One way of determining the bias of media is to look at the people who make up those companies and publishes the material and their contributions to the political parties. The following are total 2008 PAC contribution figures and where the majority of that contribution went. I’ve noted the more well known companies. [Facts provided by opensecrets.org].
Media Industries
Books, Magazines & Paper – $12 Million [78% to Democrats]
Motion Picture Industry – $8.9 Million [89% to Democrats]
Cable & Satellite TV – $6.3 Million [63% to Democrats]
Music Recording Industry – $3 Million [79% to Democrats]
Television Production / Distribution – $2.3 Million [86% to Democrats]
Books [including Educational], Magazines, & Paper [79% to Democrats]
Houghton Mifflin – [97% to Democrats]
National Geographic Society [95% to Democrats]
McGraw-Hill Companies [79% Democrats]
Reed Elsevier Inc. – [69% to Democrats]
Time Inc – [66% to Democrats]
News Corp [publishers – 55% Republicans]
Motion Picture Industry – $8.9 Million [89% to Democrats]
Time Warner – [99% to Democrats]
New Line Cinema – [97% to Democrats]
Paramount Pictures – [84% to Democrats]
News Corp – [78% to Democrats]
Sony Corp – [66% to Democrats]
Cable & Satellite TV – $6.3 Million [63% to Democrats]
Cablevision [82% to Democrats]
ESPN [81% to Democrats]
Comcast Corp [63% to Democrats]
EchoStar Communications [61% to Democrats]
News Corp [Cable / Satellite – 61% to Democrats]
Time Warner [60% to Democrats]
Music Recording Industry – $3 Million [79% to Democrats]
Vivendi – [72% to Democrats]
Warner Music Group – [86% to Democrats]
Sony BMG Music – [69% to Democrats]
Television Production / Distribution – $2.3 Million [86% to Democrats]
ABC News – [99% to Democrats]
CBS News – [99% to Democrats]
News Corp – [Production & Distribution – 95% to Democrats]
General Electric – [88% to Democrats]
SNL – [85% to Democrats]
Walt Disney – [TV – 86% to Democrats]
BBC – [62% to Democrats]
Internet companies
MSN – [91% to Democrats]
Yahoo! – [86 to Democrats]
Google – [81% to Democrats]