Over 100 journos have made recent political contributions

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Some of these donations, detailed in Federal Election Commission records, violate the companies' own policies. But these policies vary widely; some media firms allow donations, others bar them for newsroom employees but not business staffers, and still others restrict only those covering politics.

NBC chief executive Robert Wright has contributed $8,000 since 1999, including $3,500 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and $1,000 to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Andrew Lack, a former NBC News chief, gave $1,000 to Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) while NBC president, and Wright contributed $1,500 -- after the House committee Tauzin chairs held hearings on the networks' election night failures. NBC spokeswoman Allison Gollust said the network allows its executives to make contributions and that Wright "does not make any decisions specific to news coverage."

Fox anchor Neil Cavuto, the network's managing editor for business, gave $1,000 to a fundraising dinner for President Bush in 2002.

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Melanie Kirkpatrick, associate editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, donated $20,000 to the Republican National Committee and $1,000 to Bush's 2000 presidential campaign. Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot said there are no prohibitions for those on the opinion side of the newspaper and that Kirkpatrick had obtained permission from his predecessor, the late Robert Bartley.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26386-2004Jan17.html

[KoKo]

1. Kurtz's biased article lists 22 Donations to Democrats and only 7 to Repug

I did a quick count and that's what I came up with. With so many Democratic mentions, he of course fleshes out the Democratic donors and mentions Hillary several times.

I think Howie forgot to mention his donations to RNC or Repug candidates. But, maybe we should just figure they've been donating to him, so he doesn't need to do anything else but "report favorably" for the hands that feed him.

This is an example of biased reporting.