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Fox parent News Corp. donates $1 million to Republican Governors' Association

JohnWOlin said:
Actually MSNBC did give to the dems...but they gave to the Republicans also. Your question however implies that you are ok with corruption in the media.

Also by your own link, not only has GE given to republicans as well but many years their Republican contributions outpaced Democrats. Alo as their name implies, they are in several fields, with NBC Universal being one that makes up a small part of the overall company whereas News Corp well, as their name implies their biggest winners are news and of course entertainment with Fox.
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Before I embarass you, are you claiming News Corp has never given to Democrats? Thats your position?
 
texmaster said:
Since you want to talk about parent companies and slam their other companies, GE the parent company of MSNBC gave half a million to Obama alone and was one of his biggest contributors.

General Electric $499,130

Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets

In 2010 alone they gave over 1 million to democrats and over 2 million in 2008.

General Electric: Summary | OpenSecrets

Funny how you missed that Groucho
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This is PAC money as the Opensecrets clealy states:
This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization's PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
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Re: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA

rcart76 said:
True but they are not the ones claiming to be the most fair and balance network out there. If they would get rid of that slogan I would have no problem with it.
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It's nice to know that "it goes without saying" is a foreign concept to liberals. Fox News stating "Fair and Balanced" is redundant given the fact that news should never be slated to suit a political purpose. Also, NBC is nothing but safety net for General Electric to sell more product. What better way to make a buck then to startle sheep into electing politicians that will mandate their products for the greater good.
 
Re: Fox News Corp. donates $1 million to the GOP

Some people tell you their bias.

Some people hide theirs and claim to be objective.

The former are honest, the latter are liars.


When it comes to media, those are your choices. There is no objective voice. It is a myth.
 
Re: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA

rcart76 said:
True but they are not the ones claiming to be the most fair and balance network out there. If they would get rid of that slogan I would have no problem with it.
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I wish they'd change it too.
However I gotta say Yipee! to a million bucks.
 
Re: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA

Before I embarass you, are you claiming News Corp has never given to Democrats? Thats your position?
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Please do because I get bent out of shape over what someone on the internet says. I don't doubt they do, News Corp however by their own ethics code forbids doing so either way. What they mostly do is hire lobbyist for issues that deal with entertainment and broadcast and I'm sure some convincing of both sides is done in that situation.

Also, NBC is nothing but safety net for General Electric to sell more product. What better way to make a buck then to startle sheep into electing politicians that will mandate their products for the greater good.
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Couldn't be further off from the point! NBC Universal is actually getting sold off to Comcast because it is not profitable for GE at all. Also, a vast majority of GE's profits do not actually come from consumer electronics but rather contracts they have with the government, airplane manufactuers, medical establishments, and so on.

I think the bigger issue that media have with Fox news is their own CEO not even a year ago said that he thinks their company should not take sides on politics and should not support groups like the tea party or any other groups and said they would look into remedying the situation. Well, this was their remedy.
 
Re: Fox parent gives $1 million to RGA

JohnWOlin said:
Please do because I get bent out of shape over what someone on the internet says. I don't doubt they do, News Corp however by their own ethics code forbids doing so either way. What they mostly do is hire lobbyist for issues that deal with entertainment and broadcast and I'm sure some convincing of both sides is done in that situation.
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Which of course you provide no proof of whatsoever. You haven't even proved it effected Fox News in any way shape or form.

Come back when you have even the slightest bit of evidence to back up your claims.
 
pbrauer said:
The point is that it wasn't corporate money as Fox donation was.
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Gee, Imagine that, companies contributing to a political party yet no concerns about NBC contributing to Obama or their CEO sitting on the President's economic council. If not mistaken Ruppert Murdoch contributed to the Hillary Clinton Campaign, now I realize that isn't corporation money but I doubt that liberals will consider the head of Fox News Corp contributing to Hillary is no big deal.
 
Conservative said:
Gee, Imagine that, companies contributing to a political party yet no concerns about NBC contributing to Obama or their CEO sitting on the President's economic council. If not mistaken Ruppert Murdoch contributed to the Hillary Clinton Campaign, now I realize that isn't corporation money but I doubt that liberals will consider the head of Fox News Corp contributing to Hillary is no big deal.
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My understanding is that GE gave equally to both party's.
 
Groucho said:
They did it in a "fair and balanced" way, I am sure.

News Corp Donates $1 MILLION To Republican Governors Association

Anyone who still believes that they are a real news organization, instead of a conservative editorial station, is really fooling themselves.

(Mind you, as I have said in other threads, they have every right to be biased and promote a viewpoint. It's the hypocrisy of pretending to be unbiased that bothers me.)
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Actually, the individual owner did, not the corporation. How much did Ted Turner donate to various Democrat candidates?
 
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texmaster said:
Which of course you provide no proof of whatsoever. You haven't even proved it effected Fox News in any way shape or form.

Come back when you have even the slightest bit of evidence to back up your claims.
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About the lobbying, ethics, or both?
 
pbrauer said:
My understanding is that GE gave equally to both party's.
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GE is effectively bankrolling air america thru MSNBC. So they put on TV what is a money loser to placate the President. That is millions of what could be called "soft dollars".

I do not blame GE, they had big issues making sure they could keep GE finance which is about 30$ of profits. In addition they rely on a lot of government contracts. Seeing how the President paid back the unions with billions of taxpayer money, Immalt made a good business decision kissing up to Obama.
 
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