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Dozens of media organizations have donated to the Clinton Foundation

May 16, 2015

  George Stephanopoulos has rightfully come under fire recently for not disclosing $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation over the years but it turns out, according to this story, that he is not alone when it comes to media donations to the Clinton Foundation and in fact he may be just a small player in this game.

  Here is more:

NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation’s records show.

The donations, which range from the low-thousands to the millions, provide a picture of the media industry’s ties to the Clinton Foundation

The list also includes mass media groups like Comcast, Time Warner and Viacom, as well a few notable individuals, including Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom magnate and largest shareholder of The New York Times Company, and James Murdoch, the chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. Both Slim and Murdoch have given between $1 million to $5 million, respectively.

  Here is a list, also taken from the article, which shows those entities and individuals in the media which have also donated at least $10,000 to the Clinton Foundation:

$1,000,000-$5,000,000

Carlos Slim
Chairman & CEO of Telmex, largest New York Times shareholder

James Murdoch
Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox

Newsmax Media
Florida-based conservative media network

Thomson Reuters
Owner of the Reuters news service

$500,000-$1,000,000

Google

News Corporation Foundation
Philanthropic arm of former Fox News parent company

$250,000-$500,000

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher

Richard Mellon Scaife
Owner of Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

$100,000-$250,000

Abigail Disney
Documentary filmmaker

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Howard Stringer
Former CBS, CBS News and Sony executive

Intermountain West Communications Company 
Local television affiliate owner (formerly Sunbelt Communications)

$50,000-$100,000

Bloomberg L.P.

Discovery Communications Inc.

George Stephanopoulos
ABC News chief anchor and chief political correspondent

Mort Zuckerman
Owner of New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report

Time Warner Inc.
Owner of CNN parent company Turner Broadcasting

$25,000-$50,000

AOL

HBO

Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Presenters of the Golden Globe Awards

Viacom

$10,000-$25,000

Knight Foundation
Non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting journalism

Public Radio International

Turner Broadcasting
Parent company of CNN

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5 Comments leave one →
  1. Laura Bernard Mielcarek's avatar
    May 16, 2015 6:20 pm

    Of course they have, Steve. Are you, perhaps, saying there is something wrong or untoward with them doing this????? 😉

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  2. Dr. Jeff's avatar
    Dr. Jeff permalink
    May 17, 2015 3:52 am

    Somehow, it all seems very incestuous.

    Or is a better simile a gay bath house orgy?

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  3. lou222's avatar
    lou222 permalink
    May 17, 2015 1:01 pm

    Sounds like one big happy family!!!

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  4. Zip-a-Dee's avatar
    May 17, 2015 8:18 pm

    Brings to mind the 6 major media ruling companies: The UnJust Media http://theunjustmedia.com/Media/Six%20Jewish%20Companies%20Control%2096%25%20of%20the%20World’s%20Media.htm

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