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Democrats' letter to Fox News denounces News Corp. donation to Republicans
Washington Post ^ | August 18, 2010 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 08/18/2010 11:15:14 AM PDT by Ben Mugged

The Democrats are escalating their attack on Fox News over the $1 million donation by the network's parent company to the Republican Governors Association.

In a letter Wednesday to Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, the head of the Democratic Governors Association said: "In the interest of some fairness and balance, I request that you add a formal disclaimer to your coverage any time any of your programs covers governors or gubernatorial races between now and Election Day."

Nathan Daschle, the group's executive director, even suggested the wording: "News Corp., parent company of Fox News, provided $1 million to defeat Democratic governors in November." Otherwise, he said, Fox executives should demand that the donation be returned.

Either outcome is extremely unlikely, but Daschle, who has already put out a fundraising letter about the News Corp. contribution, is doing what he can to keep the story alive.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; fox; liberalfascism; waronfox
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No complaints about contributions by labor unions to democrats however.
1 posted on 08/18/2010 11:15:15 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged

double standards bump


2 posted on 08/18/2010 11:16:34 AM PDT by hoe_cake ( Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Constitution)
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To: Ben Mugged

How about a disclaimer from the MSM that 95% of them vote democrat?


3 posted on 08/18/2010 11:16:45 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Ben Mugged

Boo freaking hoo. Do the dems want some cheese with that whine?


4 posted on 08/18/2010 11:17:42 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Ben Mugged

REALLY!

How about all the msm’s FREE shilling for the DUMS.


5 posted on 08/18/2010 11:18:29 AM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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To: Ben Mugged

Cry babies, they’re just mad because they don’t have the most watched news in their pockets too


6 posted on 08/18/2010 11:18:32 AM PDT by mojitojoe (When crisis becomes opportunity, crisis becomes the goal.)
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To: Ben Mugged

This is hilarious. How many reporters from the MSM donated to Obama or the Democrats last election cycle?


7 posted on 08/18/2010 11:18:45 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Ben Mugged

How much did GE who own NBC, MSNBC and CNBC send to the Dims?

Probably a lot more.


8 posted on 08/18/2010 11:19:20 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Ben Mugged

No complaints that 90% of the MSM donated to Democrats.

Why aren’t they already providing ‘disclosure statements’ on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, AP, NYT, LAT, etc.,etc. ?


9 posted on 08/18/2010 11:19:51 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Ben Mugged

The “mainstream press” doesn’t lean Democrat, it “is” the Democratic Party.


10 posted on 08/18/2010 11:20:59 AM PDT by marron
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To: Ben Mugged

but it was perfectly legitimate when the administration declared war on fox news . . . jeeez, of COURSE fox is hostile to dems now. (a) dems are hell bent on destroying anything that even looks like a profitable corporation, and (b), a democrat president (or his minions, which is the same thing) had already declared war on them.

fox, in that frame of reference, is merely defending itself.


11 posted on 08/18/2010 11:21:28 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Ben Mugged

Whaaa! How dare you give money to anyone but us Whaaa!


12 posted on 08/18/2010 11:23:03 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (The problem with Socialism is eventually you run our of other peoples money. Lady Thatcher)
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Will they be sending a similar letter to MSNBC?

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=&state=&zip=&employ=msnbc&cand=&all=Y&sort=N&capcode=dh289&submit=Submit


13 posted on 08/18/2010 11:23:37 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (We will remember in November)
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To: Ben Mugged
Now, if Ailes had made such a contribution to the Dim governors conference, would they, the Dims, with all their great integrity suggested that due to that contribution, Fox news should include a “disclaimer” in all its broadcasts? /sarc

To be a liberal politician is synonymous with being a hypocrite.

14 posted on 08/18/2010 11:23:44 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Ben Mugged

Do as I say, not as I day. We truly need a conservative REVOLUTION. The left needs to understand we thuis is war and we are playing for keeps.


15 posted on 08/18/2010 11:24:45 AM PDT by LALALAW (one of the asses whose sick of our "ruling" classes)
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To: UCANSEE2
"Why aren't’t they already providing ‘disclosure statements’ on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, AP, NYT, LAT, etc.,etc. ?"

Why doesn't Fox do this as a simple news item that starts with their own donation? It is legitimate news.

16 posted on 08/18/2010 11:24:48 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: Ben Mugged

I don’t recall the Dems crying when Rupert Murdoch was hosting fundraisers for Hillary Clinton...


17 posted on 08/18/2010 11:24:59 AM PDT by Qbert
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To: So Cal Rocket

Will they be sending a similar letter to ABC News?

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=&state=&zip=&employ=ABC+News&cand=&all=Y&sort=N&capcode=6pycj&submit=Submit


18 posted on 08/18/2010 11:25:29 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (We will remember in November)
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To: So Cal Rocket

Will they be sending a similar letter to CNN?

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?capcode=cbtpj&name=&employ=CNN&cand=&state=&zip=&all=Y&old=N&c2008=N&c2006=N&c2010=N&sort=N&page=&page=1


19 posted on 08/18/2010 11:27:24 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (We will remember in November)
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To: MNJohnnie

news corp. gave over $100,000 to democrat congressional candidates and its campaign committees.


20 posted on 08/18/2010 11:27:33 AM PDT by Disciplinemisanthropy
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