Rupert Murdoch Gave Money to Al Gore? How Can That Be?

[Composed Thinker]

"Fox's owner, NewsCorp Chairman Rupert Murdoch, supported Al Gore in the 2000 election and contributed $50,000 to the Gore campaign."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/10/16/152043.shtml

As I said on the other thread, the only reasonable explaination is that he wanted to cover himself. That way, if anyone accused him of being biased, he could say, "I gave money to Al Gore!"

And as someone else showed in the other thread, he gave money to John Kerry and Bob Graham, too.

[LightTheMatch]

1. Murdoch's Contributions Listing from the FEC

GORE IS NOT LISTED HERE



Presented by the Federal Election Commission

Individual Contributions Arranged By Type, Giver, Then Recipient


Non-Federal Receipts "Exempt From Limits"

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
FOX ENTERT



   RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

01/24/2001
4122.00
21990058280

01/25/2001
900.00
21990058280

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC



   RNC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL STATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

01/24/2001
4122.00
21990043419

01/25/2001
900.00
21990043420

Total Soft Money:    10044.00


Contributions to Political Committees

MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORPORATION



   SANTORUM, RICHARD J
    VIA SANTORUM 2000

05/24/1999
1000.00
99020080439



   SNOWE, OLYMPIA J
    VIA SNOWE FOR SENATE

04/13/2000
1000.00
20020162197



   SOLUTIONS AMERICA PAC

04/03/1998
500.00
98033130661

MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED



   MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

01/31/2000
2000.00
20035333426

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
FOX ENTERTAINMENT



   FORRESTER, DOUGLAS R
    VIA FORRESTER 2002

09/28/2002
1000.00
22020741483

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW CORPORATION



   KERRY, JOHN F
    VIA KERRY COMMITTEE

03/29/2001
1000.00
21020110729

12/17/2001
1000.00
23020151194

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS AMERICA



   SPECTER, ARLEN
    VIA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER

03/18/1997
1000.00
97020081444

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED



   SUNUNU, JOHN E
    VIA TEAM SUNUNU

09/18/2002
1000.00
22020680187

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORP



   MCCAIN, JOHN S
    VIA MCCAIN FOR SENATE '04

03/18/2003
2000.00
23020172848

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORPORATION



   SPECTER, ARLEN
    VIA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER

04/30/2001
1000.00
21020112944

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORPORATION/CHAIRMAN



   HENTSCHEL, NOEL IRWIN
    VIA NOEL IRWIN HENTSCHEL TO CONGRESS

04/04/2001
1000.00
22990485643

04/04/2001
1000.00
22990485644

MURDOCH, RUPERT K
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED/CHAIRMAN



   MARKEY, EDWARD JOHN
    VIA MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

06/11/2001
1000.00
21990278869

06/11/2001
1000.00
21990278869

MURDOCH, RUPERT R
LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
THE NEWS CORPORATION



   GRAHAM, BOB
    VIA FRIENDS OF BOB GRAHAM COMMITTEE

02/04/1997
1000.00
97020081062

Total Contributions:    17500.00

Joint Fundraising Contributions

  These are contributions to committees who are raising funds to be distributed to other committees. The breakdown of these contributions to their final recipients may appear below

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS AMERICA INC



   FORRESTER VICTORY COMMITTEE

10/29/2002
2000.00
22020900683

Total Joint Fundraising:    2000.00

Recipient of Joint Fundraiser Contributions

  These are the Final Recipients of Joint Fundraising Contributions

MURDOCH, RUPERT
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS AMERICA INCORPORATED



   NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE

10/29/2002
1000.00
22020912271

Recipient Total:    1000.00

[On the Road]

2. The Rich All Give Money to Both Parties

Maybe it explains why Al would have Murdoch on as a guest speaker in his class at Columbia U in 2001.

What I'd like to know is: how much did Murdoch give to Bush?

[LightTheMatch]

3. would you please read my post?

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?

Please read my post, the FEC's donations listing. Gore isn't on there anywhere!

[Composed Thinker]

6. So it's another lie by NewsMax?

What a shock.

[LightTheMatch]

8. Nope, it's true...

See below.

Interestingly, Bush isn't listed there. Very interesting.

[Composed Thinker]

9. Damn it, I'm reading these things too quickly

[Composed Thinker]

4. When did Gore stop teaching at Columbia?

[RobertSeattle]

5. Covering his bases

Many corpations do this as well.

Couldn't find the info at www.opensecrets.org but sometimes it's hard to find things like this.

[LightTheMatch]

7. From OpenSecrets.org

Total for this search: $15,000


MURDOCH, JAMES R
NEW YORK,NY 10014

NEWS CORPORATION

1/20/2000

$500

Schumer, Charles E


MURDOCH, JAMES R
OLD LYME,CT 06371

NEWS CORPORATION

9/26/2000

$500

Democratic National Cmte


MURDOCH, JAMES R MR
NEW YORK,NY 10014

NEWS CORP./EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

3/9/2000

$1,000

Gore, Al


MURDOCH, K MR
NEW YORK,NY 10036

NEWS CORPORATION

7/21/1999

$1,000

Bradley, Bill


MURDOCH, K R
LOS ANGELES,CA 90035

NEWS CORPORATION LTD

11/1/1999

$1,000

Robb, Charles S


MURDOCH, K R
NEW YORK,NY 10036

NEWS CORPORATION

9/22/1999

$1,000

Hatch, Orrin G


MURDOCH, K RUPERT
NEW YORK,NY 10036

NEWS AMERICA INC

1/31/2000

$5,000

News America Holdings


MURDOCH, K RUPERT MR
NEW YORK,NY 10036

NEWS CORPORATION

1/11/2000

$1,000

National Republican Congressional Cmte


MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES,CA 90035

NEWS CORPORATION

5/24/1999

$1,000

Santorum, Rick


MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES,CA 90035

NEWS CORPORATION

4/13/2000

$1,000

Snowe, Olympia J


MURDOCH, RUPERT
LOS ANGELES,CA 90035

NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED

1/31/2000

$2,000

Motion Picture Assn of America

[gulliver]

10. Another NewsMax tidbit, brought to you by your friend...

... Composed Thinker.

Thanks ever so much, CT. Your posts keep me from having to visit places like NewsMax. Now I can just come to DU whenever I want to read NewsMax stuff. Cool.