Mark Finkelstein
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Mark's undergrad degree is from Cornell. He has law degrees from SUNY Buffalo and Harvard. He practiced law in NYC, Mexico City, and Paris, before doing a stint as a pro tennis manager and tournament organizer. He returned to his college town of Ithaca, NY and got involved in real estate development and politics.

In 2011, Mark moved to Pecan Plantation, TX, and in 2018, to Oak Island, NC.

Mark's a dog lover who has used his small plane to do many dog-rescue flights. He speaks Spanish and French.
 

MarkF | August 2, 2010
On Morning Joe, Dem congressman Anthony Wiener refuses to apologize for his recent tirade on the House floor, and claims that "people at Fox News make millions acting angry when they're not."
MarkF | August 1, 2010
On Fox News Watch, Jim Pinkerton challenges Washington Post Washington Post executive editor Marcus Brauchli to answer the questions about Journolist, created by Post writer Ezra Klein, that Brent Bozell posed in an open letter.
MarkF | July 31, 2010
On The Early Show, co-anchor Erica Hill describes the Chelsea Clinton's nuptials as "America's royal wedding" while in the studio co-host Chris Wragge promised to get back to the wedding coverage after a couple news items "we have to address."
MarkF | July 30, 2010
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz sees soup lines around the corner if those evil Republicans reclaim power. His solution to stave off disaster? The extension of unemployment benefits. . . . "endlessly."
MarkF | July 29, 2010
On Morning Joe, Rick Stengel unveils new Time cover showing Afghan woman with nose and ears cut off as punishment for fleeing abusive family and husband, and makes case for staying in Afghanistan to preserve women's rights.
MarkF | July 29, 2010
PBO explained to Barbara Walters that he chose to appear on The View because it's a show Michelle watches, whereas she's not interested in news shows.
MarkF | July 28, 2010
On Hardball, Chris Matthews says that deporting illegal immigrants would be a "pogrom." He also abuses a Republican guest as a "B.S. artist" and says the AZ immigration law too dangerous to enforce because illegals would be under "moral pressure" to use violence.
MarkF | July 28, 2010
n MSNBC this morning, NBC's chief Pentagon correspondent, Jim Miklaszewski stated that foreigners who might otherwise be inclined to provide information valuable to the United States in prosecuting the war on terror refuse to do so because "whatever we tell you is going to wind up on the front page of the New York Times."
MarkF | July 28, 2010
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski claims that if women had been in charge, the Wall Street meltdown "simply would not have happened." Tina Brown agrees, citing men's "phallic" tendencies.
MarkF | July 26, 2010
On Hardball, Chris Matthews labels as 'Macaca 2.0' an incident in which a Republican candidate is heard on audio criticizing birthers.