The List: Journalists and which party and candidates they wrote Checks to.

[illinoisprogressive]

Interesting reading. A list of journalists and which party they supported and who they wrote checks for.
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The following 144 journalists made campaign contributions from 2004 through the first quarter of 2007, according to Federal Election Commission records studied by MSNBC.com.

Key:

(D) contributed to Democrats or liberal causes.

(R) to Republicans and conservative causes.

Click on "details" next to each name to see the amounts and what the journalists have to say.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113455#Yago_top

[Lerkfish]

1. journalists are also citizens. As far as I know, there is no prohibition against

citizens donating to any candidate legally.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. that is not the point. It helps to know if they are more for gop or dems.

[rinsd]

5. All that does is create truthy evidence for the Liberal Media myth (nt)

[fed-up]

3. witch hunt here-127 Dems on list---19 Repukes (2 had both D&R by name) nt

[zalinda]

4. Yeah, now they can point to that list

and say the media is really liberal..........I have proof. Crap!

zalinda

[More Than A Feeling]

6. Now this one is interesting:

(D) Fox affiliate in Minneapolis, KMSP, Alix Kendall, morning anchor, $250 in September 2006 to Midwest Values PAC, which gave to Democratic candidates.

Kendall said she opposes the war and thought that her donation was anonymous.

"I also believe that the station doesn't own my political views and values. Did I make the contribution? I did. We all have political opinions in this business. A lot of us want to be politically active. But marching in a war protest isn't an option, being a recognizable person, so we give with our checkbook. I don't think that working for a news organization I give up my rights. I interview plenty of people that I don't agree with, but I also ask questions to get the other side. I think it's actually an advantage — in a news organization we have people of many political views. We have healthy debates. I think it's my civic duty to be involved in what matters to me. I think it's ridiculous that anyone who's sitting in front of a camera doesn't have an opinion — come on, we all do. Did I think about that at the time? No, I didn't. Maybe I should have. But I still feel I have a right to my civic duties."

One could argue that she is fulfilling her civic duty by being a reporter, and that part of that duty is to NOT make people suspect she is on one side or the other.