Thursday, October 14, 2004

Fair and Balanced My (You Know What)

FOX News, that bastion of right-wing propaganda, is staffed with a bunch of Democrats:

"Totaling $25,383, a search of Fox News' contributions turned up donations to Bush and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, along with contributions to Howard Dean and the left-wing Emily's List. Kerry, Gephardt and Wesley Clark also showed up on the list. Of the $25,383 total, $4,930 went to Republican candidates or committees."

But the other networks are far worse:

"2004 election cycle donations from employees of CBS, which has been embroiled in a scandal over the use of fake National Guard documents to call President Bush's service into question, went to the DNC Services Corp., presidential candidates Dennis Kucinich, John Kerry and Richard Gephardt, and Senate candidates Barbara Boxer and Barack Obama, among others. Of over $111,000 given by network employees, just two $1,000 contributions went to President Bush's re-election campaign."

NBC's records were similar. Employees of the network spread their money a bit wider, including gifts to Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. The list of employees included producers, attorneys, on-air hosts, writers and executives. NBC's contributions totaled $146,585, none of which went to Bush."

My Lord, talk about a lack of diversity.

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