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Related: About this forumTelevision News Network Lobbyists Are Fundraising for Hillary Clinton
Oct. 29 2015, 1:51 p.m.
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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.
Much more here: https://theintercept.com/2015/10/29/media-fundraisers-presidential/
Such an interesting article that I had a difficult time choosing which paragraphs to exclude. In any event, the entire piece explained a lot of things for me.
At this point, all we can do is just what we have been doing. And that is-- trying to stay positive, donating financially, and continuing to get the word out about Bernie's candidacy in all the varied and creative ways we've been seeing, or have been part of.
azmom
(5,208 posts)To survive the sunami of negativity coming our way.
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)We knew this was not going to be easy. But as long as Bernie is willing to fight, I'll be right there with him!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Everyone watching who hadn't already picked a candidate knew Bernie won it, hands down, but then CNN and MSNBC started singing that Hillary had.
The only reason these companies stay afloat is because big corporations advertise to no one on them. They don't care to spend for ads that run to no one as long as the "news" is shaped to reflect their positions to maintain their status quo. MSNBC has plummeted since the restructure, but that hasn't stopped the ad buys: the corporations don't care if they're selling soap to an empty room as long as the narrative makes it out onto the ether somehow.