort-zuckerman/the-cruel-dilemma-facing_b_314617.html

You're probably not a self-made man, are you? Of course not. Why would you be reading here if you were?

Well, no matter. Here we don't hold things like that against people. We know what's what. We know that the "self-made" famous people are the very same people who tell us that war is peace.

excerpt from The Conspiracy Business and All That Jazz:

You don’t apply for entrance to these people! That’s right, you are apart of it or you’re not. Some are born into it (like Bush with his silver spoon stuck in his mouth). That’s not to say people are not groomed and promoted into it (like Obama); most of the time before they even know it.

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The next circle in is the fairly to very wealthy. This is the golden ring on which all the other circles in the Merry-Go-Round revolve. You will either make it here or just become another forgotten cog in the machine. Most of the time, these people did not do all that much to get here. They were literally handed the keys to something sweet because they fit in and knew the right people at the right time. Of course, the public will end up being told he’s a “self-made man.”

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