Reply #17: Surprising political contributions by Time Warner bigwigs --

[DeepModem Mom]

Thanks to actappan for posting information that led to this search. Record of contributions comes from www.fundrace.org .


Time Warner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Parsons: Bush, $2,000

Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Chairman, Entertainment & Networks Group, which includes CNN: Kerry, $2,000

Board members on the site:

James Barksdale: Bush, $2,000
Stephen Bollenbach: Clark, $2,000
Stephen Case: Bush, $2,000
Frank Caufield: Kerry, $2,000
Miles Gilburne: DNC, $12,500; Clark, $2,000; Dean, $2,000; Gephardt, $2,000; Kerry, $2,000
Carla Hills: Bush, $2,000
Kenneth Novack: DNC, $30,000; Kerry, $2,000
Francis T. Vincent: Bush, $2,000


Financial information about Time Warner can be found at this link, provided by actappan: http://money.cnn.com/news/companies/research/research.h ...


I have no idea what, if anything, all this tells us about CNN's recent sharp turn to the right. (It would be interesting to have a conversation with Mr. Bewkes.)