Ahhhh the Democrats. When it comes to hypocrisy no one can beat em.
Recall this episode some weeks back:
Rupert Murdoch, who has never been shy about making his political views known, has voted with his sizable checkbook.
Murdoch’s News Corp. has made a $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association, triggering swift criticism from Democrats that a contribution of that magnitude casts a shadow on his media properties, particularly Fox News.
“For a media company — particularly one whose slogan is ‘fair and balanced’ — to be injecting themselves into the outcome of races is stunning,” Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association, said Tuesday. “The people owning Fox News have made a decision that they want to see Democratic governors go down to defeat. It’s a jaw-dropping violation of the boundary between the media and corporate realm.”
~~~“Any pretense that may have existed about the ties between Fox News and the Republican Party has been ripped violently away,” said Hari Sevugan, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee. “Any Republican that appears on Fox should now have a disclaimer that they are financially supported by the network and any coverage of the elections this fall on Fox should be reported with disclaimer for what it is — partisan propaganda.”
Of course they had no answer for the facts dug up by Mark Tapscott:
Senior executives, on-air personalities, producers, reporters, editors, writers and other self-identifying employees of ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
The Democratic total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks, with an average contribution of $880.
By contrast, only 193 of the employees contributed to Republican candidates and campaign committees, for a total of $142,863. The average Republican contribution was $744.
And just yesterday as Robert Murdoch testified in front of Congress in SUPPORT of amnesty for illegal’s Maxine Waters urged him to back up his views by slanting the Fox News coverage:
Mr. Murdoch, both you and Mr. Bloomberg have the possibility of doing a lot of education, you’re very powerful with your media networks, and you’re able to disseminate a lot of info and to frame issues. and to mr Murdoch, it does not appear that what you are talking to us about today and the way that you are discussing it, is the way that it is discussed on fox, for example.
Why are you here with a basically a decent proposal taking about the advantage immigrants to our economy but I don’t see that being promoted on Fox. As a matter of fact, I’m often times stunned by what I hear on Fox, particularly when you have hosts talking about “Anchor Babies” and all of that. Explain to me, whats the difference in your being here and and what you do not do with your media networks
~~~I’m very grateful that you guys are here and what you’re saying, but I’m trying to point out the contradiction between Mr. Murdoch being here, saying these vital things about immigration reform and the contribution that immigrants make to our economy and our society, and i don’t see you promoting that in any way with all the power and ability that you have to do that, and I’m trying to find out, what is the difference? What is the contradiction? Why don’t you use your power to help us to promote what you’re talking about?…
So let me get this straight. The Democrats have railed non-stop about Fox News and the supposed Republican slant to the coverage. They railed against Murdoch because they believe he is “promoting” his views through his channel.
But it would be a-ok if what he promoted just so happened to be a view that they agree with.
Waters and her ilk want Murdoch to openly steer the content of Fox and other News Corp reporting operations. Unlike the hypothetical “education” campaign Waters’s proposed, News Corp’s political activities have no demonstrable effect on the company’s news subsidiaries – no one has been able to point to any instance of such interplay.
(Fox differs from competitor MSNBC in that regard. The latter cable channel, and its sister channels on cable and network TV, have been the subjects of pressure from executives at General ELectric, their parent company, according to former employees. Charlie Gasparino, a former CNBC reporter,claimed that GE CEO Jeff Immelt pressured CNBC staff to go easy on President Obama. NewsBusters has documented the immense conflicts between NBC’s “green” campaigns and the millions of dollars GE stands to make from environmental policies that benefit from such campaigns.)
Waters is not simply suggesting that News Corp. exert itself in the cause of comprehensive immigration reform (i.e. amnesty). Murdoch is already doing that – that’s why he was testifying in the first place.
No, Waters is suggesting that Murdoch discard any appearance of separation between News Corp’s political preferences and its media activities, and begin promoting a political cause not only through the activities of the parent company, but by pushing that cause under the guise of news at News Corp’s media holdings.
Media bias is all well and good if it’s liberal bias.
Hypocrisy…thy name is Democrat.
Oh, btw….You must go read the whole piece by Lachlan Markay at Newsbusters to read even more about the threat she gave to Mr. Murdoch. The woman is a friggin witch….and a criminal.
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This is the same woman who threatened to “socialize” the oil companies. I guess the media is next…
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1264
And, there have been opportunities for the press to call her out on her hypocrisy, but:
Caution, offensive language as well as offensive member of Congress:
Off-the-Hook Hypocrisy: Rep. Waters Used to Love Vulgar & Outlandish Protest Rallies
There is corruption in both parties. However the GOP when it was in power kept Delay in a respected position until he was INDICTED> The Gop Hastret withdrew all of the Republican Reps from the ethics committee so they would not have a quorum to vote AGAINST Delay for ethics violations for a THIRD TIME. Pelosi could have done the same but hasn’t Under Pelosi the House has been much more active in going after ethics violations, the GOP’s efforts were non existent.
