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New CBS News Boss Donated to Bush Re-Election Bid in 2004
Editor & Publisher ^ | October 27, 2005 | E&P Staff

Posted on 10/27/2005 9:27:30 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative

Conservatives may take heart in a scoop by blogger Michael Petrelis that the new boss of CBS News, Sean McManus, donated $250 to the Bush-Cheney re-election bid in 2004, while shunning John Kerry.

Petrelis, who specializes in digging out election contributions from media types, reported the donation on Wednesday by the New Canaan, Conn., resident, found in Federal Election Commission files.

Contacted by The Associated Press, CBS had no comment.

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was not exactly a favorite of conservatives, even before the "60 Minutes" Bush/National Guard controversy last year.

But one warning to the right: A year earlier, McManus, the former CBS Sports chief, gave to the re-election campaign for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

The Petrelis blog is at http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; cbs; cbsnews; donors; gwb2004; mcmanus; media; seanmcmanus
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To: West Coast Conservative

Covering his tracks, I'm sure.


21 posted on 10/27/2005 9:54:59 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: saveliberty

LOL


22 posted on 10/27/2005 10:06:23 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7

:-)


23 posted on 10/27/2005 10:16:03 AM PDT by saveliberty (I did not break the feed. I may have lost it, but I did not break the feed.)
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To: West Coast Conservative


But one warning to the right: A year earlier, McManus, the former CBS Sports chief, gave to the re-election campaign for Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).


This is not just another Whig. leaky is a benchmark Whig so this story means almost nothing.


24 posted on 10/27/2005 10:54:52 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Everything points to it so why not call them the Whigs?)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Contributions found via Opensecrets.org:

MCMANUS, SEAN - NEW CANAAN, CT 06840
OCCUPATION - CBS SPORTS

3/28/2003 - $1,000 - Patrick Leahy


25 posted on 10/27/2005 1:49:43 PM PDT by rightcoast
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To: FreedomPoster
Anyone with half a brain and an Internet connection can get the information from fec.gov. If this is "digging out", no wonder the state of so-called "Journalism" is as sorry as it is.

The funny thing is I went to that site and I couldn't find any contribution to the Bush/Cheney campaign by Sean McManus in 2004. He contributed to Leahy in 2003, but no Bush/Cheney. Is that database complete as far as you know?
26 posted on 10/27/2005 3:35:23 PM PDT by Bellows
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To: Bellows

Dang, you're right!


27 posted on 10/27/2005 3:48:57 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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