NEWSMEAT Hall of Fame - "The Media"
Federal Campaign Contributions Since 1978
updated every Monday
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| Contributor (click name for detailed report) |
Total |
Dem |
GOP |
Spec Int |
Election
Win/Loss |
| Jack Abernethy FOX Television Stations ceo | $4,800 | 48% | 21% | 31% | 0-0 |
| Dr Keith Ablow TV talk show host; psychiatrist | $1,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| Roger Ailes FOX News chairman, ceo | $6,750 | 0% | 22% | 78% | 1-1 |
| Chris Albrecht HBO chairman and chief executive 2002-07 | $197,000 | 87% | 1% | 12% | 20-9 |
| Jerome Armstrong blogger; political consultant | $3,150 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Rona Barrett gossip columnist; businesswoman | $8,250 | 79% | 12% | 9% | 9-4 |
| Michelle Bernard pundit; attorney | $5,025 | 45% | 45% | 10% | 4-4 |
| Jeff Bewkes Time Warner - CEO, President | $118,350 | 34% | 3% | 63% | 17-9 |
| Duncan 'Atrios' Black political blogger, pundit | $2,292 | 57% | 0% | 43% | 1-3 |
| Neal Boortz radio talk show host | $3,250 | 0% | 62% | 38% | 0-0 |
| Andy Borowitz satirist, writer | $20,850 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-4 |
| Ben Bradlee Washington Post managing editor 1965-91 | $250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Steve Brill writer, publisher; Court TV founder | $20,500 | 74% | 16% | 10% | 7-7 |
| Tina Brown magazine editor, talk-show host | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| William F Buckley Jr journalist, National Review founder | $45,651 | 0% | 77% | 23% | 18-21 |
| Tucker Carlson pundit | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Neil Cavuto FOX News anchor | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Peter Chernin News Corporation president and COO | $186,263 | 64% | 2% | 34% | 24-8 |
| Anderson Cooper CNN | $250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Jim Cramer business journalist; former hedge fund manager | $260,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6-4 |
| Walter Cronkite newsman | $2,000 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0-1 |
| Bill Cunningham talk radio host | $10,550 | 0% | 91% | 9% | 7-1 |
| Drew Curtis fark.com founder, author | $1,500 | 33% | 67% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Donny Deutsch talk show host; advertising exec | $78,200 | 94% | 0% | 6% | 4-1 |
| Nancy Dickerson reporter | $14,500 | 41% | 59% | 0% | 8-5 |
| Barry Diller media mogul | $429,426 | 84% | 3% | 13% | 64-33 |
| Lou Dobbs CNN | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Matt Drudge drudgereport.com | $2,358 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Roger Ebert film critic | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Susan Estrich pundit, author | $500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Larry Flynt Hustler publisher | $48,074 | 89% | 6% | 5% | 2-6 |
| Malcolm Forbes Forbes Magazine publisher 1964-1990 | $23,950 | 4% | 96% | 0% | 2-5 |
| Steve Forbes publisher, presidential cand. 1996 & 2000 | $7,177,893 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 44-35 |
| Tom Freston Viacom president 2005-06; MTV co-founder | $106,095 | 45% | 4% | 51% | 14-9 |
| John Fund Wall Street Journal columnist | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Maggie Gallagher columnist | $500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Danny Goldberg Air America ceo 2005-06; record producer | $185,800 | 85% | 0% | 15% | 55-43 |
| Nancy Grace CNN anchor | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Katharine Graham Washington Post publisher 1963-79 | $20,500 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Mark Green Air America president; politician | $5,160 | 96% | 0% | 4% | 6-4 |
| Brad Grey Paramount Pictures chairman, CEO | $129,050 | 70% | 8% | 22% | 20-12 |
| Sanjay Gupta CNN, medical doctor | $8,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-5 |
| Sean Hannity talk show host, author | $2,100 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Ted Harbert TV entertainment executive | $38,975 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 9-6 |
| Christie Hefner Playboy Enterprises chairman, ceo | $178,382 | 75% | 1% | 24% | 49-50 |
| Hugh Hefner Playboy founder | $133,300 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 12-22 |
| David Hiller LA Times publisher | $25,150 | 4% | 91% | 5% | 9-5 |
| John Hinderacker political blogger; attorney | $14,412 | 0% | 77% | 23% | 7-5 |
| Amy Holmes political analyst; GOP strategist | $250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Mansoor Ijaz pundit | $85,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 7-1 |
| Molly Ivins syndicated columnist | $1,250 | 40% | 0% | 60% | 0-1 |
| John H Johnson publishing magnate | $76,100 | 87% | 7% | 6% | 25-17 |
| Mel Karmazin Sirius Satellite Radio ceo | $212,706 | 58% | 27% | 15% | 27-8 |
| John Kasich FOX News host; US Congressman 1983-2001 | $10,826 | 0% | 63% | 37% | 6-1 |
| Gayle King editor, media personality | $3,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Les Kinsolving journalist, radio host | $650 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Bill Kristol Weekly Standard editor | $8,500 | 0% | 94% | 6% | 5-4 |
| Ron Kuby attorney, pundit, radio host | $7,250 | 72% | 0% | 28% | 0-3 |
| Jared Kushner New York Observer publisher | $117,700 | 78% | 1% | 21% | 9-10 |
| Ann Landers advice columnist | $65,400 | 89% | 5% | 6% | 16-15 |
| G Gordon Liddy radio talk show host; Watergate convict | $5,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-3 |
| Rush Limbaugh radio talk show host | $2,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-1 |
| Warren Littlefield producer; former NBC president | $9,620 | 90% | 10% | 0% | 4-6 |
| Chris Matthews MSNBC | $2,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 4-0 |
| Lowry Mays Clear Channel Entertainment chairman, founder | $384,882 | 6% | 58% | 36% | 64-22 |
| Mark Mays Clear Channel Entertainment ceo | $196,396 | 4% | 41% | 55% | 15-5 |
