Rolling Stone magazine this week published an interview with Bruce Springsteen in which he discusses his political views and the reasons why he's leading a concert tour in swing states to try and sway the presidential election.

Springsteen made the following comment about his political beliefs.

"But still, basically, I wanted to remain an independent voice for the audience that came to my shows. We've tried to build up a lot of credibility over the years, so that if we took a stand on something, people would receive it with an open mind. Part of not being particularly partisan was just an effort to remain a very thoughtful voice in my fans' lives," Springsteen said.

He said something similar in his August 5 essay for the op-ed page of the New York Times. "Personally, for the last 25 years I have always stayed one step away from partisan politics," wrote Springsteen.

While The Boss may think he's maintained an independent approach to politics, his Federal Election Commission files reveal another story.

Since 1984 he's donated $12,000 to Democrat Bill Bradley's senatorial and presidential campaign, and to Democratic political action committees.

Springsteen's wife, singer Patti Scialfa, also gave $1,000 to Bradley's presidential effort in 2000.

In my opinion, these donations show Springsteen to be a Democratic supporter, not that there's anything wrong with that, but The Boss should be more forthcoming about his contributions in the past to Democrats.

And both the New York Times and Rolling Stone have a duty to inform readers of his political donations, which neither publication saw fit to do in giving Springsteen space in their pages.

The following donations come from www.tray.com, and Springsteen's interview with Rolling Stone follows the donations.
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Springsteen, Bruce Mr.
2/23/2000 $1,000.00
Rumson, NJ 07760
Self-Employed/Entertainer -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
11/2/1992 $5,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA
-[Contribution]
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE

SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE MR
9/27/1986 $5,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10022
MR BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -[Contribution]
VOICES FOR CHANGE

SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
10/13/1984 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
SELF-EMPLOYED -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR U S SENATE '84

Springsteen, Patti Ms.
2/23/2000 $1,000.00
Rumson, NJ 07760
-[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC


http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6477832?rnd=1096438064740&has-player=true&version=6.0.6.33

"We've Been Misled"

Springsteen talks about his conscience, and the nature of an artist and his audience

By JANN S. WENNER


Q: Do you see these Vote for Change concerts reaching undecided voters, or are they more to rally the energy of people who have made up their minds?

A: I always felt that the musician's job, as I experienced it growing up, was to provide an alternative source of information, a spiritual and social rallying place, somewhere you went to have a communal experience.

I don't know if someone is going to run to the front of the stage and shout, "I'm saved" or "I'm switching," but I'm going to try. I will be calling anyone in a bow tie to come to the front of the stage, and I'll see what I can do.

Q: In a practical sense, what are you accomplishing?

A: First of all, we have a large group of musicians -- Dave Matthews, the Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., John Fogerty, James Taylor and many others -- who are coming together as a rallying point for change. I think the concerts are going to be an energizing experience for all who come. Of course, I've met a few people who, in a very friendly way, said they are not coming.

Basically, the concerts are raising money specifically for America Coming Together to do very practical things: voter education, to go out and mobilize voters, to go door-to-door, to assist voters getting to the polls. They're the real foot soldiers who are going to get out the progressive vote. That's probably the concerts' most important result.

Q: Why did you stay away from being actively involved in partisan politics for so long?

A: I didn't grow up in a very political household. The only politics I heard was from my mother. I came home from grade school, where someone asked me if I was Republican or Democrat, and I asked my mom, "Well, what are we?" She said, "We're Democrats, 'cause Democrats are for the working people." I was politicized by the Sixties, like most of the other people of that generation at that time. I can remember doing a concert when I was probably in my very late teens, helping to bus people down to Washington for an anti-war demonstration.

But still, basically, I wanted to remain an independent voice for the audience that came to my shows. We've tried to build up a lot of credibility over the years, so that if we took a stand on something, people would receive it with an open mind. Part of not being particularly partisan was just an effort to remain a very thoughtful voice in my fans' lives.

I always liked being involved actively more at a grass-roots level, to act as a partisan for a set of ideals: civil rights, economic justice, a sane foreign policy, democracy. That was the position I felt comfortable coming from.

Q: Did it make you more credible if you avoided endorsing an individual?

A: It makes people less likely to marginalize you or pigeonhole you. Taking a definite stand on this election has probably provided some extra definition to the work I've been doing over the years. Our band is in pretty much what I think of as the center. So if I wrote, say, "American Skin," which was controversial, it couldn't easily be dismissed, because people had faith that I was a measured voice. That's been worth something, and it's something I don't want to lose. But we have drifted far from that center, and this is a time to be very specific about where I stand.

Q: Because you scrupulously avoided commercial use of your music, you built a reputation for integrity and conscience. You must be aware of the potency of that.

A: I tried to build a reputation for thoughtfulness -- that was the main thing I was aiming for. I took the songs, the issues and the people I was writing about seriously. I wanted it to be an entertaining but thoughtful presentation. If there was a goal, it was as simple as that.

Q: Now you're asking your audience to think even more about and explore what else you're saying in your songs.

A: There are a portion of your fans who do quite a bit of selective listening. That's the way that people use pop music, and that's part of the way it rolls. The upside is that there has been an increased definition about the things I've written about and where I stand on certain issues. That's been a good thing.

I think that a more complicated picture of who you are as an artist and who they are as an audience emerges. The example I've been giving is that I've been an enormous fan of John Wayne all my life, although not a fan of his politics. I've made a place for all those different parts of who he was. I find deep inspiration and soulfulness in his work.

Your audience invests a lot in you, a very personal investment. There is nothing more personal, in some ways, than the music people listen to. I know from my own experience how you identify and relate to the person singing. You have put your fingerprints on their imagination. That is very, very intimate. When something cracks the mirror, it can be hard for the fan who you have asked to identify with you.

Pop musicians live in the world of symbology. You live and die by the symbol in many ways. You serve at the behest of your audience's imagination. It's a complicated relationship. So you're asking people to welcome the complexity in the interest of fuller and more honest communication.

The audience and the artist are valuable to one another as long as you can look out there and see yourself, and they look back and see themselves. That's asking quite a bit, but that is what happens. When that bond is broken, by your own individual beliefs, personal thoughts or personal actions, it can make people angry. As simple as that. You're asking for a broader, more complicated relationship with the members of your audience than possibly you've had in the past.

