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News Corp Donations: 58% Democratic, 41% Republican

dont know why but what bugs me is that it looks like 80% of what the democrats recieve is from unions.
 
Never figured News Corp would be a front for Democrats. :doh

Fox being the leading conservative network and all...
 
News Corp is not a right wing organization. And they own Twentieth Century Fox and Fox television, amongst other things.

Also if you click on News Corp at your link it has a little bit of an explanation:

News Corp: Summary | OpenSecrets
 
I could have guessed that unionized manufacturers leaned left but not that left..
 
Daktoria said:
Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2012 | OpenSecrets

I thought it was rather interesting that Fox News' holding company has contributed more to Democratic than Republican campaigns.

Why do you believe that is?
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It wouldn't surprise me that corporates expect Republicans to gain enough seats to get a majority in both houses. If there's a Republican president? That means bills sweep through both houses. A Republican president gets to set to agenda. If Obama is elected? Notsomuch.

A hamstrung Congress is better for everybody -- Corporate America as well as the American people. If they can't do much, or can't do it easily, we're all better off.
 
News Corp holds a massive amount of media, it's not just Fox News.

Or maybe it's because Republicans don't need as large of a bribe. :mrgreen:
 
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My take on this is for all Murdoc and Fox Noise are the face of 'conservatively' biased news broadcasting, they are in fact a minority even in their own conglomerate, a very free spending minority but a minority none the less.

Looks to me like for all the sound and fury the coverage of 'conservative' media maybe a mile wide, but it is a coat of paint deep, scratch it and you expose the true base. Like any other corporation they feed money to whoever is in power even as they puff up so outraged at that very group.
 
Deuce said:
News Corp holds a massive amount of media, it's not just Fox News.

Or maybe it's because Republicans don't need as large of a bribe. :mrgreen:
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No it is because the Dems are in power. I would wager that the split was totally opposite under the last few years of Bush. News Corp also backed the labour party in the UK and the Conservatives this time around, and backed the Communist Party in China.. all to make sure they could do business in the area/country.
 
beerftw said:
dont know why but what bugs me is that it looks like 80% of what the democrats recieve is from unions.
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I'm with you on this one. They should just stop pretending and be honest about it and give 100% to the Dems.
 
Hare said:
I could have guessed that unionized manufacturers leaned left but not that left..
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The Republican party has been pretty anti-union since the 80's. It would be like "Pro-Life" groups giving money to the Democratic Party.....whose whole platform is opposite of the mission of Pro-Life groups
 
iliveonramen said:
Fox news being rightwing is filling a niche in the news market.

Giving money to both sides is just good business practice.
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Or could it be . . . . . Fox is Fair and Balanced? :)
 
Billy the Kid said:
Or could it be . . . . . Fox is Fair and Balanced? :)
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Hehe...sorry but no. They are definately out to fill a niche. I think blue and red take a backseat to green for Murdoch but the niche they are filling is definately leaning to the red. They are out to get the most viewers possible.
 
iliveonramen said:
Hehe...sorry but no. They are definately out to fill a niche. I think blue and red take a backseat to green for Murdoch but the niche they are filling is definately leaning to the red. They are out to get the most viewers possible.
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A niche? I'd call it a crater. I like more than one opinion on issues. :2razz:
 
beerftw said:
dont know why but what bugs me is that it looks like 80% of what the democrats recieve is from unions.
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Why would unions support people who try to destroy them? I mean, it seems like a circular question. Unions vote for Democrats because Democrats support unions. The Evangelicals vote Republican because Republicans support issues important to them. Does it bother you that the Republicans have the Evangelical voting block cornered?
 
Union PACs donations are roughly 24% of what democrats receive according to Center for Responsible Politics. Back in 2000 it was 40%

These days business PACS out contribute to democrats over double what the Unions do.

Corporate PACs split their donations roughly 50/50 between the two parties. In 2000 it was 2 to 1 in favor of the Republicans.

In 2010 Business PACS donated 330 million, Unions 69 million.

I suppose some will still continue to bang the anti-Union drum but their traditional support is becoming more figurehead than decisive.
 
It breaks things down by company donor, you know. You can see the breakdown entirely. Murdoch was heavily republican, for example. Especially in 1996.
 
Porchev said:
News Corp is not a right wing organization. And they own Twentieth Century Fox and Fox television, amongst other things.

Also if you click on News Corp at your link it has a little bit of an explanation:

News Corp: Summary | OpenSecrets
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You mean St. Rupert is an evil Hollywood Liberal? Heresy!
 
Daktoria said:
Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2012 | OpenSecrets

I thought it was rather interesting that Fox News' holding company has contributed more to Democratic than Republican campaigns.

Why do you believe that is?
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News Corp like many others are buttering both sides of their bread. What bugs me about it is that the Demsaren't refusing the bucks: that's why I don't belong to any political party.
 
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