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 |
| Richard Mellon Scaife Pittsburgh Tribune-Review publisher | $849,454 | 1% | 59% | 40% | 81-119 |
| Lowry Mays Clear Channel Entertainment chairman, founder | $488,790 | 5% | 63% | 32% | 71-27 |
| Mark Mays Clear Channel Entertainment ceo | $272,128 | 4% | 46% | 50% | 28-9 |
| Robert Wright NBC Universal - Chairman, CEO 1986-2007 | $305,150 | 37% | 26% | 37% | 88-24 |
| Andrew Tobias financial columnist, investor | $1,075,329 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 105-90 |
| Haim Saban media mogul | $11,065,028 | 99% | 0% | 1% | 69-32 |
| Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation editor and publisher | $196,500 | 52% | 0% | 48% | 44-62 |
| Barry Diller media mogul | $464,278 | 79% | 3% | 18% | 67-36 |
| Jeff Bewkes Time Warner - CEO, President | $125,650 | 34% | 3% | 63% | 17-10 |
| Peter Chernin News Corporation president and COO | $265,713 | 72% | 2% | 26% | 31-10 |
| Tom Freston Viacom president 2005-06; MTV co-founder | $140,345 | 55% | 3% | 42% | 16-12 |
| Steve Brill writer, publisher; Court TV founder | $85,140 | 25% | 6% | 69% | 11-9 |
| Christie Hefner Playboy Enterprises - Chairman, CEO 1988-2008 | $201,382 | 76% | 1% | 23% | 66-57 |
| Mel Karmazin Sirius Satellite Radio ceo | $219,706 | 59% | 26% | 15% | 32-9 |
| Brad Grey Paramount Pictures chairman, CEO | $190,550 | 78% | 7% | 15% | 25-18 |
| Chris Albrecht HBO chairman and chief executive 2002-07 | $256,700 | 90% | 0% | 10% | 24-14 |
| Jared Kushner New York Observer publisher | $117,700 | 78% | 1% | 21% | 9-10 |
| Danny Goldberg Air America ceo 2005-06; record producer | $185,800 | 85% | 0% | 15% | 56-43 |
| Katharine Graham Washington Post publisher 1963-79 | $20,500 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Markos Moulitsas political blogger, pundit | $37,050 | 47% | 0% | 53% | 7-15 |
| Gloria Steinem journalist, activist | $55,515 | 67% | 2% | 31% | 21-32 |
| Craig Newmark craigslist.org founder | $85,770 | 82% | 0% | 18% | 18-12 |
| Hugh Hefner Playboy founder | $132,000 | 88% | 0% | 12% | 14-23 |
| Jann Wenner Rolling Stone | $189,654 | 90% | 2% | 8% | 31-35 |
| Anne Sweeney Disney-ABC Television Group president | $25,500 | 29% | 16% | 55% | 8-2 |
| Les Moonves CBS president and CEO | $40,450 | 67% | 2% | 31% | 13-11 |
| William F Buckley Jr journalist, National Review founder | $44,401 | 0% | 76% | 24% | 19-22 |
| Steve Forbes publisher, presidential cand. 1996 & 2000 | $7,177,893 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 44-37 |
| Farid Suleman Citadel Broadcasting Corp chariman, ceo | $26,800 | 16% | 47% | 37% | 3-2 |
| Anna Wintour Vogue editor-in-chief | $47,150 | 79% | 0% | 21% | 3-1 |
| Jeff Zucker NBC Universal chairman, CEO | $10,000 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Lawrence Kudlow TV host; columnist; economist | $42,077 | 1% | 76% | 23% | 14-17 |
| Ted Harbert TV entertainment executive | $52,775 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 11-7 |
| Christopher Ruddy NewsMax founder | $35,700 | 42% | 41% | 17% | 5-3 |
| Abigail Van Buren advice columnist | $70,438 | 87% | 5% | 8% | 24-14 |
| Roger Ailes FOX News chairman, ceo | $6,750 | 0% | 22% | 78% | 1-1 |
| Donny Deutsch talk show host; advertising exec | $100,900 | 95% | 0% | 5% | 5-3 |
| John H Johnson publishing magnate | $76,100 | 88% | 5% | 7% | 25-17 |
| Judith Regan book publisher, FOX News personality | $14,500 | 24% | 41% | 35% | 3-2 |
| John Kasich FOX News host; US Congressman 1983-2001 | $10,826 | 0% | 63% | 37% | 6-1 |
| David Pecker American Media, Inc ceo | $88,170 | 80% | 16% | 4% | 18-13 |
| Ben Silverman NBC Universal chairman | $27,500 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 3-2 |
| David Westin ABC News president | $9,000 | 39% | 22% | 39% | 5-3 |
| Ann Landers advice columnist | $65,400 | 89% | 5% | 6% | 16-15 |
| John Hinderaker political blogger; attorney | $18,912 | 0% | 83% | 17% | 8-8 |
| Jerome Armstrong blogger; political consultant | $3,150 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Tammy Bruce radio talk show host, pundit | $12,950 | 8% | 74% | 18% | 3-5 |
| David Hiller LA Times publisher 2006-08 | $29,550 | 7% | 86% | 7% | 8-6 |
| Dan Savage columnist, newspaper editor, pundit | $8,350 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 1-3 |
| Ron Kuby attorney, pundit, radio host | $7,250 | 72% | 0% | 28% | 0-3 |
| John Ziegler film producer; radio talk show host | $11,100 | 84% | 0% | 16% | 2-1 |
| Jack Abernethy FOX Television Stations ceo | $5,800 | 40% | 34% | 26% | 0-3 |
| Walter Cronkite newsman | $2,000 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 0-1 |
| Jane Pauley journalist; talk show host | $7,900 | 87% | 0% | 13% | 2-0 |
| Brandon Tartikoff entertainment executive | $5,750 | 83% | 0% | 17% | 2-2 |
| Duncan 'Atrios' Black political blogger, pundit | $2,292 | 57% | 0% | 43% | 1-3 |
| Michael Smerconish radio talk show host; attorney | $22,850 | 52% | 45% | 3% | 10-10 |
| Rona Barrett gossip columnist; businesswoman | $8,250 | 79% | 12% | 9% | 9-4 |
| Molly Ivins syndicated columnist | $1,250 | 40% | 0% | 60% | 0-1 |
| Michelle Bernard pundit; attorney | $5,275 | 43% | 48% | 9% | 4-5 |
| Larry Flynt Hustler publisher | $49,074 | 89% | 6% | 5% | 3-7 |
| Bill Kristol Weekly Standard editor | $8,500 | 0% | 94% | 6% | 5-4 |
| PJ O'Rourke columnist, satirist | $14,500 | 0% | 97% | 3% | 12-5 |
| Randi Rhodes radio talk show host | $6,700 | 93% | 0% | 7% | 4-1 |
| William Dean Singleton AP - Chairman; MediaNews Group - founder, CEO | $14,000 | 50% | 46% | 4% | 7-2 |
