FoxPAC doubles down: News Corp. gives $1 million to GOP-aligned Chamber

[democracy1st]

In the wake of its $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association in August, News Corp. -- parent of Fox News -- has literally doubled down on aligning itself with the conservative agenda by donating another $1 million, this time to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has reportedly devoted millions of dollars this cycle to running political ads on behalf of Republican Senate candidates. Politico reported:

A spokesman for the chamber, J.P. Fielder, declined to discuss or confirm a specific contribution - the chamber is fighting to continue to keep contributions secret -- but responded to a question about the Fox donation by characterizing the chamber's agenda.

"What I can tell you is that the chamber has been and will continue to be engaged in the issue debate in this election cycle, focusing our efforts on educating voters about where candidates stand on policies that create jobs," Fielder said.

Specifically, the chamber has said it plans to spend $75 million in connection with the 2010 election, and has so far has directed substantial amounts to Republican Senate candidates. As of Sept. 15th, the group had spent $6,747,946 airing more than 8,000 ads on behalf of GOP Senate candidates, according to a study from the Wesleyan Media Project.

UPDATE:

Media Matters VP Ari Rabin-Havt released the following statement in response to News Corp.'s latest donation:

Fox is having it both ways right now as a news organization and political campaign. With $2 million direct from their corporate treasury invested in the defeat of Democratic candidates, it is an insult to actual journalists that the network is treated as anything other than a research, fundraising, and communications arm of the Republican Party. They don't belong in the front row of the White House briefing room, they belong at RNC headquarters.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201009300050

UPDATED FoxPAC: Fox News' corporate parent gave Republican Governors Association $1 million
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008160046


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[peacetalksforall]

1. Never write Chamber of Commerce without the word FOX =

The FOX Chamber of Commerce of the U.S. It is not CoC it is FCoC.

Tell everyone that the FOX NEWS (Corp) and the Cof C are REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN MONEY LAUNDERERS. Tell everyone that there is another level of Republican takeover to be aware of.

Emphasize it when you are talking with a like minded person in a waiting room anywhere. Mention it on the Internet. Tell your friends.

[Dustlawyer]

2. The Chamber is already in the media business

It owns 3 newspapers. Check out setexasrecord.com. It is 1 of the 3 and it is a free paper put outside the courthouse and designed to poison the potential and actual jurors. For the longest time they did not even sell advertising. Can you imagine a newspaper with no ads? That is b/c they were selling propaganda. Might as well call them TAS (the old state run media of the Soviet Union).