Media Bias? New Report Details Journalists' Political Campaign Contributions

Journalists From Fox, Washington Post, ABC News all coughed up campaign cash

Questions about partisan reporting are sure to be raised by a new report showing that 235 journalists from organizations like Fox, ABC, the Washington Post, Atlantic and New York Post have donated some $469,900 to federal political candidates, committees, and parties during the 2010 election cycle.
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Among those named in the Center for Responsive Politics analysis is Michael Kinsley, the Atlantic columnist just hired by Politico; Christopher Hayes the Washington editor of The Nation; Paul Tharp, a business reporter for the New York Post, and dozens of others.

Said the Center: "People identifying themselves as working for hard news outlets such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, the New York Post, News Corp., Vanity Fair and Reuters are among the listed donors. Also listed are employees from outlets offering lighter fare—ESPN, Vogue—or community news. Some have donated thousands of dollars."

Several news organizations bar donations, but not all, and media critics have dumped criticism on those who do, claiming that contributions to candidates or causes reveal a reporter's bias.

The center has a thorough story on the contributors and an Excel list of those who have given in the 2010 election cycle here.

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