You're Not Just Paranoid America. ABC,CBS,And NBC Are In The Tank For The Democrats.

[LibocalypseNow]

This study only proves and backs up other recent studies which have confirmed what most Americans and myself have always known about our MSM. You really aren't just paranoid America. There is an extreme Liberal/Democrat Bias in the MSM...

Opinion


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Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
08/27/10 3:45 PM EDT
Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880.

By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744.

Disclosure of the heavily Democratic contributions by influential employees of the three major broadcast networks follows on the heels of controversy last week when it was learned that media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.

The News Corp. donation prompted Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association and son of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, to demand in a letter to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes that the cable news outlet include a disclaimer in its coverage of gubernatorial campaigns. Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.

The data on contributions by broadcast network employees was compiled by CRP at the request of The Examiner and included all 2008 contributions by individuals who identified their employer as one of the three networks or subsidiaries. The data does not include contributions by employees of the three networks who did not identify their employer.

The CRP is the organization behind OpenSecrets.org, the web site that for more than a decade has put campaign finance data within reach of anybody with an Internet connection.

President Obama received 710 such contributions worth a total of $461,898, for an average contribution of $651 from the network employees. Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain received only 39 contributions totaling $26,926, for an average donation of $709.

Ninety-six contributions by broadcast network employees to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Senate and House campaign committees totaled $217,881.

Thirty-eight contributions by broadcast network employees to the Republican National Committee and the Republican Senate and House campaign committees totaled $23,805.

Among the individuals in the data are ABC News president Lloyd Braun, who contributed $1,000 to the Our Common Values PAC, which is associated with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson, who gave $250 to GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson.

Other individual givers found in the data include ABC reporters Sarah Amos, who gave $1,285 to Democratic presidential aspirant Bill Richardson, Clarisa Ward, who gave $500 to President Obama, and Kristina Wong, who gave $400 to the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Notable contributors found in the CBS data include "journalist" Seth Davis, who gave $2,750 to Obama, CBS Corporation vice president and editor-in-chief Jane Goldman, who contributed $250 to Obama, CBS Radio "host" Mike Omeara, who gave $1,471 to Obama, and "journalist" Beverly Williams, who donated $200 to Obama.

Among NBC contributors were Saturday Night Live producer Jeffrey Ross, who contributed $500 to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CN, former NBC Today Show weatherman Willard Scott. who gave $500 to the Republican National Committee, NBC Universal CFO Jennifer Cabalquinto, whose donations to Obama totaled $1,200, and NBC Universal "editor" David Mack, with $250 to Obama and $2,300 McCain.




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[bodecea]

boo!

 

[LibocalypseNow]

There have been other recent studies that have shown that it's not just the major Networks who have this Liberal/Democrat bias. Some studies have shown that this kind of bias exists at most MSM outlets. This includes most Newspapers in this country. Most in the MSM are Liberals/Democrats. So don't let anyone tell you that you're just paranoid in thinking this.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Is this supposed to be some sort of a surprise?

 

[rightwinger]

You left out CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune..

They all have it in for the Republicans, or else they realize what a bunch of fuck-ups they are

 

[LibocalypseNow]

You left out CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Chicago Tribune..

They all have it in for the Republicans, or else they realize what a bunch of fuck-ups they are

This particular study didn't include those MSM outlets. However there have been other recent studies that have proven that CNN,NY Times,Washington Post,and LA Times do contribute heavily to the Democrats. The percentage of contributions are about 85 to 90% Democratic.

 

[rdean]

Large corporations give to Republicans.

EMPLOYEES give to Democrats.

Why do you think that is?

Time to put on:

 

[rikules]

This study only proves and backs up other recent studies which have confirmed what most Americans and myself have always known about our MSM. You really aren't just paranoid America. There is an extreme Liberal/Democrat Bias in the MSM...

Opinion


[Print] 


Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
08/27/10 3:45 PM EDT
Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880.

By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744.

Disclosure of the heavily Democratic contributions by influential employees of the three major broadcast networks follows on the heels of controversy last week when it was learned that media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.

The News Corp. donation prompted Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association and son of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, to demand in a letter to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes that the cable news outlet include a disclaimer in its coverage of gubernatorial campaigns. Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.

The data on contributions by broadcast network employees was compiled by CRP at the request of The Examiner and included all 2008 contributions by individuals who identified their employer as one of the three networks or subsidiaries. The data does not include contributions by employees of the three networks who did not identify their employer.

The CRP is the organization behind OpenSecrets.org, the web site that for more than a decade has put campaign finance data within reach of anybody with an Internet connection.

President Obama received 710 such contributions worth a total of $461,898, for an average contribution of $651 from the network employees. Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain received only 39 contributions totaling $26,926, for an average donation of $709.

Ninety-six contributions by broadcast network employees to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Senate and House campaign committees totaled $217,881.

Thirty-eight contributions by broadcast network employees to the Republican National Committee and the Republican Senate and House campaign committees totaled $23,805.