| Sean McManus CBS News/Sports chief | $1,250 | 80% | 20% | 0% | 2-0 |
| Les Moonves CBS president and CEO | $35,450 | 76% | 3% | 21% | 13-11 |
| Markos Moulitsas political blogger, pundit | $14,850 | 43% | 0% | 57% | 3-2 |
| Andrew Napolitano TV legal analyst; former NJ Superior Court judge | $12,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-8 |
| Craig Newmark craigslist.org founder | $47,420 | 78% | 0% | 22% | 9-8 |
| Oliver North former military operative; radio talk-show host | $5,300 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-8 |
| Deborah Norville broadcast journalist | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Kate O'Beirne National Review Washington editor | $200 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Pat O'Brien tv personality | $3,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| PJ O'Rourke columnist, satirist | $14,500 | 0% | 97% | 3% | 12-5 |
| George Packer journalist | $1,250 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 0-1 |
| Jane Pauley journalist; talk show host | $7,900 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 0-0 |
| David Pecker American Media, Inc ceo | $82,770 | 79% | 17% | 4% | 16-13 |
| Walid Phares pundit, professor | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| John Podhoretz columnist, pundit | $450 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Jane Bryant Quinn journalist, columnist | $4,800 | 21% | 79% | 0% | 4-1 |
| Judith Regan book publisher, FOX News personality | $14,500 | 24% | 41% | 35% | 3-2 |
| Randi Rhodes radio talk show host | $3,950 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 2-0 |
| Christopher Ruddy NewsMax founder | $17,900 | 70% | 24% | 6% | 3-1 |
| Haim Saban media mogul | $13,982,191 | 99% | 0% | 1% | 57-30 |
| Orion Samuelson WGN radio host | $5,035 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-2 |
| Dan Savage columnist, newspaper editor, pundit | $8,350 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 1-3 |
| Richard Mellon Scaife Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publisher | $755,054 | 0% | 56% | 44% | 80-116 |
| Chuck Scarborough NBC | $3,500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-3 |
| Joe Scarborough MSNBC host; US Congressman 1995-2001 | $9,562 | 8% | 92% | 0% | 3-4 |
| Robert Scheer columnist | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| Maria Shriver NBC | $15,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 8-3 |
| Ben Silverman NBC Universal chairman | $12,400 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 1-1 |
| William Dean Singleton AP - Chairman; MediaNews Group - founder, CEO | $13,500 | 52% | 44% | 4% | 6-1 |
| Michael Smerconish radio talk show host; attorney | $18,250 | 8% | 92% | 0% | 9-9 |
| Tavis Smiley talk show host; commentator | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| Gloria Steinem journalist, activist | $49,515 | 73% | 2% | 25% | 21-30 |
| Richard Stengel Time managing editor 2006 - | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Farid Suleman Citadel Broadcasting Corp chariman, ceo | $19,100 | 23% | 25% | 52% | 2-0 |
| Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr NY Times publisher 1963-91 | $5,250 | 38% | 62% | 0% | 7-1 |
| Anne Sweeney Disney-ABC Television Group president | $25,500 | 29% | 16% | 55% | 8-1 |
| David Talbot Salon Media chairman | $2,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-3 |
| Brandon Tartikoff entertainment executive | $5,750 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 2-2 |
| Andrew Tobias financial columnist, investor | $987,652 | 91% | 0% | 9% | 86-70 |
| Kenneth Tomlinson former Corp for Public Broadcasting chairman ; retired journalist | $11,100 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 10-6 |
| Abigail Van Buren advice columnist | $70,438 | 86% | 6% | 8% | 24-14 |
| Greta Van Susteren FOX News anchor, attorney | $3,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-2 |
| Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation editor and publisher | $186,500 | 55% | 0% | 45% | 44-62 |
| Murray Waas journalist | $250 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Joe Watkins radio talk show host; lobbyist; minister | $8,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-1 |
| Jann Wenner Rolling Stone | $156,658 | 94% | 3% | 3% | 24-31 |
| David Westin ABC News president | $9,000 | 39% | 22% | 39% | 5-3 |
| Armstrong Williams pundit | $1,800 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-3 |
| Anna Wintour Vogue editor-in-chief | $3,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| Robert Wright NBC Universal - Chairman, CEO 1986-2007 | $289,250 | 34% | 28% | 38% | 81-21 |
| Jeff Zucker NBC Universal chairman, CEO | $10,000 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
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political donations of today's newsmakers
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| 2008 DELEGATE COUNT as of 07/06/08 |
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| US WAR SHEET |
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Iraq |
Afghanistan |
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Days |
1,936 |
2,464 |
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GIs Killed in Action |
3,353 |
331 |
DoD |
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Non-Hostile GI Deaths |
763 |
137 |
DoD |
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GIs Severely Wounded |
13,476 |
1,354 |
DoD |
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Current Troop Deployment |
148,500 |
30,000 |
Brookings, AP |
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Total Cost (approved through mid 2009) |
$650 Bln |
$200 Bln |
AP |
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Cost Per Day (Avg) |
$261 Mil |
$70.8 Mil |
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casualty status updated July 1, 2008
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See NEWSMEAT's 2008 Presidential A-List Donor Chart 
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