Oregon Media Insiders

Belo prohibits donations by journalists. But there's no enforcement and at least a few have done it anyway.

Oh, but there's an exception.
Conveniently, the ban doesn't apply to Belo's own CEO. Robert Decherd raised more than $100,000 for George Bush.

I do know I've seen local reporters at political events where they're obviously not there in a professional capacity (they're in formal wear, drinking, etc.).

that's Texas.
Over the years, Belo, Providence and way back to Dorthy Bullet, King broadcasting has had a policy that you can not monitarily support a political cause or candidate and can not sign a political petition.
Employees have to sign once a year saying they will honor this.

by the big media companies...that's why we are in such a sorry state...the 1996 telecommunications act signed by big D Billy Bob, and then it's accelerated under King George the 2nd. That's the one big story you'll never see on TV news...

...as long as people recuse themselves from reporting on a race in which they're invested somehow. I always say I'd rather know my reporters' biases than not. You can look up anyone's contributions at OpenSecrets.org, including yrs trly.

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Lynn Siprelle * Fairy Blogmother

Years ago (2001) I worked for a smaller-market Fisher station. There was nothing that I was informed of (or recall reading) about political monetary contributions. However, we were expected to notify the news director if we were going to be making an off-the-clock appearance at some sort of political event (whether that be black tie, a protest, etc.).

The Omaha reporter who msnbc.com used as an example of journalists donating to politicians, was just fired as fallout from the story. So was a Lincoln Journal Star Editorial cartoonist.

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seriously, go to open secrets (above) and check out disney ABC. Lot's o money going into pockets.