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Clinton Foundation Donors Revealed – Stephanopoulos Only the Beginning

With Clinton Foundation donor records reading like a veritable “Who’s Who” of media organizations and individuals, it lends credence to the oft repeated claims of liberal bias in the media.

While discussing recent revelations that ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation over the last three years, Geraldo Rivera had this to say on his Facebook wall:

Everybody has their secret favorites and personal biases. But donations cross the line for a good reason. Money raises the specter of Pay for Play.

According to Politico.com, notable donors included news media, media networks, foundations, companies, as well as individuals currently working in the media (organized according to the dollar amount of their donations, highest to lowest):

$1,000,000-$5,000,000

Carlos Slim – Chairman & CEO of Telmex, largest New York Times shareholder

James Murdoch – Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox

Newsmax Media – Florida-based conservative media network

Thomson Reuters – Owner of the Reuters news service

$500,000-$1,000,000

Google

News Corporation Foundation – Philanthropic arm of former Fox News parent company

$250,000-$500,000

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Publisher

Richard Mellon Scaife – Owner of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

$100,000-$250,000

Abigail Disney – Documentary filmmaker

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Howard Stringer – Former CBS, CBS News and Sony executive

Intermountain West Communications Company – Local television affiliate owner (formerly Sunbelt Communications)

$50,000-$100,000

Bloomberg L.P.

Discovery Communications Inc.

George Stephanopoulos – ABC News chief anchor and chief political correspondent

Mort Zuckerman – Owner of New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report

Time Warner Inc. – Owner of CNN parent company Turner Broadcasting

$25,000-$50,000

AOL

HBO

Hollywood Foreign Press Association – Presenters of the Golden Globe Awards

Viacom

$10,000-$25,000

Knight Foundation – Non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting journalism

Public Radio International

Turner Broadcasting – Parent company of CNN

Twitter

$5,000-$10,000

Comcast – Parent copmany of NBCUniversal

NBC Universal – Parent company of NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC

Public Broadcasting Service

$1,000-$5,000

Robert Allbritton – Owner of POLITICO

This short list of donors gives a clear image of how pervasive the media’s ties to the Clinton Foundation, and by extension, their ties to 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are.

What do you think? Should media organizations and members of the media be allowed to make charitable contributions to a foundation belonging to active political figures? Does it tarnish their credibility?