Monday, May 25, 2015

Media Has Been Corrupted By Clintons. Is It Time For Hillary To End Her Campaign Or Will That Happen Next Year?

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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?

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