Q: What do you stand to lose or gain from this as an artist?

A: As an artist and a citizen, you're gaining a chance to take part in moving the country in the direction of its deepest ideals. Artists are always speaking to people's freedoms. The shout for freedom and its implications was implicit in rock & roll from its inception. Freedom can only find its deepest meaning within a community of purpose. So as an individual I'm getting to take a small part in that process.

As an artist, I'd like to have a broader understanding with all the different segments of my audience and have a deeper experience when we come out and play for people. I think that's something that could be gained, and that's something worth doing. I tend to think a relatively small amount of people might get turned off by it, 'cause I've tried to do this as thoughtfully as possible, and because any relationship worth something can take some rough-and-tumble. We'll see.

Q: This has obviously been on your mind for a while. How did you come to this decision?

A: I knew after we invaded Iraq that I was going to be involved in the election. It made me angry. We started to talk about it onstage. I take my three minutes a night for what I call my public-service announcement. We talked about it almost every night on our summer tour.

I felt we had been misled. I felt they had been fundamentally dishonest and had frightened and manipulated the American people into war. And as the saying goes, "The first casualty of war is truth." I felt that the Bush doctrine of pre-emption was dangerous foreign policy. I don't think it has made America safer.

Look at what is going on now: We are quickly closing in on what looks an awful lot like the Vietnamization of the Iraq war. John McCain is saying we could be there for ten or twenty years, and John Kerry says four years. How many of our best young people are going to die between now and that time, and what exactly for? Initially I thought I was going to take my acoustic guitar and play in some theaters, find some organizations to work for and do what I could. I was going to lend my voice for a change in the administration and a change in the direction of the country.

Sitting on the sidelines would be a betrayal of the ideas I'd written about for a long time. Not getting involved, just sort of maintaining my silence or being coy about it in some way, just wasn't going to work this time out. I felt that it was a very clear historical moment.

Q: So there wasn't a moment of doubt in your mind about what the right thing to do was?

A: It was something that gestated over a period of time, and as events unfolded and the election got closer, it became clearer. I don't want to watch the country devolve into an oligarchy, watch the division of wealth increase and see another million people beneath the poverty line this year. These are all things that have been the subtext of so much of my music, and to see the country move so quickly to the right, so much further to the right than what the president campaigned on -- these are the things that removed whatever doubt I may have had about getting involved.

Q: Are you expecting to have your motives severely criticized?

A: That's just a part of what happens. You understand you're going to be attacked in different ways. That just comes with it. That wasn't any concern.

Q: Do you think there is a climate of trying to intimidate artists and creative people?

A: People are always trying to shut up the people they don't agree with -- through any means necessary, usually. There certainly was an attempt to intimidate the Dixie Chicks. What happened to them was a result of war fever - simple as that, war fever. They've handled it incredibly. They are very smart, tough women, and they did not back down. But it's one of those sad paradoxes that in theory we're fighting for freedom, and the first thing people are willing to throw out is freedom of speech at home and castigate anybody who is coming from a different point of view.

Q: A lot of people think that you have no right as an artist to comment on this or play a role in politics.

A: I don't know if a lot of people think that. It is something that is said. It's sort of part of the "Punch and Judy" show that goes on when people disagree with what you're saying.

Q: How much do you follow this election?

A: I think that Senator Kerry has long played it close to the vest, and that's his style. However, the presidency is like the heavyweight championship: They don't give it to you, you have to take it. He has a slow, deliberate style that may not make for an electrifying campaigner, but it may make for a very good president. But, of course, you have to get there.

One of the most disturbing aspects of this election is that the machinery for taking something that is a lie and making it feel true, or taking something that is true and making it feel like a lie -- the selling machinery has become very powerful. Senator Kerry has to make people pay attention to the man behind the curtain. He has to take the risk and rip the veil off the administration's deceptions. They are a hall of mirrors and a house of cards.

For Senator Kerry, the good news is he has the facts on his side. The bad news is that often in the current climate it can feel like that doesn't matter, and he has to make it matter.

Q: What do you think of how the election is being covered and conducted through the press?

A: The press has let the country down. It's taken a very amoral stand, in that essential issues are often portrayed as simply one side says this and the other side says that. I think that Fox News and the Republican right have intimidated the press into an incredible self-consciousness about appearing objective and backed them into a corner of sorts where they have ceded some of their responsibility and righteous power.

The Washington Post and New York Times apologies about their initial reporting about Iraq not being critical enough were very revealing. I am a dedicated Times reader, and I've found enormous sustenance from Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd on the op-ed page. There has been great reporting, but there has also been some self-consciousness in some of the reporting about the policy differences in this election.

This is going to be an issue after the election. I don't know if it began with the Iraq War, but shortly thereafter there was an enormous amount of Fox impersonators among what you previously thought were relatively sane media outlets across the cable channels. It was very disheartening. The job of the press is to tell the truth without fear or favor. We have to get back to that standard.

The free press is supposed to be the lifeline and the blood of democracy. That is the position of responsibility that those institutions have. Those things are distorted by ratings and by money to where you're getting one hour of the political conventions. No matter how staged they are, I think they're a little more important than people eating bugs. I think that for those few nights, the political life of the nation should take priority, and the fact that it so casually does not means something is wrong. If you want to watch people eating bugs, that's fine, I can understand that, too, but let's do it on another night.

Real news is the news we need to protect our freedoms. You get tabloid news, you get blood-and-guts news, you get news shot through with a self-glorifying facade of patriotism, but people have to sift too much for the news that we need to protect our freedoms. It should be gloriously presented to the people on a nightly basis. The loss of some of the soberness and seriousness of those institutions has had a devastating effect upon people's ability to respond to the events of the day.

Q: Do you think the press is leading us away from a fair and objective reading of this election?

A: It's gotten very complicated, and I think it's blurred the truth. Whether you like the Michael Moore film or not, a big part of its value was that it showed how sanitized the war that we received on television at night is. The fact that the administration refused to allow photographs of the flag-draped coffins of returning dead, that the president hasn't shown up at a single military funeral for the young people who gave their lives for his policies, is disgraceful. You have the Swift-boat guys who have been pretty much discredited, but there is an atmosphere that is created by so much willing media exposure that it imparts them credibility.

