How Comcast Bought Democrats with
Billion$, NBC News Coverage
by John Nolte 8 Apr 2014, 10:17 AM PDT
At National Review, Matthew Continetti
lays out the numbers that look at how communications giant Comcast has spent
the last few years purchasing the Democrat Party, especially Barack Obama. Now
that Comcast is looking to merge with Time Warner and own one-third of all the
bundled cable and satellite market in America, this note has come due and
the deafening silence over the merger from Democrats indicates that FCC approval is just a matter of formality.
Some of the bullet points:
Comcast CEO and president Brian
Roberts is Obama's golf buddy. He's donated thousands to Obama, the
Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and numerous high-profile
Democrats, including Steny Hoyer. Roberts is also an Obama fundraiser to the
tune of $2 million and has visited the White House 14 times since 2010.
The Comcast Foundation has funneled more
than $3 billion -- with a "b" -- to Hispanic, black and Asian groups
that make up the Democrat's primary voting bloc.
Continetti also points out that the
primary contribution Comcast has made to Democrats has been through its
ownership of NBC and NBC News. NBC's entertainment programming obviously skews
left, and has always been ready to promote things like the Left's green
campaigns.
What NBC News and MSNBC have done for Democrats and Obama, though, is
incalculable. Imagine a fully-staffed news team and network solely devoted to
protecting your party, your agenda, and attacking your opponents.
If that isn't enough, the company Comcast
wants to merge with, Time Warner, has been greasing the palms of Democrats like
Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry to the tune of millions.
Brian Roberts
Brian L.
Roberts is the president & chairman & CEO for the Comcast Corporation, and was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Note: Penny
S. Pritzker was a member of the President's Council on
Jobs and Competitiveness, the national finance chair, fundraiser for
the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural
committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for
the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee,
the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008,
is the secretary of the U.S. Department of
Commerce for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
R. Eden
Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and counsel at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Mark D.
Schneider is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP,
and was an associate general counsel for the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and
was the chairman for the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
Amy L. Nathan
is the senior counsel, strategic planning & policy analysis for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and was an attorney
at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Kathleen
Q. Abernathy was the commissioner for the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), and a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Savannah
Guthrie was an attorney for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, and a White House correspondent for the NBC News.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a
senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer
& Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Judith Rodin
was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and is a director at the Comcast
Corporation.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cameron
F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), John F. Kerry’s
brother, and was the general counsel; acting secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Lawrence
E. Strickling is the assistant secretary for communications at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama
administration, and was the chief of the Common Carrier Bureau for
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Scott
Blake Harris was the general counsel at the U.S.
Department of Energy for the Barack Obama
administration, and the international bureau chief for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Michael
K. Powell was the chairman for the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), is Colin L. Powell’s
son, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Blair Levin
was the chief of staff to the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and is a fellow at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Julius
Genachowski was the chairman for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Barack Obama’s law school friend, and is a senior fellow at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Penny S.
Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
the secretary of the U.S. Department of
Commerce for the Barack Obama
administration, was the national
finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack
Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for
the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee,
the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008,
and a member of the President's Council on
Jobs and Competitiveness.
Brian L.
Roberts was a member of the President's Council on
Jobs and Competitiveness, and is the president & chairman &
CEO for the Comcast Corporation.
Eduardo
G. Mestre is a director at the Comcast Corporation,
and a director at the International Rescue
Committee.
Harold E. Ford Jr.
is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, a political commentator for MSNBC,
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Colin L.
Powell is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, and his son is Michael K. Powell.
Michael
K. Powell is Colin L. Powell’s son, a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
and was the chairman for the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).
Tom Brokaw
is an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee, was the interim host for Meet the
Press, and an anchor for the NBC Nightly News.
Meet
the Press is an NBC News
program.
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