88% of ABC, CBS & NBC Executives Pitch in for Democrats in 2008 Elections

Anyone who argues that the media isn't liberal no longer has a leg to on which to stand. It turns out, 88% of the senior executive employees at ABC, CBS and NBC contributed more than $1 million to Democratic candidates and campaign committees in 2008, according to an analysis by The Examiner of data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. In fact, a total of $1,020,816 was given by 1,160 employees of the three networks, with an average contribution of $880. Contrastingly, only $142,863 was given to Republican candidates by 193 of the employees, with an average contribution of $744.

Disclosure of the heavily Democratic contributions by influential employees of the three major broadcast networks follows on the heels of controversy last week when it was learned that media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. The News Corp. donation prompted Nathan Daschle, executive director of the Democratic Governors Association and son of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, to demand in a letter to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes that the cable news outlet include a disclaimer in its coverage of gubernatorial campaigns. 

Does Daschle think that people don't understand that Fox News favors conservative viewpoints? The fact is, it's still three against one.