Publicity-wise, Bloomberg Businessweek's Thursday report on AIG's financial ill-health and the federal maneuvering to hide it came at a bad time, following a spate of glum financial news and a Frontline documentary that picked at the scabs of 2008's financial collapse.
Players: Susan Sarandon, actress and liberal activist; The Catholic League of America, a Catholic advocacy group run by Bill Donohue (famous for its boycotts on Kathy Griffin, The Golden Compass and John Edwards campaign staffers) and The Anti Defamation League of America, a Jewish advocacy group
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