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Rhee, Henderson, Fenty make Tuesday primetime | Lisa Gartner | Capital Land | Washington Examiner

Rhee, Henderson, Fenty make Tuesday primetime | Lisa Gartner | Capital Land | Washington Examiner

Rhee, Henderson, Fenty make Tuesday primetime

Those of us familiar with "Scandalmakers," a fictional series made popular by television show "Arrested Development," will chuckle to find Michelle Rhee at the center of Tuesday night's "Bloomberg Risk Takers."

Luckily, no one will be played by a B-rated actor.

D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, former Mayor Adrian Fenty and Rhee's fiance, Kevin Johnson, among others, will appear on the show, billed as "a new series that looks at a new generation of entrepreneurs who have taken a gamble, faced down failure, and revolutionized the way the world does business."

Choice Rhee quote from Bloomberg's release: "I was the diametric opposite of what people both wanted and expected in the city's first schools chancellor."

The segment sounds pretty pro-Rhee (at a time when some educators are



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