ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos is facing intense scrutiny for contributing $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation and failing to disclose the donations despite reporting on the Clintons, but it turns out he’s not alone in violating basic conflicts of interest. A whole bevy of media organizations have also ponied up major cash to the foundation.
The extensive list includes NBC Universal, News Corp., Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters, according to Politico.
Mass media groups like Comcast, Time Warner and Viacom are also on the list, as are Google and Twitter.
It’s safe to say that when it comes to the appearance of impropriety, the Clintons have sullied the entire American journalism community.
The list may actually help minimize the pressure Stephanopoulos is feeling, but Republican candidates looking to take on the Clinton machine in the 2016 presidential election must be shaking their heads.
Here’s the complete list, by order of contribution size, via Politico:
$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
$500,00-$1,000,000
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
$5,000-$10,000
Comcast
Parent copmany of NBCUniversal
NBC Universal
Parent company of NBC News, MSNBC and CNBC
Public Broadcasting Service
$1,000-$5,000
Robert Allbritton
Owner of POLITICO parent company Capitol News Group
$250-$1,000
AOL Huffington Post Media Group
Hearst Corporation
Judy Woodruff
PBS Newshour co-anchor and managing editor
The Washington Post Company
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