Q: What do you think the responsibility of the artist is in society?

A: There is a long tradition of the artist being involved in the life of the nation. For me, it goes back to Woody Guthrie, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield and Bob Dylan. These were all people who were alternative sources of information. When Dylan hit in the mid-Sixties, he brought with him as true a reading of what was going on as was out there.

People have the choice to not listen, but you have these business lobbyists who affect the direction of public policy. For example, what is going on with the assault-rifle ban is disgusting. The labor unions try to affect policy in their fashion. Artists do it by talking and singing and addressing the life of the mind.

I don't think the audience are lemmings. They get their various points of view from a lot of places. I try to come in and be that alternative source of information. I try to speak my case as directly as I can. If that makes you angry, that's fine. The artist is there to open up discourse, to get people thinking about American identity: Who are we? What do we fight for? What do we stand for? I view these things as a fundamental part of my job, and they have been for the past thirty years.

Q: You've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be an American and about our distinctive identity and position in the world. What is that great thing about America that appeals to you that you are fighting for?

A: I felt I lived the prototypical American life - the way I grew up, the town I grew up in, my family life. Things that I cared about, things that I aspired to, they were just something that naturally came to me when I wrote. I think that this particular election is, at the core, a debate about the soul of the nation. I think we can move toward greater economic justice for all of our citizens, or we cannot. I think we can move toward a sane, responsible foreign policy, or we cannot. For me, these are issues that go right to the heart of the spiritual life of the nation. That is something I have written about. It cannot be abandoned and is worth fighting and fighting and fighting for.

When you embark on a creative life, it has a dynamic of its own. You are partially directing it, and you are partially riding the wave. If your work is threaded into people's lives and into the life of your town, your family, your country, then you're like everybody else -- you're at the mercy of events, you're borne along on the currents of time and history.

It's sort of "Gee, I came from this place, I wrote songs about these things that mattered to me." I was serious about them. I was serious about taking what I had written and having some practical impact, which we started to do in the early Eighties. Nothing fancy. I can play my guitar, I can make a few bucks, I can bring some attention to some folks doing the real work and have some small impact in the towns we visit. You move down the road and it just sort of . . . happens.

Q: Did you feel the call of your nation or the call of your community?

A: I don't know. Personally, I wouldn't view myself as that kind of valuable.

Q: So you feel the call from your heart?

A: Yeah, I can hear the bells chiming. I've had a long life with my audience. I always tell the story about the guy with The Rising: "Hey, Bruce, we need you!" he yelled at me through the car window. That's about the size of it: You get a few letters that say, "Hey, man, we need you." You bump into some people at a club and you say, "Hey, man, what's going on?" And they go, "Hey, we need you." Yeah, they don't really need me, but I'm proud if they need what I do. That's what my band is. That's what we were built for.

While reading news articles and opinion columns about Dan Rather and CBS News' use of forged documents about President Bush's service in the National Guard, I kept expecting the reporters and pundits to tell me about political donations from journalists at the network, along with those made by executives of CBS and its parent company Viacom.

I never read about such political largesse, so I performed my own search about the donations.

Here's what I discovered.

The head of Viacom, Sumner Redstone, has overwhelmingly supported John Kerry's senatorial and presidential campaigns, other Democratic candidates and the Democratic National Committee, while his donations to Republican politicians and the GOP's congressional committees are paltry in comparison.

Redstone has donated the maximum allowed by law to Kerry's presidential effort, $2,000, and $7,500 to his senatorial runs, for a total of $9,500 over the years.

He's also given $196,025 to Democrats and the DNC since 1980. That amount includes Redstone's contributions to Kerry.

On the other side of the political aisle, Redstone has given only $10,500 in that same time period to GOP candidates and the RNC.

The top executive at CBS, Leslie Moonves, donated $1,000 to Kerry's senatorial campaign in 1997, but has not given to his presidential bid.

Moonves, since 1988, in his capacity as head of CBS and an executive of Warner Bros. TV and Lorimar Television, gave $28,700 to Democrats and the DNC, including his donation to Kerry.

He's contributed just $2,000 to a GOP candidate and the RNC.

Regarding donations from journalists and employees at CBS News, no contributions were made by either Dan Rather or the head of CBS News, Andrew Heyward.

But Federal Election Commission show that other CBS News employees have contributed to Democratic and Republican candidates, the Democratic National Committee, and back in the 1980s, one employee contributed to the leftist New Alliance Party and its standard-bearer, Lenora Fulani.

Since 1982, CBS News employees have donated a total of $17,050 to federal candidates and political action committees.

Of that amount, $10,800 was for Democrats and the DNC; $3,500 went to the New Alliance Party; and only $2,750 was donated to GOP candidates.

The top recipient of their largesse was Fulani and the New Alliance Party, which received $3,500 from a CBS News staffer back in the 1980s.

The second highest recipient was Hillary Rodham Clinton, who took in $2,250 from three CBS News employees.

Most recently, a $500 contribution from an editor at CBS News was given to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

The financial support of Democrats and the DNC by Redstone, Moonves and some CBS News staffers leads me to believe CBS and its parent company Viacom are basically biased in favor of Democrats, which isn't such a terrible thing, especially in relation to Fox News' slant toward the GOP.

As a news consumer, I have no problem with news executives and reporters giving money to candidates and causes. I just wish such largesse was publicly disclosed by the news organization, and all political biases stated up front.

But I don't think I will see such honesty in my lifetime.

All of the listings below came from www.tray.com.