Among the individuals in the data are ABC News president Lloyd Braun, who contributed $1,000 to the Our Common Values PAC, which is associated with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson, who gave $250 to GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson.

Other individual givers found in the data include ABC reporters Sarah Amos, who gave $1,285 to Democratic presidential aspirant Bill Richardson, Clarisa Ward, who gave $500 to President Obama, and Kristina Wong, who gave $400 to the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Notable contributors found in the CBS data include "journalist" Seth Davis, who gave $2,750 to Obama, CBS Corporation vice president and editor-in-chief Jane Goldman, who contributed $250 to Obama, CBS Radio "host" Mike Omeara, who gave $1,471 to Obama, and "journalist" Beverly Williams, who donated $200 to Obama.

Among NBC contributors were Saturday Night Live producer Jeffrey Ross, who contributed $500 to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CN, former NBC Today Show weatherman Willard Scott. who gave $500 to the Republican National Committee, NBC Universal CFO Jennifer Cabalquinto, whose donations to Obama totaled $1,200, and NBC Universal "editor" David Mack, with $250 to Obama and $2,300 McCain.




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Topics
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Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-Democrats-got-88-percent-of-TV-network-employee-campaign-contributions-101668063.html#ixzz0xvZfYPH7[/quote]



and hate/talk radio has a 100% bias for conservative/republicans

and fox news is 122% biased in favor of conservatives/republicans

and all of pat robertsons tv and radio stations are completely biased in favor of conservatives and republicans

and YOU can start your own tv or radio station and be completely biased for conservatives and republicans....

I have no doubt that you would defend to the death all conservative biased media

I just wish you'd stop trying to silence the other side

 

[Liberty]

the point of this thread is obvious to anyone with at least half a brain...

 

[daveman]

Large corporations give to Republicans.

EMPLOYEES give to Democrats.

Why do you think that is?

Time to put on:

There's that funny sound again, when leftist groupthink collides with reality.

Campaign Donors : Fundrace 2010 - Huffington Post

Click on the Business tab, and you'll see this:

Those eeeevil GOP-loving KKKorporations, huh?

 

[Liberty]

Large corporations give to Republicans.

EMPLOYEES give to Democrats.

Why do you think that is?

Time to put on:

There's that funny sound again, when leftist groupthink collides with reality.

Campaign Donors : Fundrace 2010 - Huffington Post

Click on the Business tab, and you'll see this:

Those eeeevil GOP-loving KKKorporations, huh?

GE 85% democrat...no surprise there. interesting evidence !

 

[rdean]

Large corporations give to Republicans.

EMPLOYEES give to Democrats.

Why do you think that is?

Time to put on:

There's that funny sound again, when leftist groupthink collides with reality.

Campaign Donors : Fundrace 2010 - Huffington Post

Click on the Business tab, and you'll see this:

Those eeeevil GOP-loving KKKorporations, huh?

Employees bundle money together and give to political parties. But they don't say, "From the EMPLOYEES of Apple", they say, "from Apple".

Try again.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

This study only proves and backs up other recent studies which have confirmed what most Americans and myself have always known about our MSM. You really aren't just paranoid America. There is an extreme Liberal/Democrat Bias in the MSM...

Opinion


[Print] 


Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
08/27/10 3:45 PM EDT
Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880.

By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744.

Disclosure of the heavily Democratic contributions by influential employees of the three major broadcast networks follows on the heels of controversy last week when it was learned that media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.

The News Corp. donation prompted Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association and son of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, to demand in a letter to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes that the cable news outlet include a disclaimer in its coverage of gubernatorial campaigns. Fox News is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.

The data on contributions by broadcast network employees was compiled by CRP at the request of The Examiner and included all 2008 contributions by individuals who identified their employer as one of the three networks or subsidiaries. The data does not include contributions by employees of the three networks who did not identify their employer.

The CRP is the organization behind OpenSecrets.org, the web site that for more than a decade has put campaign finance data within reach of anybody with an Internet connection.

President Obama received 710 such contributions worth a total of $461,898, for an average contribution of $651 from the network employees. Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain received only 39 contributions totaling $26,926, for an average donation of $709.

Ninety-six contributions by broadcast network employees to the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Senate and House campaign committees totaled $217,881.

Thirty-eight contributions by broadcast network employees to the Republican National Committee and the Republican Senate and House campaign committees totaled $23,805.

Among the individuals in the data are ABC News president Lloyd Braun, who contributed $1,000 to the Our Common Values PAC, which is associated with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and ABC Radio Networks president Jim Robinson, who gave $250 to GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson.

Other individual givers found in the data include ABC reporters Sarah Amos, who gave $1,285 to Democratic presidential aspirant Bill Richardson, Clarisa Ward, who gave $500 to President Obama, and Kristina Wong, who gave $400 to the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Notable contributors found in the CBS data include "journalist" Seth Davis, who gave $2,750 to Obama, CBS Corporation vice president and editor-in-chief Jane Goldman, who contributed $250 to Obama, CBS Radio "host" Mike Omeara, who gave $1,471 to Obama, and "journalist" Beverly Williams, who donated $200 to Obama.

