Critics Call for US Lawmakers Bankrolled By Murdoch To Return Money!

[KoKo]

The Center for Public Integrity

Cries in Washington for Those Bankrolled by Murdoch, News Corp. to Return Money

By Josh Israel, iWatch News

The growing controversy about alleged illegal hacking by employees of News Corp. has laid bare the company's broad influence on British politics writ large. Over the past three decades, though, Rupert Murdoch and his media empire have been plenty active on this side of the pond, including a cool $1 million contribution to the Republican Governors Association last year.

And now the scope of that influence is starting to stir the political pot in Washington. In the wake of the scandal, some critics are already calling on lawmakers who have received money from the company's corporate PAC and its chairman and CEO to return it. And others are demanding that Congress and the Obama administration investigate whether News Corp. employees have engaged in similar kinds of hacking statewide.

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His favorite recipients have included the National Republican Senatorial Committee (at least $76,000), the Republican National Committee (over $55,000), former U.S. Senator and current presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (over $10,000), and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (at least $9,300). Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been his favorite Democrat, with at least $6,500 in donations to her U.S. Senate campaigns.

According to campaign finance data from the Center for Responsive Politics, Santorum also received at least $5,000 from News America's corporate political action committee, while McConnell received more than $13,000 from the company's PAC.
The corporate PAC, officially News America Holdings Inc-FOX Political Action Committee, has been a bit more balanced in its giving: its more than $1.2 million to candidates since the 1998 cycle have favored Republicans by about 51-49 percent. The five top beneficiaries of PAC donations were Reps. Edward Markey (a Massachusetts Democrat who has chaired the House Committee overseeing telecommunications, at least $30,000); Howard Berman (a California Democrat, at least $26,000), James Sensenbrenner (an Wisconsin Republican, at least $22,500), and Xavier Becerra and Mary Bono Mack (a California Democrat and California Republican, respectively, each with at least $20,500).


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[Taverner]

1. That would include Hilary Clinton

[KoKo]

2. What surprised me on this list is Ed Markey getting so much money.

He always struck me as pretty smart guy and one of the better Dems. But, he got quite a bit of money and since he had a powerful position "Chair, House Committee overseeing Telecommunications" it doesn't look good. Have to know if he got the money when he was Chair or at some other time, though.

[checks-n-balances]

3. Ok...COUGH IT UP, AMERICA!!

:popcorn:

[leveymg]

4. KNR. Wherever the chips may fall. What about Fox executives/Board?

[unblock]

5. ah, the peculiar ethics of "returning" money. yeah, give more money to the bad guy!

why not call on these people to give that money to some appropriate charity or something?
privacy groups perhaps?


it always seems funny: ohh, you took a big check from the klan, bad, bad, bad! but you can make us feel better now by writing out a check to... the klan??

[Uncle Joe]

7. You make a good point, unblock. n/t

[KoKo]

9. It's been done before with scandals...Give it to Charity or Whatever...Just

get it out of your Fundraising.

And, that's why we desperately NEED...Campaign Finance Reform! When will we ever get it? Been trying...but it's too close in both Parties. Maybe the Murdoch thing will have LEGS...and the chance to clean up not only "Bought and Paid for Media"....but the way our Candidates have to run for office.

Wouldn't that be a GRAND THING. But, here in the US...I sadly think that Murdoch's Influence will be whitewashed over because too many in the Media, Politics and Education System owe allegiance to him and so it will be spun and "foot dragging" will occur ...and most Americans will think it's just a "Brit Thing" ...and they will have NO IDEA about FAUX NEWS NETWORK and the CONNECTIONS GLOBALLY to MURDOCH EMPIRE. (Apologize for those FULL CAPS...BUT its so frustrating thinking of how he could lose in GB but still thrive here in USA because we are now so corrupt.

:rant:

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, KoKo.

[glinda]

8. Kick

[KoKo]

10. ...1