>> Sumner Redstone's Donations <<

Redstone, Sumner
2/3/2004 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
-[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/13/2004 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02459
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2006

Redstone, Sumner
4/5/2004 $5,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
Viacom/Chairman and CEO -[Contribution]
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
9/26/2003 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
9/26/2003 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/10/2003 $5,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M
12/5/2003 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02027
National Amusements Inc. & Vaaem I/ -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/5/2003 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
HATCH ELECTION COMMITTEE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/28/2003 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/28/2003 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M.
4/11/2003 $5,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom Inc./Chairman of the Board a -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

Redstone, Sumner M.
4/14/2004 $5,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom Inc./Chairman of the Board a -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER
9/21/2002 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
TORRICELLI FOR U S SENATE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
6/3/2002 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

Redstone, Sumner
5/8/2001 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom/Chairman & CEO -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

Redstone, Sumner
1/23/2002 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom/Chairman & CEO -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

Redstone, Sumner M
7/24/2001 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
Viacom International Inc./Chairman -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M
7/24/2001 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
Viacom International Inc./Chairman -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/24/2001 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M.
4/25/2002 $1,000.00
Newton, MA 02459
National Amusements Inc./Media Exec -[Contribution]
JOHN D. DINGELL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
9/21/2002 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
TORRICELLI FOR U S SENATE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
6/3/2002 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE INC

Redstone, Sumner
5/8/2001 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom/Chairman & CEO -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

Redstone, Sumner
1/23/2002 $2,000.00
New York, NY 10036
Viacom/Chairman & CEO -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCTA PAC)

Redstone, Sumner M
7/24/2001 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
Viacom International Inc./Chairman -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M
7/24/2001 $1,000.00
Dedham, MA 02026
Viacom International Inc./Chairman -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/24/2001 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner M.
4/25/2002 $1,000.00
Newton, MA 02459
National Amusements Inc./Media Exec -[Contribution]
JOHN D. DINGELL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/14/1999 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/31/2000 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02459
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
2/17/2000 $5,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Redstone, Sumner
3/15/1999 $1,000.00
Newton Center, MA 02459
Viacom Inc/Chairman and CEO -[Contribution]
GORE 2000 INC

Redstone, Sumner
3/15/1999 $1,000.00
Newton Center, MA 02459
Viacom Inc -[Contribution]
GORE/LIEBERMAN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/4/2000 $200.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
HANDGUN CONTROL VOTER EDUCATION FUND

REDSTONE, SUMNER
2/18/2000 $3,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CABLE PAC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER
8/28/2000 $4,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/30/2000 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02459
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
10/11/2000 $20,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[[Receipt--exempt from limits]]
DCCCC NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT #5

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
7/24/2000 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
HOLLINGS FOR SENATE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/13/2000 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SCHUMER

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/13/2000 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SCHUMER

REDSTONE, SUMNER MR
3/19/1999 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
MCCAIN 2000 INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/16/1998 $5,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CORPORATION

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/4/1997 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/28/1998 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/22/1997 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
GEPHARDT IN CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/22/1997 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
GEPHARDT IN CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/19/1998 $3,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CABLE PAC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER
11/20/1997 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
BERMAN FOR CONGRESS

REDSTONE, SUMNER
7/25/1997 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
NORTHEAST THEATRE -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY '98 INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER
12/11/1998 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2000
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
12/11/1998 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2000
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/15/1997 $5,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CORPORATION

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/30/1998 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/15/1998 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/15/1998 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/5/1998 $1,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02109
-[Contribution]
HATCH ELECTION COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/8/1998 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
MCCAIN FOR SENATE '98
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/8/1998 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
MCCAIN FOR SENATE '98
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
7/29/1998 $5,000.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LEADERSHIP '98 (FKA FRIENDS OF ALBERT GORE JR INC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
10/21/1997 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/26/1998 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/12/1997 $1,000.00
NY, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/24/1996 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/27/1995 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
STUDDS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
7/17/1995 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
VIACOM -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
6/29/1996 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
VIACOM -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
2/2/1995 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
4/13/1995 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NRTHEAST THEATR -[Contribution]
BARNEY FRANK FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/24/1996 $25,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
-[[Receipt--exempt from limits]]
DNC NON-FEDERAL UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION ACCOUNT

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/12/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR BIDEN - 1996
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/27/1995 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY (1994)

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/6/1995 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/12/1995 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/17/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY '96

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
8/11/1995 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF LARRY PRESSLER
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/17/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY '96

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
8/5/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
CHARLES RANGEL VICTORY FUND

REDSTONE, SUMNER
12/13/1993 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
6/13/1994 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
6/13/1994 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
NAT'L AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/14/1994 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
STUDDS FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/18/1994 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
NRTHEAST THEATR -[Contribution]
BARNEY FRANK FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/31/1994 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF TOM ANDREWS
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
8/16/1994 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
8/16/1994 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INC -[Contribution]
HYATT FOR SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/12/1993 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KERREY FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/25/1994 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
9/13/1994 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
MOYNIHAN COMMITTEE INC
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/16/1994 $3,000.00
NEWTON CENTRE, MA 02159
VIACOM -[Contribution]
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CORPORATION

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/30/1994 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/22/1993 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
1/5/1994 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CO -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
9/30/1994 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/21/1993 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS -[Contribution]
RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/12/1994 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02027
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
7/25/1994 $250.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF PATRICK J KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/22/1993 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/9/1994 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT TOM FOLEY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/11/1994 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR U S SENATE '96
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/10/1993 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10021
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
SENATE VICTORY '94

REDSTONE, SUMNER
7/21/1992 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
2/25/1991 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CABLE PAC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER
3/30/1992 $3,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM -[Contribution]
NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CABLE PAC)

REDSTONE, SUMNER ESQ
10/16/1992 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/12/1991 $1,000.00
NEWTON CENTRE, MA 02159
-[Contribution]
BUSH - QUAYLE '92 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/19/1991 $200.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE MGMT NE THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
10/13/1992 $325.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE MGMT NE THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/28/1991 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
8/3/1992 $1,000.00
DADHAM, MA 02026
NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/26/1991 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
10/13/1992 $500.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
VIACOM -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
8/25/1992 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
-[Contribution]
KERREY FOR PRESIDENT

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
8/21/1992 $5,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
FUND FOR A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
9/13/1991 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR SENATOR WOFFORD

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/23/1990 $5,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/26/1989 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
11/27/1989 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
1/31/1990 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/26/1989 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/23/1990 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
SELF-EMPLOYED -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
7/19/1990 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10038
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
NITA LOWEY FOR CONGRESS

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/12/1989 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10021
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR U S SENATE '90

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/19/1990 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR U S SENATE '90

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MS
10/5/1990 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
-[Contribution]
HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
2/25/1987 $10,000.00
PEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATE & GUBERNATORIAL JOINT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/10/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF TONY EARL

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/10/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORPORATION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF TONY EARL

