News Corp PAC (Fox News, WSJ etc) just donated a million to Republicans

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UPDATED FoxPAC: Fox News' corporate parent gave Republican Governors Association $1 million

August 16, 2010 5:52 pm ET by Matt Gertz

Bloomberg News reports today (h/t Daily Kos' KingOneEye) that News Corp. -- the media giant which owns Fox News and The Wall Street Journal -- has donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, the GOP organization that helps coordinate Republican gubernatorial campaigns and pays for independent ads in support of their candidates.

Media Matters has confirmed Bloomberg's report using publicly available IRS filings. We also found no evidence of corresponding donations to the Democratic Governors Association in the current political cycle. News Corp. wants Republicans elected to office, and they're willing to spend money to make it happen.

According to the article, News Corp. is actually the RGA's "biggest corporate donor." Bloomberg suggests that News Corp. has made these donations due to their opposition to "proposed federal rule changes that would weaken the position of its Fox network in negotiations with cable companies," stating that "Governors may have a stake in the issue."

Whether or not that is the case, this large corporate donation to the GOP underscores News Corp.'s role as an appendage of the Republican Party.

UPDATE: Politico's Ben Smith has received the following quote from a News Corp. spokesman: "News Corporation believes in the power of free markets, and the RGA's pro-business agenda supports our priorities at this most critical time for our economy." They're not trying to hide it anymore. As the coverage of its media outlets indicates, News Corp. supports the Republican Party's platform. It's just now started putting its money where its mouth has long been.

Sixteen months ago, we drew attention to Fox News Senior Vice President Bill Shine's characterization of his network as the "voice of the opposition." Ever since, we've been demonstrating how the network has been living up to his words.

In September, we defined Fox News as a conservative political organization, noting that the network had been openly advocating against the Democratic Congress and White House through extreme promotion of anti-government rallies, witch hunts against administration officials, and by urging their audience to call Congress and the White House to protest Democratic policies.

In October, we revealed the revolving door between the Republican Party and Fox News Channel, with a number of former Bush administration officials, former and potentially future GOP presidential candidates, and Republican strategists on Fox's payroll and airwaves.

In November, we chronicled Fox News' promotion of Conservative Party congressional candidate Doug Hoffman, New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie, and Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell in the run-up to the November 3 election. We also noted how Fox News hosts and analysts spent Election Day promoting their candidacies.

In January, we documented Fox's campaign for Scott Brown; in February, we pointed out the network's advocacy for fellow Republican Senate candidates Marco Rubio and Mark Kirk.

In April, we showed how Fox News hosts and contributors have raised millions of dollars for Republican candidates and causes in the 2010 election cycle. We also pointed out that in recent years, at least twenty Fox News personalities have endorsed, raised money, or campaigned for Republican candidates or causes, or against Democratic candidates or causes, in more than 300 instances and in at least 49 states.

And now we have Fox's parent company donating $1 million to elect Republican gubernatorial candidates. Are there still people who doubt that Fox is just an arm of the GOP?

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008160046

 

[catocom]

This is news, why?

Bloomberg is a RINO.

 

[spike]

Proof that Fox isn't balanced. As if we needed any.

 

[Professur]

Fox isn't. Neither is NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR or any other alphabet trio you can to name. Calling out one while ignoring the others makes you look daft. Remember which network had the documents to prove that Bush didn't do his service decades in the past, and never bothered to authenticate them. And continued to push them even after they'd been shown as counterfeit. Fox has a way to go to sink that low. Perhaps they could produce a Kenyan birth certificate for someone....

 

[spike]

Fox isn't. Neither is NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR or any other alphabet trio you can to name. Calling out one while ignoring the others makes you look daft.

Ignoring the worst offender by a longshot would make you look daft.

Fox has a way to go to sink that low.

Clearly you haven't watched Beck, Megyn Kelly, Hannity, etc.

 

[Professur]

No, I haven't watched any of them. I did watch ... was it Rather? ... make a total fool of himself. After that I pretty well gave up on them and went with tabloid reporting. At least they make no pretense of maintaining the public faith.

 

[spike]

So you're pretty focused on a mistake Rather made years ago. Fox just made a mistake not authenticating what they were reporting a couple weeks ago with Shirley Sherrod.

 

[catocom]

Proof that Fox isn't balanced. As if we needed any.

How is them giving a donation to keep it from being taxed, proof of some
kind of bias?

 

[ResearchMonkey]

So you're pretty focused on a mistake Rather made years ago. Fox just made a mistake not authenticating what they were reporting a couple weeks ago with Shirley Sherrod.

Nice try, Shirley Sherrod is a racist, so is her husband.

A free people are being driven to a more reliable source of news. You can try to offer excuses and lie as to why but the simple fact is: people gravitate towards truth.

