2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTelevision News Network LOBBYISTS Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton
The top fundraisers for Clinton include lobbyists who serve the parent companies of CNN and MSNBC. The National Association of Broadcasters, a trade group that represents the television station industry, has lobbyists who are fundraising for both Clinton and Republican candidate Marco Rubio. Presidential campaigns are obligated by law to send the Federal Election Commission a list of lobbyists who serve as bundlers, collecting hundreds of individual checks on behalf of a candidates campaign. CNNs parent company, Time Warner, is represented on Capitol Hill by Steve Elmendorf, an adviser to Clinton during her 2008 campaign, who is also known as one of Washingtons top lobbyists. Hes lobbied on a number of issues important for media companies like CNN, including direct-to-consumer advertising policy.
Elmendorf, according to disclosures, has raised at least $141,815 for Clintons 2016 bid for the presidency. Comcast, the parent company of NBC Universal, which includes cable networks NBC, CNBC, and MSNBC, has a number of lobbyists on retainer who are working to raise cash for the Clinton campaign, including Justin Gray, Alfred Mottur, Ingrid Duran and Catherine Pino. Much of the $5 billion expected to be spent over the course of the 2016 presidential election cycle will be on cable and network news advertisements. The election-related spending bonanza is singularly boosting the profit margins of many media companies, as weve reported. Super PACs may be bad for America, but theyre very good for CBS, Les Moonves, president and chief executive of CBS, memorably said. If theres spillover between the corporate media political agenda and what you see on TV, the most likely place for it is in the lack of reporting on campaign finance reform. Though networks have focused great attention on the amount of money raised by the candidates, there is very little discussion of how to reduce the influence of money in politics.
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https://theintercept.com/2015/10/29/media-fundraisers-presidential/
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)opinion on who won the debate which Bernie didn't just WIN, he won in a landslide.
Then deleted posts of those asking them why they did it.
So the Corporate Machine wants Hillary?
And they are using all their power to try to get the nomination for her?
This is precisely why we must elect a president who is not a part of this totally corrupt system
Segami
(14,923 posts)But from watching television coverage of this dramatic moment in the debate, you would only hear half of the story. Playing clips from the debate, CNN and other networks focused almost exclusively on the political impact of Sanders expressing solidarity with Clinton about her damn emails while editing out his comment about the failures of the media to talk about the biggest issues facing America...."
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/14/cable-news-edits-out-rousing-sanders-attack-on-vapid-media-coverage/
Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)an interest between Clinton and the establishment media?
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)But yes, I believe you are right.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)"The bloggers and online donors represent an important resource for the party, but they are not representative of the majority you need to win elections," said Steve Elmendorf, a Democratic lobbyist who advised Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. "The trick will be to harness their energy and their money without looking like you are a captive of the activist left."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026225493
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)touch he simply doesn't get it. And what money is he talking about? Bloggers on the 'activist Left' don't need to be paid. Their energy comes from being RIGHT and finally finding a candidate to represent them, creating something he and his buddies just can't understand, that when the people become as energized as those supporting Bernie are, it is worth more than all the money his Corporate buddies can spend.
I am so motivated right now, more so than in 2008 actually, that campaigning to get people over to Bernie's side, is EASY. People are struck by the enthusiasm of Bernie supporters.
What a ridiculous thing to say.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)All the polls so coincidentally coming out all together with such huge differences is making me realize how uphill the road will be.
This time is different to me than 2004. It was so painful to see Dean lose after all our hard work on the ground here. Now I just feel like it doesn't matter what they do. I don't like being called names, but I guess it's gonna happen.
I don't think anything could make me back down.
cprise
(8,445 posts)The 2008 crisis (and Obama releasing his book describing how good he'll be to bankers) just reinforced the point. I respect him for hating Third Way rhetoric and "interventionism", but he used their people and got sucked into fueling more conflicts abroad.
2000 and 2004 were painful inside. Now if there's any pain, its more like a scratch.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)I know exactly how you feel. Every presidential election since 2000 has been disturbing.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)shared by a whole lot of people. Those hearings SHOULD have been about 'why were we THERE in the first place'. And that is what I heard people say.
In the Real World things are a whole lot different than what we see here sometimes. I wonder where the stuff comes from that I see here sometimes.
What I experienced re those hearings was either 'no didn't waste watching, some old political games' or from Dems mostly 'wrong questions, waste of time'.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)I will find it hard to accept if all the young excited voices are polled out of existence.
hedda_foil
(16,376 posts)Just connecting dots here. Just connecting the dots.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)Bread and Circus
(9,454 posts)...self serving feedback loop.
It is a pretty damn horrible situation.
Uncle Joe
(58,491 posts)Thanks for the thread, Segami.
TransitJohn
(6,932 posts)Remember the last one?
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Bucky
(54,087 posts)Since he's basically running his entire campaign out of network news talk show studios, you'd think he'd at least have to pay rent on his permanent dressing room at Morning Joe.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I actually enjoy ol' Lindsay. I don't agree with him on anything, but he does have a wicked sense of humor, which he has kept hidden until now. Compared to the other sanctimonious asses he's running against.
Bucky
(54,087 posts)No wonder McCain puts up with him. They share the same snarky sentiment which just plain ol' doesn't fit in the subcranial fashion of dreadfully earnest stupidity that currently rules the Republican caucus.
Gman
(24,780 posts)BeanMusical
(4,389 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)Bill Clinton gave Big Media a huge gift.
They're going to be looking for more payback from Hillary.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)kristopher
(29,798 posts)It puts the transparent bias in the coverage by MSNBC in perspective. I've been angry about it for months and it helps to know its antecedents.