The ABC News network is now officially an advocate for the agenda of President Obama, which would be fine if they stopped calling themselves a news organization. Not only do they give up ad revenue and air time to promote Obama’s agenda, individual employees of the network ponied up their own cash to support the Obama campaign. What a shock.
As indignation turned to outrage Thursday among critics of an ABC News prime-time special on President Obama’s health care policy, The Washington Times has learned that ABC employees gave 80 times as much money to Mr. Obama’s 2008 campaign for president than to his rival’s.
According to an analysis of campaign donations by the Center for Responsive Politics, conducted at The Times’ request, ABC employees in several divisions donated $124,421 to the Obama campaign, compared with $1,550 to the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain.
The 60-minute ABC program, to air live from the White House on Wednesday, is sparking hardball politics in other ways. Grass-roots boycotts, Republican outcry and a study citing media bias are all part of the mix.
A study released Thursday by the Business & Media Institute (BMI) found that since Inauguration Day, ABC has aired news stories with positive reviews of Mr. Obama’s health care policy 55 times, compared with 18 times when the network highlighted negative reviews.
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Are you suggesting we start boycotting businesses based on what their employees donate to?
That is really an interesting and frightening concept.
Imagine being pressure by your employer to donate or not to donate to a political organization.
Sorry. I disagree strongly with this tactic. I think people should be able to donate to whoever they want without thinking of the effect it could have on their business.
Have you researched the donation patterns of Fox News or CNBC or MSNBC? Do you suggest boycotting them if those companies employees do not meet your donation goals?
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Bill, are you suggesting we aren’t free to boycott whatever businesses we choose? They are free to donate to whomever they please, but they shouldn’t call themselves a “news” organization, when, as LC pointed out, they are nothing more than advocates for the democrat’s agenda.
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