{"by":"eurohacker","dead":true,"id":3588879,"parent":3587730,"text":"thanks for explaining not only how the Silicon Valley media channels work but pretty much how the whole American mainstream media cesspool works ,

GENERAL ELECTRIC --(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)

Television Holdings:\n* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.\n* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.\n* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).\nThe \"MS\" in MSNBC\nmeans microsoft\nThe same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected.

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php

DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW's 2000 campaign).

When Pixar deal closed - Steve Jobs became The Walt Disney Company's largest single shareholder with approximately seven percent of the company's stock.[12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

Disney Television Holdings:\n* ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.\n* ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America.\n* ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!\n* Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.\nMedia Holdings:\n* Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.\n* Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.\n* 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.\n* Hyperion book publishers.\n* Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).\nOther Holdings:\n* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.","time":1329199571,"type":"comment"}