{"id":3453,"date":"2010-10-04T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/follow-the-money-conservative-media-is-antidemocratic\/"},"modified":"2010-10-04T19:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T01:47:00","slug":"follow-the-money-conservative-media-is-antidemocratic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/follow-the-money-conservative-media-is-antidemocratic\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Money: Conservative Media is Antidemocratic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Think Progress \u00bb ThinkFast: October 4, 2010<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\"USA\/\" <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Outside interest groups are spending five times as much on this year\u2019s elections<\/strong> as they did on the last midterms, and they are more secretive than ever about their donors, thanks in part to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Of the $80 million spent thus far, conservative groups are outspending progressive ones 7 to 1<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think Progress \u00bb ThinkFast: October 4, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Think Progress \u00bb ThinkFast: October 1, 2010<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\"Murdoch2\"<\/p>\n

Following its $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association, News Corporation \u2014 the parent company of Fox News \u2014 has donated<\/a> $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the heaviest anti-Democratic advertisers<\/strong> in this year\u2019s elections. Spokesmen for News Corp. and Fox declined to comment. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think Progress \u00bb ThinkFast: October 1, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

dangerousmeta!<\/a> <\/p>\n

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CJR: Seeing FOX for What It Is.<\/h4>\n

\u201dWringing one\u2019s hands at the decline of \u2018objective\u2019 journalism misses the point, because Fox can and will continue to do what it wants. What\u2019s important, if only for the sake of simple accuracy, is simply that Fox comes to be seen for what it is.<\/em><\/a>\u201d Nothing more than a lazy mouthpiece, an echo chamber. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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