REDSTONE, SUMNER
5/3/1987 $1,500.00
NEWTON CENTRE, MA 02159
REDSTONE, INC -[Contribution]
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE CMTE - FED FUNDS ACCT

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/5/1988 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10036
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER
7/15/1988 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10021
VIACOM INT'L INC -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER ESQ
3/5/1988 $500.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
ATTORNEY -[Contribution]
RE-ELECT CONGRESSMAN JOE MOAKLEY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/31/1987 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
KERRY FOR SENATE IN 90 COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
10/16/1987 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE MANAGEMENT -[Contribution]
MARKEY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/26/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
BABBITT FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/16/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE COMPLIANCE FUND

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/1/1988 $1,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02111
-[Contribution]
LOUISE SLAUGHTER RE-ELECTION COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/3/1987 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/11/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATER -[Contribution]
JOE LIEBERMAN FOR U S SENATE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
2/24/1987 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
NORTHEAST THEATRE -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR TOWNSEND

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
5/26/1988 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
VIACOM -[Contribution]
LAUTENBERG COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
12/22/1987 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE MGMT NE THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
7/14/1988 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE MGMT NE THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY 1988

REDSTONE, SUMNER MR
3/14/1988 $1,000.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
THEATRE EXEC & ATTY -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT SENATOR EDWARD M KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER
1/22/1986 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE MGMT -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER
9/30/1986 $1,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE MGMT N E THEATRE -[Contribution]
CITIZENS FOR JOE KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/14/1985 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/4/1985 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
9/14/1985 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE THEATRES -[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
3/26/1986 $1,000.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
THEATRE EXEC & ATTY -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT SENATOR EDWARD M KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
7/10/1986 $500.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
THEATER EXECUTIVE & ATT -[Contribution]
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *

REDSTONE, SUMNER
10/5/1984 $5,000.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
-[Contribution]
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATIC STATE CMTE - FED FUNDS ACCT

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/30/1984 $500.00
DEDHAM, MA 02026
PRESIDENT NORTHEAST THEATER CORP -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
9/24/1984 $500.00
BOSTON, MA 02118
-[Contribution]
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
5/9/1983 $500.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
ATTORNEY & THEATRE EXECUTIVE -[Contribution]
CMTE TO RE-ELECT T. P. O'NEILL JR TO CONG

REDSTONE, SUMNER M MR
3/26/1984 $1,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
AMERICANS WITH HART INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
2/19/1982 $1,000.00
NEWTON CENTRE, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT SENATOR KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
4/19/1981 $1,000.00
NEWTON CENTER, MA 02159
N E THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT SENATOR KENNEDY

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
6/19/1981 $500.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS

REDSTONE, SUMNER
8/4/1980 $5,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
NORTHEAST THEATER CORP -[Contribution]
DRAFT MUSKIE COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER M
12/27/1979 $1,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
. -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE

REDSTONE, SUMNER MR
3/19/1979 $250.00
NEWTON, MA 02159
REDSTONE MANAGEMENT CORP -[Contribution]
CARTER/MONDALE PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE INC

REDSTONE, SUMNER MR
5/19/1980 $1,000.00
BOSTON, MA 02116
NORTHEAST THEATRE CORP -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE


>> Leslie Moonves' Donations <<

MOONVES, LESLIE
11/12/1999 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS INC -[Contribution]
LIEBERMAN 2000 COMMITTEE

Moonves, Leslie
4/7/1999 $1,000.00
Los Angeles, CA 90049
CBS -[Contribution]
GORE 2000 INC

MOONVES, LESLIE
1/23/1998 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
CBS -[Contribution]
GREEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
8/7/1998 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
CBS TELEVISION -[Contribution]
EVAN BAYH COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
3/30/1998 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS TELEVISION -[Contribution]
BARRY GORDON FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/29/1997 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
-[Contribution]
KERRY COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
2/11/1998 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
CBS TELEVISION -[Contribution]
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING TOM DASCHLE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/30/1997 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/30/1997 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS -[Contribution]
LEAHY FOR U.S. SENATOR COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/11/1997 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
GEPHARDT IN CONGRESS COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
10/14/1998 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
CBS TELEVISION -[Contribution]
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR ERNEST F. HOLLINGS (AKA CITIZENS COMMITTEE, THE)

MOONVES, LESLIE
9/28/1995 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
BARRY GORDON FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/2/1996 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
BARRY GORDON FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
9/27/1995 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
CLINTON/GORE '96 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INC

MOONVES, LESLIE
3/22/1996 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
SAVITSKY SATIN GEI -[Contribution]
SANDERS FOR SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
9/30/1996 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
PAXON FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
7/24/1996 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SENATOR CARL LEVIN
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
8/16/1996 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS INC -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE MR
11/4/1996 $5,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
CBS ENTERTAINMENT -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
11/23/1993 $250.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
WARNER BROS TV -[Contribution]
RON DINICOLA FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
8/5/1993 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
DECONCINI '94 COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
5/6/1994 $500.00
BURBANK, CA 91505
WARNER BROS TELE -[Contribution]
KERREY FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
2/24/1993 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
10/19/1994 $2,500.00
BURBANK, CA 91522
WARNER BROS -[Contribution]
TIME WARNER INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
11/23/1993 $250.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
WARNER BROS TV -[Contribution]
RON DINICOLA FOR CONGRESS

MOONVES, LESLIE
8/5/1993 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
DECONCINI '94 COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
5/6/1994 $500.00
BURBANK, CA 91505
WARNER BROS TELE -[Contribution]
KERREY FOR U S SENATE COMMITTEE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
2/24/1993 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
KENNEDY FOR SENATE
[Senate Image Not Available from FEC]

MOONVES, LESLIE
10/19/1994 $2,500.00
BURBANK, CA 91522
WARNER BROS -[Contribution]
TIME WARNER INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE MR
11/29/1993 $2,500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
WARNER BROTHERS TV -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
12/2/1992 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
FEINSTEIN FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/11/1991 $500.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
LORIMAR TV -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF BOB GRAHAM COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
11/21/1991 $2,500.00
ENCINO, CA 91316
LORIMAR TELEPICTURES CORPORATION -[Contribution]
TIME WARNER INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
4/30/1991 $500.00
BURBANK, CA 91505
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
LEVINE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
6/19/1991 $200.00
BURBANK, CA 91505
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
LEVINE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

