Thursday, December 02, 2004

Corporate political donations

Speaking of boycotting American companies, if you'd prefer, you can just target the ones who supported Bush's campaign. This website lists the companies who made donations, and the amounts that each made to either Kerry or Bush. It's extremely well-organized, too. It's sorted into various different categories, and it has a search function. It also lists each company's parent company. We hear a lot about corporate consolidation, but did you know just how many television and cable tv companies are owned by Viacom, for example? Me neither.

Update: a weird anomaly, pointed out in the FAQ for the site - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp donated more to the Democratic campaign than they did to the Republicans. The hell? Maybe they figured that they'd give propaganda support to Bush, but slip Kerry some cash in case he won. I can't think of anything else that makes any sense.

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