| Mark Green Air America president; politician | $5,910 | 92% | 0% | 8% | 7-5 |
| George Packer journalist | $1,250 | 80% | 0% | 20% | 0-1 |
| Murray Waas journalist | $250 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0-0 |
| Dr Keith Ablow TV talk show host; psychiatrist | $1,750 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-1 |
| Neal Boortz radio talk show host | $6,550 | 0% | 81% | 19% | 2-1 |
| Andy Borowitz satirist, writer | $22,850 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-4 |
| Ben Bradlee Washington Post managing editor 1965-91 | $250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Tina Brown magazine editor, talk-show host | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Tucker Carlson pundit | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Neil Cavuto FOX News anchor | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Anderson Cooper CNN | $250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Jim Cramer business journalist; former hedge fund manager | $261,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 7-4 |
| Bill Cunningham talk radio host | $10,550 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 7-1 |
| Drew Curtis fark.com founder, author | $1,500 | 33% | 67% | 0% | 1-1 |
| Nancy Dickerson reporter | $14,500 | 41% | 59% | 0% | 8-5 |
| Lou Dobbs CNN | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Matt Drudge drudgereport.com | $2,358 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-0 |
| Dominick Dunne author, journalist | $1,250 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2-0 |
| Roger Ebert film critic | $1,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Susan Estrich pundit, author | $500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Malcolm Forbes Forbes Magazine publisher 1964-1990 | $23,950 | 4% | 96% | 0% | 2-5 |
| John Fund Wall Street Journal columnist | $1,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Maggie Gallagher columnist | $500 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Malcolm Gladwell author, journalist | $500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Nancy Grace CNN anchor | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| 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 |
| Amy Holmes political analyst; GOP strategist | $250 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Mansoor Ijaz pundit | $85,800 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 8-1 |
| Ron Insana TV business analyst | $33,200 | 57% | 43% | 0% | 2-5 |
| Gayle King editor, media personality | $8,300 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-1 |
| Les Kinsolving journalist, radio host | $650 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-1 |
| 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 |
| Sean McManus CBS News/Sports chief | $1,250 | 80% | 20% | 0% | 2-0 |
| Andrew Napolitano TV legal analyst; former NJ Superior Court judge | $12,000 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3-8 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Orion Samuelson WGN radio host | $5,035 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2-2 |
| Chuck Scarborough NBC | $3,500 | 14% | 86% | 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 |
| Connie Schultz columnist | $4,200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Maria Shriver NBC | $19,900 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 9-4 |
| Tavis Smiley talk show host; commentator | $2,500 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3-0 |
| Richard Stengel Time managing editor 2006 - | $1,000 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-1 |
| Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Sr NY Times publisher 1963-91 | $5,250 | 38% | 62% | 0% | 7-1 |
| David Talbot Salon Media chairman | $2,450 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-3 |
| Studs Terkel writer, broadcaster, historian | $200 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1-0 |
| Kenneth Tomlinson former Corp for Public Broadcasting chairman ; retired journalist | $11,600 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 10-7 |
| Greta Van Susteren FOX News anchor, attorney | $3,100 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0-2 |
| Joe Watkins radio talk show host; lobbyist; minister | $8,000 | 19% | 81% | 0% | 3-1 |
| Armstrong Williams pundit | $1,800 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0-3 |
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political donations of today's newsmakers
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| US WAR SHEET |
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Iraq |
Afghanistan |
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Days |
2,439 |
2,967 |
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GIs Killed in Action |
3,476 |
649 |
DoD |
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Non-Hostile GI Deaths |
889 |
192 |
DoD |
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GIs Severely Wounded |
13,883 |
2,678 |
DoD |
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Current Troop Deployment |
124,000 |
68,000 |
AP
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Total Cost (approved through Sept 30, 2009) |
$711 Bln |
$219 Bln |
AP |
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Cost Per Day (Avg) |
$298 Mil |
$75.2 Mil |
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casualty status updated November 17, 2009
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