MOONVES, LESLIE
3/22/1991 $500.00
ENCINO, CA 91316
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODD

MOONVES, LESLIE
7/31/1991 $1,000.00
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
-[Contribution]
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS *

MOONVES, LESLIE
5/23/1989 $500.00
ENCINO, CA 91316
WARNER BROS -[Contribution]
CRANSTON FOR SENATE '92 INC

MOONVES, LESLIE
6/6/1988 $500.00
ENCINO, CA 91316
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT -[Contribution]
DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE COMPLIANCE FUND

MOONVES, LESLIE
3/31/1988 $500.00
ENCINO, CA 91316
LORIMAR TELEVISION -[Contribution]
DUKAKIS FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, INC


>> CBS News Staffers Donations <<

Koontz, Andrew
6/30/2004 $500.00
Princeton, NJ 08540
CBS News Productions/Television Edi -[Contribution]
KERRY VICTORY 2004

SCHNEIDER, FREDERICK M
3/11/2004 $1,500.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
TOM FORMICOLA FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

BAKER RIKER, MARGERY
12/12/2001 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10021
CBS NEWS PRODUCTION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SCHUMER

KOONTZ, ANDREW
6/5/2002 $250.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08542
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
TORRICELLI FOR U S SENATE INC

BINNS, LISA M
7/22/1999 $250.00
FLUSHING, NY 11366
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Garfinkle, David Mr.
7/6/1999 $250.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
7/31/1999 $250.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
11/10/1999 $200.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes/Film & TV Produ -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
12/7/1999 $300.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes/Film & TV Produ -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

GORDON, VICTORIA
4/19/2000 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

KARAS, LINDA
10/19/1999 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
EMILY'S LIST

KOONTZ, ANDREW
4/6/2000 $250.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08640
CBS NEWS PRODUCTIONS INC -[Contribution]
GUSCIORA FOR CONGRESS 2000

KOONTZ, ANDREW
9/30/2000 $500.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08542
CBS NEWS PRODUCTIONS -[Contribution]
GUSCIORA FOR CONGRESS 2000

ROBERTS, TROY
6/19/2000 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10011
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

SENAY, EMILY
9/22/1999 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

HARMON, SUSAN B
2/12/1996 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10024
CBS NEWSPATH -[Contribution]
ROBERT WILKIE FOR CONGRESS

KURALT, CHARLES
6/19/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10014
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

FAW, ROBERT JR
5/9/1994 $250.00
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
MIKE JAMES FOR US SENATE

KROFT, STEPHEN
10/27/1994 $300.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESS

MARTIN, CAROL
7/17/1992 $500.00
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
FERRARO FOR U S SENATE

BERGMAN, MARTIN
5/7/1987 $1,000.00
ROCKY PT, NY 11778
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
GREG BLASS FOR U.S. CONGRESS

KRESKY, CAROLYN
1/6/1988 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10025
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
LENORA B FULANI'S COMMITTEE FOR FAIR ELECTIONS

HERFORD, PETER M
6/20/1986 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BROCK ADAMS SENATE COMMITTEE

KRESKY, CAROLYN
9/24/1984 $3,000.00
NY, NY 10025
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
NAP - NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

MALOON, MARGERY BAKER
10/19/1982 $500.00
DELAWARE, OH 43015
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BOB SHAMANSKY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

MALOON, MARGERY BAKER
10/19/1982 $500.00
DELAWARE, OH 43015
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BOB SHAMANSKY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

Catherine Mathis
Director of Corporate Communications
The New York Times
New York, NY

Dear Ms. Mathis:

Federal Election Commission records released yesterday for the month of July show that five New York Times employees donated a total of $1,450 to Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign.

FEC files also show that no New York Times employees gave money to either President George W. Bush or independent candidate Ralph Nader in July.

My questions for you today regarding the donations below are as follows:

Did New York Times executives or editors in any way know about the contributions before they were made?

Do the donations violate the paper's ethical guidelines?

Should readers assume the contributions reflect the New York Times' editorial position on who is best qualified to win the November election?

A prompt response is respectfully requested and appreciated.

Sincerely,
Michael Petrelis
San Francisco, CA
^^^

www.tray.com

Wiggins, Phillip H Jr.
7/21/2004 $200.00
Weehawken, NJ 07086
The New York Times Co/Manager -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Berman, Susan
7/29/2004 $250.00
Springfield, NJ 07081
NEW YORK TIMES/INDEX COPY EDITOR -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Demars, Kurt
7/20/2004 $500.00
San Francisco, CA 94131
NEW YORK TIMES/ADVERTISING -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Joyce, John
7/29/2004 $250.00
New York, NY 10023
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL INDEX/ASSO -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Yanoff, Ruth E
7/29/2004 $250.00
Springfield, NJ 07081
NEW YORK TIMES/INDEXER -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

The furor over CBS News' use of allegedly forged documents about George Bush's service in the National Guard made me wonder if the network's reporters and/or editorial staff have donated money to politicians.

Federal Election Commission files available at the PoliticalMoneyLine web site, www.tray.com, show that CBS News employees have contributed to Democratic and Republican candidates, the Democratic National Committee, and back in the 1980s, one employee contributed to the leftist New Alliance Party and its standard-bearer, Lenora Fulani.

Since 1982, CBS News employees have donated a total of $17,050 to federal candidates and political action committees.

Of that amount, $10,800 was for Democrats and the DNC; $3,500 went to the New Alliance Party; and only $2,750 was donated to GOP candidates.

The top recipient of their largesse was Fulani and the New Alliance Party, which received $3,500 from a CBS News staffer back in the 1980s.

The second highest recipient was Hillary Rodham Clinton, who took in $2,250 from three CBS News employees.

Most recently, a $500 contribution from an editor at CBS News was given to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Looking over the donations, I'd say CBS News lacks a policy prohibiting such giving.

Also, the overwhelming support to Democrats gives the appearance of newsroom bias in favor of this party, not that there's anything illegal or necessarily wrong with that.

