Objective? Why, suuuuuuuuure they are ... they're as 'objective' as any wholly-pwnd subsidiary of a State-controlled 'media' CAN be ... they're as 'objective' as, say, 'Pravda', 'Tass', or 'Isvestia' ... or DailyKOS and Democratic Underground members ... which they probaby are ... But hey - don't worry ... they're 'the media', and they wouldn't slant their 'reportage' in favor of any particular candidate ... remember, they're 'objective' - when it's about THEIR boy ...

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Obama-Democrats-got-88-percent-of-TV-network-employee-campaign-contributions-101668063.html

Obama, Democrats got 88 percent of 2008 contributions by TV network execs, writers, reporters

By: Mark Tapscott
 | 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 (there couldn't be any bias here, right?), 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 (but only Republican 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 [v]included all 2008 contributions by individuals who identified their employer as one of the three networks or subsidiaries[/v]. 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.

But......It's ok for them to give money to the libs. They want a better America... You know... The progressive, more collectivism, more taxes, more entitlement kind of America.. They only have the "peoples" best interest in mind.. Far be it for us fiscal conservative types to get in the way of their "progress".

when did people start being such daggon crybabies about who others choose to support with their hard earned money


noone saw the piece about the saudi prince contributions to fox, does that make it inevitable that Fox will be a muslim enthusiast?..... get serious

boy, the 'this is america' crowd sure seems picky about when the sentiment should apply,,,

The whole constitutionally granted right of "freedom of the press" didn't mean they had the right to pick sides and push for one parties agenda over another. It was to establish a watchdog over the government that could report directly to people. When you have the majority of the press backing one candidate over the other then you don't have freedom of the press you have a press that biased and less likely to report the truth.

Obviously, you find that acceptable and I shouldn't be surprised.

what is the alternative, ? that networks and tv personalities have a QUOTA of how many can vote for the political party of their choice?

as I said, I think the leap of conclusion that because individuals working for a company choose a certain candidate over another(even if its a majority of them) , they cant do the jobs they are hired to do,,,,is quite ridiculous and more of the paranoia that americans get fed to distract them from serious issues...

kind of makes me think of how they used to not hire women in management positions because they would so obviously be more concerned with their families than their jobs and therefore not do their job adequately

if it was the BOARD of CEOS at a company giving their vote, Id think differently,, but this piece lumps INDIVIDUALS together to imply some GROUP conspiracy,,,

did their company MAKE Them vote that way, did they go to the polls and share one booth and pick their choice?,,doubtful