List of news execs donating to republicans.

[Point_n_click]

Anyone have a list of news outlet execs and editors showing which party/candidates they donate to?

OOPS, dupe, please lock.

[President Jesus]

1. check this out for starters

Right-hand side, middle of page under Media
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/hof.php

[DeadHead67]

2. Are you sure about that list ?

I saw an awful lot of progressives on it.

[President Jesus]

3. If any are missing (and have actually donated), please let me know

[merh]

8. Go to this site and look up any one you want

http://www.opensecrets.org/

But remember, the repugs have figured out that PACs are suspect, so they donate to groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. When ads are produced by this group they are considered "public service" as oppose to political.

[President Jesus]

12. Difference is newsmeat has all data from 1978 on.

opensecrets only has recent election cycles, and even with those, you have to search each one individually ( pre 2000 )

For example, to see all of Rupert Murdoch's contributions activity, you only need this one page, from which you can click to specific data:
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Rupert&last=Murdoch

Try getting 1/3 of that information from opensecrets without having to do 20 individual searches.

[merh]

9. This is GW's information

http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/summary.asp?ID=N00008072

GEORGE W. BUSH (R)
Top Contributors
Cycle: 2004 All Cycles*

Morgan Stanley $551,625
Merrill Lynch $514,554
PricewaterhouseCoopers $492,100
UBS Americas $420,300
Lehman Brothers $345,709
MBNA Corp $345,000
Goldman Sachs $337,875
Credit Suisse First Boston $297,150
Bear Stearns $277,800
Ernst & Young $276,055
Citigroup Inc $263,175
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $252,500
Ameriquest Capital $240,700
Blank Rome LLP $211,150
Wachovia Corp $195,685
Southern Co $188,847
Microsoft Corp $171,650
United Technologies $171,151
US Government $166,961
Vinson & Elkins $166,500

[Wwagsthedog]

14. US Government ?

Is it true that we as taxpayers are contributing to our national war criminal(s)?

[merh]

15. That's what it states???

And ya, we are paying these barbarians salaries, room and board and flying them all over the country.

[OKNancy]

16. No

I believe that these are listings of the EMPLOYER of the givers, not the companies themselves. Corporations can't give to candidates directly.

[berry]

5. It's a little clunky--you have to click on each name to see

who they donated to. I clicked Lucy Liu and she gave to Kerry and a local Dem candidate.

[President Jesus]

6. there's 10.5 million records...

can't serve 'em all at once :-)

[berry]

10. Sorry newsmeat!!

I only meant there aren't separate lists. But I was also thinking it it almost like a game. Guess who is in what column sort of thing. I also checked out Cary Grant and was relieved to find he was a Dem too.

I can't begin to imagine all the work that went into a site with that many records! Thank you!

[fudge stripe cookays]

7. Hmmm...

Say what you will about his music, but at least Barry Manilow's a Dem.

FSC

[IronLionZion]

4. Hugh Hefner and Larry Flynt gave to Dems

so we have the porn industry

[redqueen]

11. Big shock there

Surprised neither of them have fallen for the Libertarian bait, tho.

:evilgrin:

[President Jesus]

13. If you look at Flynt, he was a libertarian 'back in the day'.

It appears he changed his tune during the Clinton crucifiction.
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Flynt&first=Larry

[leodem]

17. I am VERY surprised at the sports section on that list...

Karl Malone and Jerome Bettis giving money to Bush... ouch.. guess once they make it big they don't give a shit about the rest of us negros in the hood. lol... atleast Isiah Thomas hasn't sold out. I'm also impressed with Barry Switzer, liked him as a coach and he's given to mainly Dems. Only repub is his former student JC Watts.

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

18. Holy Smokes!

Did you see the size of the contributions that Kevin Spacey has made to the DNC?

$20,000 in 2000
$12,500 in 1996

Of course he also did an individual contribution to Kerry this year of the max $2,000 too

[President Jesus]

19. link

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_result.php?first=Kevin&last=Spacey&st=