Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Unfair and imbalanced
Even Fox is not "fair and balanced" - at least considering political donations made by the employees:
But the other networks are worse:
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"Totaling $25,383, a search of Fox News' contributions turned up donations to Bush and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, along with contributions to Howard Dean and the left-wing Emily's List. Kerry, Gephardt and Wesley Clark also showed up on the list. Of the $25,383 total, $4,930 went to Republicans candidates or committees."Which means that even people working for this bastion of shameless right-wing propaganda contribute four times as much to the Democrats as to the Republicans.
But the other networks are worse:
"2004 election cycle donations from employees of CBS which has been embroiled in a scandal over the use of fake National Guard documents to call President Bush's service into question went to the DNC Services Corp., presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich, John Kerry and Richard Gephardt, and Senate candidates Barbara Boxer and Barack Obama, among others. Of over $111,000 given by network employees, just two $1,000 contributions went to President Bush's re-election campaign.And how much is bias worth by way of a campaign contribution?
"NBC's records were similar. Employees of the network spread their money a bit wider, including gifts to Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. The list of employees included producers, attorneys on-air hosts, writers and executives. NBC's contributions totaled $146,585, none of which went to Bush."
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