But I feel it's incumbent upon CBS News to disclose all of these donations, both on the air on the network's web site, to provide full transparency to the audience.
^^^

Koontz, Andrew
6/30/2004 $500.00
Princeton, NJ 08540
CBS News Productions/Television Edi -[Contribution]
KERRY VICTORY 2004

SCHNEIDER, FREDERICK M
3/11/2004 $1,500.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
TOM FORMICOLA FOR SENATE COMMITTEE

BAKER RIKER, MARGERY
12/12/2001 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10021
CBS NEWS PRODUCTION -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF SCHUMER

KOONTZ, ANDREW
6/5/2002 $250.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08542
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
TORRICELLI FOR U S SENATE INC

BINNS, LISA M
7/22/1999 $250.00
FLUSHING, NY 11366
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Garfinkle, David Mr.
7/6/1999 $250.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
7/31/1999 $250.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
11/10/1999 $200.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes/Film & TV Produ -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Garfinkle, David Mr.
12/7/1999 $300.00
Little Falls, NJ 07424
CBS News 60 Minutes/Film & TV Produ -[Contribution]
BILL BRADLEY FOR PRESIDENT INC

GORDON, VICTORIA
4/19/2000 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

KARAS, LINDA
10/19/1999 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
EMILY'S LIST

KOONTZ, ANDREW
4/6/2000 $250.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08640
CBS NEWS PRODUCTIONS INC -[Contribution]
GUSCIORA FOR CONGRESS 2000

KOONTZ, ANDREW
9/30/2000 $500.00
PRINCETON, NJ 08542
CBS NEWS PRODUCTIONS -[Contribution]
GUSCIORA FOR CONGRESS 2000

ROBERTS, TROY
6/19/2000 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10011
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

SENAY, EMILY
9/22/1999 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR US SENATE COMMITTEE INC

HARMON, SUSAN B
2/12/1996 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10024
CBS NEWSPATH -[Contribution]
ROBERT WILKIE FOR CONGRESS

KURALT, CHARLES
6/19/1996 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10014
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HARVEY GANTT FOR SENATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

FAW, ROBERT JR
5/9/1994 $250.00
MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
MIKE JAMES FOR US SENATE

KROFT, STEPHEN
10/27/1994 $300.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
HAM FISH JR FOR CONGRESS

MARTIN, CAROL
7/17/1992 $500.00
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
FERRARO FOR U S SENATE

BERGMAN, MARTIN
5/7/1987 $1,000.00
ROCKY PT, NY 11778
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
GREG BLASS FOR U.S. CONGRESS

KRESKY, CAROLYN
1/6/1988 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10025
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
LENORA B FULANI'S COMMITTEE FOR FAIR ELECTIONS

HERFORD, PETER M
6/20/1986 $2,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BROCK ADAMS SENATE COMMITTEE

KRESKY, CAROLYN
9/24/1984 $3,000.00
NY, NY 10025
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
NAP - NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

MALOON, MARGERY BAKER
10/19/1982 $500.00
DELAWARE, OH 43015
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BOB SHAMANSKY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

MALOON, MARGERY BAKER
10/19/1982 $500.00
DELAWARE, OH 43015
CBS NEWS -[Contribution]
BOB SHAMANSKY FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE

Brent Jones
Reader Editor
USA Today

Dear Mr. Jones:

I am a news consumer and blogger who has spent the past several months researching donations from media personalities to politicians and causes. You can read my blog at mpetrelis.blogspot.com.

A search today at the Political Money Line web site, www.tray.com, turned up the following listings from donors who listed USA Today as their employer, including Mr. Al Neuharth, founder of the newspaper.

Since 1986 USA Today employees have donated $10,000 to federal candidates, both Democratic and Republican, and the Democratic National Committee.

My questions to you are: What is USA Today's policy regarding contributions from editorial and non-editorial employees to politicians? Has the paper disclosed the donations to readers, either in print or on the paper's web site? Did the donations from USA Today reporters in any way influence reporting of either candidates or political parties?

A prompt reply is requested and appreciated.

Sincerely,
Michael Petrelis
San Francisco, CA
Ph: 415-621-6267
^^^

O'Donnell, Jayne
3/27/2003 $250.00
Mc Lean, VA 22101
USA Today/Journalist -[Contribution]
DEAN FOR AMERICA

Shriver, Jerry Dean
6/12/2003 $1,000.00
New York, NY 10019
USA Today/Journalist -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

Willing, Richard T Jr
2/5/2003 $250.00
Mc Lean, VA 22101
USA Today/Reporter -[Contribution]
DEAN FOR AMERICA

Willing, Richard T Jr
3/31/2003 $250.00
Mc Lean, VA 22101
USA Today/Reporter -[Contribution]
DEAN FOR AMERICA

KASTNER, NELDA
2/21/2002 $1,000.00
MC LEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
SENATOR JOHN WARNER COMMITTEE

KASTNER, NELDA M
6/6/2000 $1,000.00
MCLEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
TOM DAVIS FOR CONGRESS

SCHWARTZ, HILARY E
9/12/2000 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10011
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

KEANE, ELIZABETH
6/29/1998 $1,000.00
ARLINGTON, VA 22207
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
KEANE COMMITTEE

MADONNA, WILLIAM
3/22/1996 $200.00
REDONDO BEACH, CA 90278
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

SMITH, JANET DR
2/17/1995 $200.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

NEUBARTH [sic], ALLEN H
9/21/1994 $1,000.00
COCOA BEACH, FL 32931
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
SUE MUNSEY FOR CONGRESS

SMITH, JANET
12/1/1993 $200.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

METZ, ROBERT
10/10/1992 $500.00
NAPLES, FL 33942
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
LARRY METZ FOR CONGRESS

FARRELL, THOMAS J
5/13/1989 $250.00
MCLEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
PAXON FOR CONGRESS

FARRELL, THOMAS J
4/20/1990 $250.00
MCLEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
PAXON FOR CONGRESS

FARRELL, THOMAS J
7/20/1990 $200.00
MCLEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
PAXON FOR CONGRESS

FARRELL, THOMAS J MR
10/24/1989 $200.00
MCLEAN, VA 22101
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
PAXON FOR CONGRESS

BLACK, CATHLEEN
6/23/1986 $1,000.00
WASHINGTON, DC 20009
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF GEORGE HIRSCH

SALEMBIER, VALERIE
7/1/1986 $1,000.00
NEW YORK, NY 10016
USA TODAY -[Contribution]
FRIENDS OF GEORGE HIRSCH

Donations from media personalities are not limited just to U.S. outlets' employees.

