10/15/2010

On the left attacking News Corp for some of its political donations

The Politico found yet another of their news stories from Media Matters. Some left wingers who own a very small amount of stock in News Corp used a shareholder meeting to push their political agenda. Just out of curiosity, given that employees at Fox and all the other media outlets give more money to Democrats, I wonder if these groups have ever asked about the balance in employees at different news organizations. Surely this "news" analysis piece didn't mention that point.

Murdoch began by pointing out that News Corp.’s PAC gave more money to Democrats than Republicans, and then addressed the two, much larger donations directly from the company’s coffers to organizations aggressively campaigning against Democrats this election cycle.

“We believe it certainly is in the interest of the country, and the shareholders and the prosperity that there be a fair amount of change in Washington,” he said.

Others speaking on behalf of the foundation pressed Murdoch on the risks associated with such a large donation to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, considering the controversy around the organization in the news. Murdoch insisted “there are no scandals, there are only allegations” about the Chamber, . . .

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