Hall of Fame
Carol Higgins Clark ($1,000)
Markie Post ($4,500)
Tyra Banks ($6,500)
Steven Soderbergh ($44,600)
Linda Evans ($3,300)
Randy Newman ($29,300)
Jeffrey Tambor ($250)
Dean Koontz ($74,675)
Amy Madigan ($52,700)
Chuck Close ($56,600)
Rosanna Arquette ($17,300)
Ernest Borgnine ($2,500)
Kevin Corrigan ($6,425)
Patty Duke ($1,000)
Tracy Chapman ($37,800)
Craig Newmark ($85,770)
Alex Spanos ($6,753,460)
Jasmine Guy ($3,800)
Jim Gaffigan ($1,250)
Lili Zanuck ($16,700)
Mansoor Ijaz ($85,800)
Brandon Routh ($250)
Soon-Yi Previn ($1,000)
Alan Alda ($32,600)
John Podhoretz ($450)
Sean Penn ($6,600)
Barry Switzer ($8,000)
Lee Grant ($1,200)
Jeff Bridges ($28,350)
Chris Matthews ($2,000)
Nancy Walls ($10,000)
Christopher Ruddy ($35,700)
Mike Myers ($12,000)
Eli Wallach ($900)
Laura San Giacomo ($1,500)
Jeffrey Katzenberg ($1,427,220)
Diane von Furstenberg ($188,000)
Scarlett Johansson ($2,300)
Isaac Mizrahi ($18,765)
Jon Bon Jovi ($35,280)
Ben Crenshaw ($9,173)
America Ferrera ($2,300)
Anne Heche ($1,000)
Christie Brinkley ($107,210)
Brian De Palma ($2,000)
Gloria Reuben ($1,700)
Nora Dunn ($500)
Bob Griese ($500)
Alex Trebek ($3,000)
Virginia Madsen ($1,050)
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Hall of Fame ► Media
David Talbot
Salon Media chairman
NEWS MEAT Power Rank:
1,632
Election Picks: 1 win, 3 losses
Contributor
Candidate or PAC
Election Result*
Amount
Date
FEC Filing
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Talbot Player, LLC/Media ExecutiveBarack Obama (D) President OBAMA FOR AMERICAWon $200 general 09/05/08
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 salon.com/media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 10/21/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon/Media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 10/01/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon.com/media executive DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE (D) - $250 primary 09/23/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/JournalistJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/30/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/JournalistJohn Kerry (D) President JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INCLost $250 primary 06/16/04
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Wesley Clark (D) President CLARK FOR PRESIDENT INC.Lost $500 primary 12/31/03
Talbot, David San Francisco, CA 94110 Salon Media Group/EditorHoward Dean (D) President DEAN FOR AMERICALost $500 primary 04/07/03
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political donations of today's newsmakers
US WAR SHEET
Iraq
Afghanistan
Days
2,426
2,954
GIs Killed in Action
3,475
640
DoD
Non-Hostile GI Deaths
885
193
DoD
GIs Severely Wounded
13,880
2,618
DoD
Current Troop Deployment
124,000
68,000
AP
, AP
Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009)
$711 Bln
$219 Bln
AP
Cost Per Day (Avg)
$298 Mil
$75.2 Mil
casualty status updated November 5, 2009
NEWSMEAT HALL OF FAME
individual donations of $200 or more made after 1977
Political donations made by the powerful, rich, and famous.
• Celebrities (actors, musicians, authors, icons)
• Billionaires
• Sports Stars
• Media
• Business Executives
• Politics (pols, players, pundits, shills)
Data Provided by the Federal Election Commission as of 11/2/09
17,177,929 records (election cycles 1980-2010)
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