As you can see from the following listings found at www.tray.com, some editorial employees from the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Financial Times and The Economist are also contributing to politicians and political action committees.

The question must be asked: Do these foreign media outlets bar such donations?

Just I believe U.S. publications and broadcasters have a duty to disclose all such contributions, the same standard should apply to foreign news media as well.
^^^

CROMER, BURTON
11/21/2003 $250.00
NEW YORK, NY 10023
BBC WORDLWIDE AMERICAS -[Contribution]
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

HARRIS, JAMES
5/27/2004 $250.00
TAMPA, FL 33604
FINANCIAL TIMES -[Contribution]
FEINGOLD SENATE COMMITTEE

HARRIS, JAMES CLAY
1/7/2004 $200.00
TAMPA, FL 33604
FINANCIAL TIMES -[Contribution]
FEINGOLD SENATE COMMITTEE

Waugh, Peter Mr.
4/15/2004 $2,225.00
New York, NY 10019
Financial Times/National Accounts M -[Contribution]
AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION PAC

Kluth, Andreas
5/3/2004 $500.00
Berkeley, CA 94708
The Economist/Journalist -[Contribution]
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC

O' RORKE, ELIZABETH MRS.
10/21/2003 $500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
THE ECONOMIST/C.O.O. -[Contribution]
BUSH-CHENEY '04 (PRIMARY) INC.

O'Rorke, Elizabeth
11/14/2003 $500.00
,
The Economist/Chief Operating Offic -[Contribution]
CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

O'RORKE, ELIZABETH
12/1/2001 $1,500.00
NEW YORK, NY 10019
THE ECONOMIST -[Contribution]
MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS OF AMERICA PAC FKA MAGAZINE PUBLISHES ASSOCIATION PAC

ORorke, Elizabeth
6/4/2001 $1,000.00
New York, NY 10019
The Economist Ltd./Publisher -[Contribution]
COMMITTEE TO ELECT MCHUGH

For Immediate Release
September 7, 2004
Contact: Michael Petrelis
Ph: 415-621-6267


F.B.I. DENIES FAST-TRACK RELEASE OF BUSH/CHENEY FILES;

GAY ACTIVIST EXPLAINS APPEAL AT NEWS CONFERENCE

(San Francisco, CA) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has denied a Freedom of Information Act request for expedited processing for the agency's dossiers on President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. The FBI in late July denied a quick release of the Bush and Cheney files. The FOIA request was made by longtime gay activist Michael Petrelis.

WHAT: News conference

WHY: To request immediate release of Bush and Cheney's FBI files

DATE: Tuesday, September 7

WHEN: 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: FBI's San Francisco Office, U.S. Federal Building
Turk Street entrance, between Larkin and Polk streets

"I requested these files because the American public must know what's in the dossiers on Bush and Cheney," said Petrelis. "Democrat John Kerry's voluminous FBI files were scrutinized by reporters and the subject of hundreds of news accounts in March of this year. Less than sixty days before the November election, the FBI has a responsibility to treat Bush and Cheney's files equal to those on Kerry, which means releasing their files forthwith."

An appeal to overturn the FBI's denial for fast-track release of the Bush and Cheney dossiers was filed by Petrelis in early September, which he will talk about at the news conference.

All of the correspondence between Petrelis and the FBI about these folders is available on the activist's blog at mpetrelis.blogspot.com.

- - -

September 2, 2004

Co-Director
Office of Information and Privacy
U.S. Department of Justice
Flag Building, Suite 570
Washington, DC 20530-0001

RE: Freedom of Information Act Appeal, FOIA # 1001866 and FOIA # 1001868

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am responding to your agency's July 28 letter stating my expedited processing request for President George W. Bush's Federal Bureau of Investigation dossier, FOIA number 1001866; and Vice President Dick Cheney's FBI file, FOIA number 1001868, has been denied.

I wish to appeal this denial, based on the fact that the public has a right to know, before the November 2 election, what, if anything, is in the FBI files on Bush and Cheney.

The Freedom of Information Act allows for expedited processing of requests when the requested documents are a "matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exist possible questions about the government's integrity which affect public confidence."

The outcome of November 2's presidential election could well be determined on what's in the Bush and Cheney FBI files. Voters may cast their ballots based on not just the contents of those files, but also on the hundreds of pages of FBI dossiers the agency kept on Sen. John Kerry since the 1970s, and which were released in March 2004, to tremendous media and public scrutiny.

Keeping my request in your regular processing queue is unacceptable, given the gravity of the upcoming election, and the widespread media and public interest in the Bush and Cheney files.

Your agency has a legal and civic duty to honor my expedited request for the Bush and Cheney files, if only to show that the Department of Justice has not in any way shown bias in revealing voluminous dossiers on Kerry, while so far withholding any and all comparable files on Bush and Cheney, that I have requested.

Accordingly, I reiterate my appeal of the department's denial to expeditiously process my request for the Bush and Cheney dossiers.

Sincerely,
Michael Petrelis

- - -
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, DC 20535-0001

Mr. Michael Petrelis
2215-R Market Street, #413
San Francisco, CA 94114

July 28, 2004

Dear Mr. Petrelis:

This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act request concerning President George W. Bush, FOIA number 1001866, and Vice President Dick Cheney, FOIA number 1001868. This response is being made on behalf of the Office of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and Associate Attorney General.

You have requested expedited processing of your requests pursuant to the Department's standard permitting expedition for requests involving "[a] matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exist possible questions about the government's integrity which affect public confidence," 28 C.F.R. Section 16.5 (d)(1)(iv).

Based on information you have provided, I have determined you have not demonstrated any particular urgency to inform the public about the subject matter of your requests beyond the public's right to know about government activity generally. Accordingly, your request has been placed in our regular processing queue.

You may administratively appeal the denial of your request for expedited processing by writing to the Co-Director, Office of Information and Privacy, United States Department of Justice, Flag Building, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20503-0001, within sixty days from the date of this letter.

Both letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal."

Your request has been assigned the numbers above. Please use these numbers in all correspondence with us.

Sincerely yours,
David M. Hardy
Section Chief
Record/Information Dissemination Section
Records Management Division