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To: koan who wrote (83689)	10/1/2010 2:43:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) of 89467

News Corp. donates another million to GOP-linked group by Jed Lewison Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 10:40:03 AM PDT Apparently, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation isn't satisfied with owning the most dominant force in conservative media -- it also wants to directly fund the conservative organizations its "news" network is supposed to report on. Ben Smith breaks the story: News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, contributed $1 million this summer to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby that has been running an aggressive campaign in support of the Republican effort to retake Congress, a source close to the company told POLITICO. It was the second $1 million contribution the company has made this election cycle to a GOP-aligned group. In late June it gave that amount to the Republican Governors Association. The parent companies of other media companies such as Disney (which owns ABC) and General Electric (which owns NBC) have also made political contributions, but typically in far smaller chunks, and split between Democrats and Republicans. To be fair and balanced, News Corp. and Fox aren't merely interested in funding conservative organizations. Other than Mitt Romney, they also have an employment contract with every single major 2012 contender who is not currently in public office.

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