And here Dan and croutons keep claiming the press is really conservative. WTF?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485/
More of the story at the link.BOSTON - A CNN reporter gave $500 to John Kerry's campaign the same month he was embedded with the U.S. Army in Iraq. An assistant managing editor at Forbes magazine not only sent $2,000 to Republicans, but also volunteers as a director of an ExxonMobil-funded group that questions global warming. A junior editor at Dow Jones Newswires gave $1,036 to the liberal group MoveOn.org and keeps a blog listing "people I don't like," starting with George Bush, Pat Robertson, the Christian Coalition, the NRA and corporate America ("these are the people who are really in charge").
Whether you sample your news feed from ABC or CBS (or, yes, even NBC and MSNBC), whether you prefer Fox News Channel or National Public Radio, The Wall Street Journal or The New Yorker, some of the journalists feeding you are also feeding cash to politicians, parties or political action committees.
MSNBC.com identified 143 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 16 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties.
The donors include CNN's Guy Raz, now covering the Pentagon for NPR, who gave to Kerry the same month he was embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq; New Yorker war correspondent George Packer; a producer for Bill O'Reilly at Fox; MSNBC TV host Joe Scarborough; political writers at Vanity Fair; the editor of The Wall Street Journal's weekend section; local TV anchors in Washington, Minneapolis, Memphis and Wichita; the ethics columnist at The New York Times; and even MTV's former presidential campaign correspondent.
‘If someone had murdered Hitler ...’
There's a longstanding tradition that journalists don't cheer in the press box. They have opinions, like anyone else, but they are expected to keep those opinions out of their work. Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.....
Nice find Aggie. This is something I have claimed conservatively as over 80% for years now.
Not long ago, a university study rated news sources. They did a nice in-depth study and their numbers were in the mid 80's for left bias. I wish I could find it again. If I recall right, it was from USC.
hmmm.....I'd like to see a study by MSNBC of whom M$M owners and major-editors donate too...
Did anyone click on the link naming the people?
link:
The list: Journalists who wrote political checks
Anyway, I figured out why the libs say Fox is conservative biased. Fox had one person donate republican... The rest donated democrat. The libs just say it's not fair that anyone donated republican I bet! Fox list:
(R) Fox News Channel, Ann Stewart Banker, producer for Bill O'Reilly's "The O'Reilly Factor."
(D) Fox News Channel, Codie Brooks, researcher for Brit Hume's "Special Report."
(D) Fox affiliate in Omaha, KPTM, Calvert Collins, reporter.
(D) Fox affiliate in Minneapolis, KMSP, Alix Kendall, morning anchor.
(D) Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C., WTTG, Laura Evans, anchor.
Those amounts are dwarfed by what Rupert Murdoch gives in face-time on FAUX News and other news affiliates he owns, including now the WSJ, and $$$$ to Republican candidates and RNC operatives....
STFU, less, link where I claim the press is really conservative, or liberal.
Some of the press is conservative/retrogressive, some is liberal/progressive.
If 87% support Dems, it may be because the Dems are "anything but the Repugs" rather than true love for the Dems, probably too fine a point for twerps to appreciate.
"twerps", " less", etc.......your insults read like an angry third grader's diary.
He is an angry third grader.
less, no link? of course not.
To you being an angry third grader? Here:
www.boutonsisanangrythirdgrader.com
Happy?
BTW, it cracks me up that you are whining for a link in a thread where
1) the link is clearly stated in post #1 of this thread
and
2) half the you post doesn't have a link
Just man up and admit you got punked on this one.
less: RIF "link where I claim the press is really conservative, or liberal."
How does boutons know he is less? An inquiring mind wants
to know. And do you have a link to that?
boutons loves links, especially long meaty links. That's why he hates less people.
Ok, tell me if I'm stupid, but where is the number 87 in this entire thread? (besides the le that is?)
Oh and btw, study after study has shown a correlation between education levels and progressive politics.
Thus xray= staunch conservative.
It only takes simple math from the linked article. Out of 143 lournalists, 125 donated democrat. That is 87.4%.
You have said it off and on here for the last several years. I don't need a link.
If you want to be a pussy and try and change the topic to something about links, show me:
1. Link to where George W. Bush is a shrub, as you call him.
2. Link to scientific evidence Cheney is a head, as you call him
3. Link to your proof that I'm less, as you call me.
Stuwdy after stuwdy also shows a cowwelation between taking up the ass and pwogwessive powitics.
"You have said it off and on here for the last several years. I don't need a link."
Ladies and genlemen, I give our very own version of Alberto Gonzalez.
"If you want to be a pussy and try and change the topic to something about links, show me:"
Obsessed with me, you start YOUR thread with
"Dan and croutons keep claiming the press is really conservative."
and when I ask for a link where I made any such claim, I'M changing the topic? That's proof that you are less.
Here's your link. Start reading, .
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8
Congrats on still attempting to change the topic though, maybe if you hold your breathe long enough your mommy will buy you that Snickers bar too.
"Here's your link."
... the top of the politics forum, NOT to a boutons msg where I said the press was conservative/liberal.
Asking you to back up your slime is not changing the topic.
I love slapping you loser conervatives into incoherent babbling and weak .
You are one stupid son of a . It's comical that you ask for links in something when half your posts are copy and paste jobs without a ing link.
The only thing you slap is your two inch when you're through with your blow up doll.
Dude, you just summarized every post you have ever made on this forum.incoherent babbling and weak .
Oh, and as a reminder, 87% of the press who donated to political campaigns did so to the democraptic party.
oh so there really is no basis for the claim that 87% of journalists support the democratic party, the truth is that 87% of the journalists that gave money in an election year gave money to democrats.
This says nothing of the thousands of journalists that did not give money (and generally speaking, it would make more sense if democrats were more motivated to give political contributions of late, if you haven't noticed, the easiest time to get money is when you're party is out of power, it mobilizes the base)
and as for Holt's cat-- thanks for proving my point, due to the fact that you are most likely a conservative, and therefore stupid, the best you could do to discredit my claim was to create what you felt was an ad hominem attack (thankfully, most liberals don't get very offended when people throw sexuality around as an insult, it just shows a lack of intelligence and bigotry)
another great example George W. Bush= least intelligent president in US history, he is also a conservative.
I guess you love the .
What a profound and insightful statement. Anyways, intellect has nothing to do with one's political choices. Claims such as those are tailor made for partisans with an inferiority complex, such as yourself.another great example George W. Bush= least intelligent president in US history, he is also a conservative.
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