Among NBC contributors were Saturday Night Live producer Jeffrey Ross, who contributed $500 to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CN, former NBC Today Show weatherman Willard Scott. who gave $500 to the Republican National Committee, NBC Universal CFO Jennifer Cabalquinto, whose donations to Obama totaled $1,200, and NBC Universal "editor" David Mack, with $250 to Obama and $2,300 McCain.




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Topics
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and hate/talk radio has a 100% bias for conservative/republicans

and fox news is 122% biased in favor of conservatives/republicans

and all of pat robertsons tv and radio stations are completely biased in favor of conservatives and republicans

and YOU can start your own tv or radio station and be completely biased for conservatives and republicans....

I have no doubt that you would defend to the death all conservative biased media

I just wish you'd stop trying to silence the other side[/QUOTE]

Whoa! You're giving me far too much credit. I don't have the power to silence anyone and i don't want to either. I'm just pointing out that people are not as paranoid as many on Left have accused them of being. Tracking contributions has proven that most of the MSM is in the tank for the Democrats. It's actually pretty surprising how one-sided it is. So is there an overwhelming Liberal/Democrat bias in the MSM? You bet.

 

[daveman]

and hate/talk radio has a 100% bias for conservative/republicans

Not really.

and fox news is 122% biased in favor of conservatives/republicans

Public school math student, I see. Well, I guess you got credit for trying.

and all of pat robertsons tv and radio stations are completely biased in favor of conservatives and republicans

and YOU can start your own tv or radio station and be completely biased for conservatives and republicans....

I have no doubt that you would defend to the death all conservative biased media

I just wish you'd stop trying to silence the other side

Conservatives aren't trying to silence anyone; that's a leftist gig. We don't support the Fairness Doctrine or the Net Neutrality Act.

Leftism can't succeed where alternative ideas are found. That's why it tries to suppress them.

 

[daveman]

GE 85% democrat...no surprise there. interesting evidence !

No surprise at all.

 

[daveman]

Large corporations give to Republicans.

EMPLOYEES give to Democrats.

Why do you think that is?

Time to put on:

There's that funny sound again, when leftist groupthink collides with reality.

Campaign Donors : Fundrace 2010 - Huffington Post

Click on the Business tab, and you'll see this:

Those eeeevil GOP-loving KKKorporations, huh?

Employees bundle money together and give to political parties. But they don't say, "From the EMPLOYEES of Apple", they say, "from Apple".

Try again.

Talk to HuffPo, noted right-wing propaganda mouthpiece.

Oh, and don't forget Hillary's thousand-dollar contributions from Chinese restaurant waiters and dishwashers.


On edit: Yes, I see where the chart says "employees". Are you ever going to get around to proving your claim?

 

[rdean]

Republicans always try to make everything so "simple", so "black and white". Something a "simpleton" can understand. Something their "base" gets.

Contributions come in many forms and flavors. It's not always as "simple" as they make it seem.

Here is a "Citizen's Guide" to campaign contributions. Maybe this will help for those who choose to read and actually want to "learn" something:

Citizens' Guide

 

[daveman]

Republicans always try to make everything so "simple", so "black and white". Something a "simpleton" can understand. Something their "base" gets.

Contributions come in many forms and flavors. It's not always as "simple" as they make it seem.

Here is a "Citizen's Guide" to campaign contributions. Maybe this will help for those who choose to read and actually want to "learn" something:

Citizens' Guide

Here's something you might learn:

Corporations and Unions
The law also prohibits contributions from corporations and labor unions. This prohibition applies to any incorporated organization, profit or nonprofit. For example, the owner of an incorporated "mom and pop" grocery store is not permitted to use a business account to make contributions. Instead, the owner would have to use a personal account. A corporate employee may make contributions through a nonrepayable corporate drawing account, which allows the individual to draw personal funds against salary, profits or other compensation.​

Hillary got around that by the restaurants "giving" money to their employees to donate.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Well i can't speak for every corporate contribution. This study was based on MSM public record political contributions. Overwhelmingly the MSM contributed to Democrats. The number for the major networks was 88% Democratic. Other recent studies showed the overall MSM Democratic support was between 75 and 80%.

 

[The Rabbi]

Well i can't speak for every corporate contribution. This study was based on MSM public record political contributions. Overwhelmingly the MSM contributed to Democrats. The number for the major networks was 88% Democratic. Other recent studies showed the overall MSM Democratic support was between 75 and 80%.

This is so obvious one wonders why anyone would dispute it. On every measure--campaign contributions, voting patterns by reporters and editors, news stories favorable/unfavorable--the press is in the tank for the Democrats and actively campaigned to get Obama elected. Dispassionate reporting is dead.