Government by the . . . quid pro quo
According to DemocracyNow, the CEO’s of big corporations have a distinct preference for who they want in the White House. How can you tell? Watch where their contributions flow:
The Hill newspaper reports the top executives from the country’s largest companies have donated ten times more money to John McCain’s campaign than to Barack Obama’s. The chief executive officers of the 100 biggest Fortune 500 corporations have given McCain just over $218,000. Obama has received about $20,000 from the same CEOs. McCain has pledged to drastically cut the the corporate tax rate, a move that would save the country’s 200 largest corporations almost $45 billion a year. According to the Center for American Progress, eight companies would save over a billion dollars a year under McCain’s plan: Wal-Mart, AT&T, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Bank of America, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.
The above numbers make me want to know how many of the CEO’s contributing to John McCain have control over American media outlets and to determine to what extent their financially-motivated candidate preferences translates into slanted media coverage. Why do I want to know that? Because of the documented corporate media bias against Barack Obama.
Keep in mind that a mere five corporations control more than half of all American media.
