Forget the celebs! Which media bigwigs make political contributions?

[theHandpuppet]

That's what I want to know. Who are the media moguls, newscasters, publishers of news etc making political contributions and to whom? That would tell me a lot more than which actor/basketball player/country singer cuts a check to someone's campaign.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Look here:

http://www.newsmeat.com

[marmar]

2. The Newsmeat site is cool...

As I suspected, Troy Aikman is a big dumb former jock Bushbot.

[theHandpuppet]

3. Thanks! Here's a more direct link

http://www.newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/

Some surprises there, too.

[marmar]

5. Anderson Cooper a Repug?

OK, it's only $250 but it still surprised me.

[theHandpuppet]

6. Must be a Log Cabin Republican

That one surprised me, too. What an idiot. I wonder if Katrina has changed his mind?

[TheBaldyMan]

4. Rupert Murdoch is a huge R donor,

as well as various nasty PACs

fuck the GE boycott, boycott News International Inc. instead.

sry that means NO Simpsons and NO MySpace.

[Chiyo-chichi]

7. Mad Money's Jim Cramer

Big Dem contributor. I don't know whether I'm surprised or not. He has argued with Katie Couric more than once when she tried to get him to say that good economic news would make Bush's poll numbers rise. But just yesterday, he advised investing in Halliburton and oil companies!

[FlaGranny]

8. Halliburton and oil companies

ARE where the only big profits are coming from; so money-wise, it's good advice, even though it is immoral.