I observe the press with a somewhat jaundiced perspective, I hate it basically. I can not count on getting anything from ANY news service that accurately represents anything. I will say that perhaps Fox News is a “more constitutionally” aware organization, defintely less “progressive, statist, or socialist”, that and that alone adds a some credibility IMHO. Any thing and everything I see on even the “internet” news pages, Google, Yahoo or MSN . . . I always, always, always do my own further “investigation”. I go to several blogs and review what is going on the “blogosphere” before a form any opinion at all. It is quite obvious . . . to the point of hypocrisy how “ommissive” ALL the MSM, including, Fox are. Again, I will give a little more credibility to Fox. What the major news services do is treat current events as defined articles of “ignorance” by ommission. For some, almost unbelievable reason, the Major MSM’s philosophy is if we don’t tell “them”, meaning We The People . . . that We The People will not be aware of it. That philosophy is so far out of touch with the world of today that it is ludicrous. News is no longer news . . . it is “infantile amnesia” . . . they have forgotten what made them what they are and the degeneration is far beyond “forgetfulness” it is as if the entire major MSM is suffering from mass “Alzheimer’s Disease”. Keep in mind that this disease is filled with “partial” memories and conclusions and the MSM will fight to the death in support of a past concept or even the here and now concepts that are no longer at all what exists in the world. We are watching the terminal effects of such disease.
Skookem lays it out very nicely. Maxine and her fellow members of The Progressive and Congressional Black Caucus are all traitors. We need to elect a conservative majority so that there are enough votes to impeach or prosecute.
Because of gerrymandering people like Maxine are in completely safe districts.
There’s no way to get rid of her until she simply quits running.
Same with Pelosi and Frank.
And many others.
I wonder how they will mess with the redistricting that has to be done because of the 2010 census?
I already heard they are trying to use redistriucting to get rid of Rep. Michele Bachmann from Minnesota.
The two prerequisites for being a liberal/leftist–utter hypocrisy and absolute shamelessness. All leftists exhibit these on a daily basis.
That’s a total a bit over a million dollars, donated by 1,160 individual citizens who happen to work for ABC, CBS, and NBC.
That hardly raises the same set of issues as a million-dollar corporate contribution.
This most recent check to the the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is actually the second million-dollar donation that News Corp has made to a GOP-aligned group this election cycle. The first was in late June, to the Republican Governors Association.
By the way, it’s the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that has repeatedly blocked federal efforts to utilize the E-Verify system to prevent the hiring of undocumented aliens, which would remove one of the main incentives for illegal immigration. The Chamber of Commerce exerted enormous lobbying pressure to force E-Verify out of the stimulus package. They also sued to prevent the President from requiring the use of E-Verify by executive order. (Chamber of Commerce, et al v. Chertoff, et al.)
Whatever they might say, it’s always about the profits.
@Greg: You said:
Yeah that evil News Corp and their constant GOP fundraising and contributing…
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@ anticsrocks, #10:
Big money tends to play both ends against the middle. In general, big money’s only real loyalty is to itself.
That may be, but your intimation that News Corp only contributes/fund raises for the GOP is still in err.
@John ryan:
@Greg:
What in the world does any of this have to do with the discussion of Maxine Waters and the media not taking her to task for her hypocrisy because of their bias?
Dodge and parry or, hijack?……again and again. 🙄
Please explain.
The original post brought that matter up, not me. It suggested that the total of around a 1,160 individual donations from employees working at ABC, CBS, and NBC is somehow the equivalent of two corporate checks totaling a couple of million bucks from News Corp. I don’t believe that it is.
Had ABC, CBS, or NBC written out corporate checks for a couple of million bucks, there would have been equivalency. Charges leveled at News Corp could then be argued to be hypocritical.
The day the Supreme Court removed limitations on corporate political donations they diminished the power of the individual. The crack-brained theory behind that decision is that a corporate entity has the same rights as a person.
They may finish the power of the individual off altogether before they’re done. The next issue they’ll pronounce upon–probably early next year–is whether or not corporations also have the same privacy rights as an individual. If so, how corporations use their vast wealth to effect public opinion and the outcome of elections will become secret.
@Missy – Greg said:
And I showed that News Corp does fund raising/contributions to both political parties. But that was conveniently ignored by him…
Maxine Waters has kept her family members employed in governmental positions for over 20 years – from the LA Unified School District to local LA political appointments. They are neither qualified nor actually contribute anything concrete to their positions. My brother worked for the LAUSD for over 35 years and saw it firsthand. It is no different than the mess she currently has created herself with her husband and the “bank” that was created to provide loans to minorities and can provide no record of having done so after receiving millions – if not billions – in TARP funds.
Oh yeah, money is the issue. As far as her being in the congressional position forever, her district is now over 60% Hispanic. One of the members of the Hispanic community needs to run against her and she would not only be toast, but burnt toast. There is always a way to get rid of these isidious people.