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for August 16, 2010
P2+ Total Day

• FNC – 1,141,000 viewers
• CNN – 379,000 viewers
• MSNBC – 339,000 viewers
• CNBC – 198,000 viewers
• HLN – 286,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time

• FNC – 2,233,000 viewers
• CNN – 491,000 viewers
• MSNBC –743,000 viewers
• CNBC – 215,000 viewers
• HLN – 428,000 viewers

It people like you who lie to support a socialist/fascist agenda that are making people search out the truth. -- Your people are a threat to this great nation and will be slaughtered in November.



Obama, the worst President ever.

 

[Winky]

Let the Slaughter begin.

 

[spike]

Nice try, Shirley Sherrod is a racist, so is her husband.

How do you figure?

I don't know if she's a racist or not but we were talking about Fox taking a highly edited video and not verifying the context. The result completely mischaracterized what was said.

A free people are being driven to a more reliable source of news.

No, stupid gullible people gravitate towards fear mongering.

You can try to offer excuses and lie as to why but the simple fact is: people gravitate towards truth.

Obama, the worst President ever.

That was a random thing to throw into a discussion about news bias but it's well documented that Bush is the worst president in recent history. Perhaps ever.

 

[Winky]

Fox News the only name in news

Well he sure pwned joo

 

[ResearchMonkey]

 

[Winky]

All of Fox News personnel shot and thrown in a ditch!

She is scaring me.
Mommie make the ugly witch stop!

 

[MrBishop]

Fox isn't. Neither is NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR or any other alphabet trio you can to name. Calling out one while ignoring the others makes you look daft. Remember which network had the documents to prove that Bush didn't do his service decades in the past, and never bothered to authenticate them. And continued to push them even after they'd been shown as counterfeit. Fox has a way to go to sink that low. Perhaps they could produce a Kenyan birth certificate for someone....

 

[Winky]

oh look at the prudy colours
what does it all mean?

 

[ResearchMonkey]

How do you figure?

Because I watched the entire video. I also watched her husbands video.

I don't get my talking points from JournOlist

I don't know if she's a racist or not but we were talking about Fox taking a highly edited video and not verifying the context. The result completely mischaracterized what was said.

No it didn't mischaracterize her, Shirley Sherrod and Charles Sherrod are racist -- Being aware that you ARE racist doesn't change the fact that you are a racist.

No, stupid gullible people gravitate towards fear mongering.

You can try to offer excuses and lie as to why but the simple fact is: people gravitate towards truth.

It's funny that you are insinuating that everyone else is a dumb and you are not the village idiot.


Fear mongering and race baiting is the liberal way, it's the mainstay of lefty politics. Your constant efforts of creating race division and instilling fear into the nation is what has been driving people away from your political facade. -- People are not buying your lies anymore as the truth becomes undeniable. There is an awaking happening.

You, Spike have played your role well as a useful idiot perfectly.

From your efforts Obama has become President and is pushing the socialist agenda on the American people despite what America wants. It is your efforts to distort the truth and manipulate the conversation that have built FOX News. Your lies are why independents are distancing themselves from everything your team.

The TRUTH is where people gravitating, that's as far away from you as possible.

That was a random thing to throw into a discussion about news bias but it's well documented that Bush is the worst president in recent history. Perhaps ever.

You lie.

 

[Winky]

Why are those negros on my screen?
Are they part of the 5% that vote Republican
Why would they do that?


Why Why Why?

 

[spike]

Because I watched the entire video.

Right. Then you should be aware of how the editing completely changed the meaning oof what she was saying. Fox falsely suggested that Sherrod discriminated against a white farmer.

Whther or not you think she is a racist. The edited video was a lie.

No it didn't mischaracterize her

Yes, it was deliberately edited to create a false impression of racial bias where none existed.

It's funny that you are insinuating that everyone else is a dumb and you are not the village idiot.

I never said everyone else is dumb. Most people do not watch Fox or other cable news.

Fear mongering and race baiting is the liberal way, it's the mainstay of lefty politics.

No, it's long been the conservative righty way. Like with the Sherrod tape.

Your constant efforts of creating race division and instilling fear into the nation is what has been driving people away from your political facade.

No, you try and create race/religious/sexual preference division. But people are not buying your lies anymore as the truth becomes undeniable. There is an awaking happening. That is why the Republican party is soooooo unpopular right now

Republican Approval Ratings at All-Time Low

Notice the use of facts instead of your made up fantasy.

From your efforts Obama has become President and is pushing the socialist agenda on the American people despite what America wants.

Nope, he's doing what America elected him to do.

Your lies are why independents are distancing themselves from everything your team.

Point out a few of my lies. I dare you.

I prove your fantasy to be a lie several times a day. You make it too easy.

The TRUTH is where people gravitating

That must explain the Republican parties unpopularity....and your unpopularity.

You lie.

Oooops, I've proved you wrong again.

 

[Winky]

that's racist

Stupid cracker