Oh Boy! "Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton"
Television News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary ClintonBy Lee Fang * Oct. 29, 2015 * The Intercept
Over the last two presidential debates, both Democratic and Republican candidates have asserted that the television news media is biased and has done a poor job informing voters of the most pressing issues in the election.
And while their focus is on things like the type of questions asked by debate moderators, they are overlooking much clearer signs of potential conflicts of interest. Fundraising disclosures released this month and in July reveal that lobbyists for media companies are raising big money for establishment presidential candidates, particularly Hillary Clinton.
The giant media companies that shape much of the coverage of the presidential campaign have a vested stake in the outcome. From campaign finance laws that govern how money is spent on advertising to the regulators who oversee consolidation rules, the media industry has a distinct policy agenda, and with it, a political team to influence the result.
The top fundraisers for Clinton include lobbyists who serve the parent companies of CNN and MSNBC.
The National Association of Broadcasters, a trade group that represents the television station industry, has lobbyists who are fundraising for both Clinton and Republican candidate Marco Rubio. ~snip~
AIR, a media watchdog group, reported in June that “Meet the Press,” NBC’s marquee political program, mentioned Clinton 16 times in the first 17 episodes of the year while failing to invite or discuss Bernie Sanders once. Sanders has no lobbyist bundlers and no Super PAC supporting his campaign.
“It’s clear that establishment politicians get softer treatment, in general, than outsider candidates,” says Jeff Cohen, an associate professor of journalism at Ithaca College. The “coziness of the media industry with elite politicians of both parties,” he adds, “has never been cozier.”
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/29/media-fundraisers-presidential/
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when cnn took down the poll showing bernie winning the debate that we were told how crazy we were for saying cnn was trying to help hc?
and we now have it documented that indeed major players for cnn are bundlers for hc
are we at the bottom of the rabbit hole yet?
yep they want it all ..
Thanks for zooming out, to see the bigger picture here. 
Thanks for zooming out to see the bigger picture
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by just about all accepted methods of polling?
Why, that surely has never happened.. in the history.. of any presidential election!
That's a start. 
Am I the only one who sees a few parallels ?
loosened. For example, previously one media company could not own every newspaper, radio and TV station in a city or area. The changes since 1996 have allowed companies to buy up, merge and consolidate with other companies, with little restriction so we've seen the rise of fewer, but larger giant media companies/conglomerates, very similar to monopolies.
Since 2012, one company ('Clear', I believe) owns 1,200 radio stations in the US now. So we're getting the point of view and politics of ONE OWNER and board of directors, instead of 20 OWNERS.
It's similar to the way the BANKS were deregulated in 1999 with the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act. And as a result many smaller banks were swallowed up or put out of business by the 5-6 major Big Banks that we have now.
Airlines, drugstores and health insurance companies have been consolidating to where we will only have 3-4 choices soon. Eg, Walgreens is buying Rite Aide now. It's unregulated, runaway 'free market' capitalism= Monopolies- Eat or Be Eaten mentality.
CHART Below: In 1983, there were about *50 large media owners who controlled 90% of what we see on TV, read in newspapers and magazines, and hear on radio. As of 2011, there are *6 mega media conglomerates that control 90% of what we read, hear and see in the US. (Below substitute *COMCAST for GE).
TV Channels like Arts & Entertainment/A & E, The Learning Channel/TLC, Bravo and others decided in the 2000s to use only Initials and to change their content, from real culture and entertainment like foreign films, Biography, etc. to running popular reality TV shows like Duck Dynasty, Sister Wives.
... blocking their "synergy". 
But, the good news is, the more light we can shed on that, the more voters can
cast a truly informed vote, to vote in their own self-interest for a change.
Like this clever experiment these young folk did on the DC mall.
Thanks for weighing in Sabrina1.
