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

babylonsister

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Mon Aug-16-10 05:18 PM
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Fox News' corporate parent gave Republican Governors Association $1 million

They don't even have to hide it. Amazing.

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.

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008160046

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monmouth

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Mon Aug-16-10 05:20 PM
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1. Where is the weak, crappy FCC on this? A "news" organization

donating to either party, to me, is an egregious offense of FCC rules. Oh,forgot,it's cable so it's okay....sigh.

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progressoid

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Mon Aug-16-10 07:22 PM
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6. Corporations are people now, remember?

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MidwestTransplant

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Mon Aug-16-10 05:22 PM
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2. Since the Saudis now own a huge chunk of News Corp, I wonder if this Republican anti Islam hysteria

will lead them to put pressure on News Corp. to less of a shill organization for Republicans.

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tanyev

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Mon Aug-16-10 06:01 PM
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3. "Fair and balanced"

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NJmaverick

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Mon Aug-16-10 06:01 PM
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4. What Fox/GOP supporters unrecced this?

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spanone

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Mon Aug-16-10 06:09 PM
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5. the propaganda wing of the rnc, no doubt about it.

Edited on Mon Aug-16-10 06:11 PM by spanone

that's a pittance of the free air time they give to promoting all things conservative/republican

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