Media Donates to Dems 9-1 Over Republicans

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MSNBC.com identified 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485

Nope, there's no liberal bias in the media. Nope.

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cjhsa wrote:

MSNBC.com identified 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485

Nope, there's no liberal bias in the media. Nope.

Reporters and journalists are a small part of the 'media,' which is ran just like any other for-profit business.

Why don't you stick to complaining about dove hunts? You're better at that then this.

Cycloptichorn

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Re: Media Donates to Dems 9-1 Over Republicans

cjhsa wrote:

MSNBC.com identified 144 journalists who made political contributions from 2004 through the start of the 2008 campaign, according to the public records of the Federal Election Commission. Most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485

Nope, there's no liberal bias in the media. Nope.

and so what if there is....

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From cjhsa's link:

MSNBC wrote:

The pattern of donations, with nearly nine out of 10 giving to Democratic candidates and causes, appears to confirm a leftward tilt in newsrooms ?- at least among the donors, who are a tiny fraction of the roughly 100,000 staffers in newsrooms across the nation.

MSNBC also compares the news organizations' policies about campaign contributions from reporters. To the extent that the comparison suggests a correlation, it's that liberal outlets tend to be stricter in their standards than their conservative counterparts. For example, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the New York Times forbid them, while Fox and Forbes allow them.

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That's not surprising Thomas, the liberals love to ban things. If only we could get them to ban themselves...

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... as opposed to conservatives, who like to shoot things.

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hunh

so it'd have to be Fox reporters making those donations

that's an interesting turn of events

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Can the news organizations themselves make direct donations to political campaigns/parties in the U.S.?

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Thomas wrote:

... as opposed to conservatives, who like to shoot things.

At least we give ourselves the choice - and that sir Thomas - is the line in the sand drawn between conservatives and liberals.

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144 journalist out of 100,000 staffers in newsrooms across the US are contributing to political parties.

Is that relation in other profesions the same?

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Walter, please stop derailing this nice partisan fight with facts. It makes you look liberal.

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Heaven forbid!

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Any of you guys ever take stats, or to the next level, stochastic modeling?

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No, we got our degrees as winners from a competition in the local WalMart.

Why do you ask?

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Media Donates to Dems 9-1 Over Republicans

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