If I were the cynical type I’d be asking,  Why are all these media companies ingratiating themselves with the Clinton Foundation and its beneficiaries ? Exactly what are these news organizations buying ? And if they are so committed to the Clintons, how can they fairly report the 2016 campaign ?

POLITICO
by Josh Gerstein, Tarini Parti, Hadas Gold and Dylan Byers
May 15, 2015

NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation’s records show. The donations, which range from the low-thousands to the millions, provide a picture of the media industry’s ties to the Clinton Foundation at a time when one of its most notable personalities, George Stephanopoulos, is under scrutiny for not disclosing his own $75,000 contribution when reporting on the foundation [and grilling Peter Schweitzer, author of Clinton Cash]. The list also includes mass media groups like Comcast, Time Warner and Viacom, as well a few notable individuals, including Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom magnate and largest shareholder of The New York Times Company, and James Murdoch, the chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. Both Slim and Murdoch have given between $1 million to $5 million, respectively. READ MORE AND PARTIAL LIST OF MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS