Follow the money. That's always good advice in politics. So MSNBC's Bill Dedman has performed a real public service in doing just that--he has excavating the truth about media types, figuring that where they put their money is where they put their mouths, overtly or covertly. And what do Dedman's data show? The answer is that the MSM gives its money to Democrats by a 9:1 ratio.
Here's one flagrant example, from CNN:
Guy Raz, Jerusalem correspondent, now with NPR as defense correspondent, $500 to John Kerry in June 2004.
Raz donated to Kerry the same month he was embedded in Iraq with U.S. troops for CNN. He also covered reaction to Abu Ghraib and President Bush's policies in the Middle East. In 2006, he returned to NPR, and covers the Pentagon.
"Yes, I made the donation," Raz said in an e-mail. "At the time, I was a reporter with CNN International based out of London. I covered international news and European Union stories. I did not cover US news or politics."
Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
No surprise, of course, that Raz went from CNN to NPR. No doubt he'll be back, one day.
