Hillary was one of the "wealthy Dems who contributed" to Media Matters....Here's the MoveOn part of the mess....
MoveOn.org also noted to help Media Matters for America
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MoveOn is a progressive public policy organization that has raised millions of dollars for Democratic Party candidates in the United States.[2]
It was formed in response to the impeachment of President Clinton.[3], and may have helped propel the Democratic Party to power in the 2006 election.[4]
Relationships with other organizations
MoveOn is co-founder of AVAAZ.org a civic organization that promotes progressive political action on issues such as the climate change and religious conflicts.
MoveOn has collaborated on projects with a number of other organizations, including:
American Civil Liberties Union
American Constitution Society
Center for American Progress
Environment 2004
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc.
National Committee for an Effective Congress
Natural Resources Defense Council
United for Peace and Justice
Win Without War
MoveOn has also retained the services of advertising, PR and design firms, including:
Fenton Communications (www.fenton.com)
Zimmerman & Markman (www.zimark.com)
Advocacy Inc. (www.advocacyinc.com)
Stamen Design (http://stamen.com/clients/moveon_f911)
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MoveOn Financial contributors
The San Francisco Foundation Community Initiative Funds, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the San Francisco Foundation, began serving as a fiscal sponsor for MoveOn.org
Civic Action in 2000, providing a channel through which individuals can make directed, tax-exempt donations to support its work. In 2001, SFFCIF's IRS Form 990 (available from GuideStar.org) show that it provided MoveOn.org Civic Action with $17,698 in funding.
Iraq Peace Fund, an effort of the Tides Foundation
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
MoveOn's spending as an advocacy group is listed at Open Secrets: Advocacy Group Spending ("data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, October 23, 2006").
According to the March 10, 2004, Washington Post, "The Democratic 527 organizations have drawn support from some wealthy liberals determined to defeat Bush.
They include financier George Soros who gave $1.46 million to MoveOn.org Voter Fund (in the form of matching funds to recruit additional small donors);
Peter B. Lewis, chief executive of the Progressive Corp., who gave $500,000 to MoveOn.org Voter Fund;
and Linda Pritzker, of the Hyatt hotel family, and her Sustainable World Corp., who gave $4 million to the joint fundraising committee."[28]
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