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STUDY: Broadcast Networks Bury FTX CEO’s Massive Donations to Dems
News Busters ^ | November 17th, 2022 9:52 AM | Bill D'Agostino

Posted on 11/18/2022 12:37:53 PM PST by Red Badger

Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled CEO of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was a massive donor to the Democratic Party. But you wouldn’t know it from the reporting on the big three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), who have so far almost completely hidden that salient detail from their audiences.

MRC analysts examined all FTX coverage between November 11 and November 17 on those broadcast networks’ flagship morning and evening news programs. We found that neither CBS nor NBC even mentioned Bankman-Fried’s status as a Democratic megadonor, while ABC spent only three seconds (a single mention) on it.

All told, discussion of Bankman-Fried’s extravagant bankrolling of the Democratic Party comprised just 0.2 percent of the combined 21 minutes and 17 seconds of FTX coverage across all three networks, and 0.5 percent of ABC’s 9 minutes and 7 seconds of coverage.

Over the past week, ABC has run two full-length segments about FTX on Good Morning America and one on World News Tonight. While the first report identified Bankman-Fried as “one of the biggest political donors in the U.S.,” reporter Rebecca Jarvis conveniently glossed over which party those donations were going to.

CBS ran three reports about FTX’s collapse, totaling 6 minutes and 41 seconds, while NBC offered just two reports with a combined runtime of 5 minutes and 54 seconds.

Bankman-Fried was one of the biggest donors to the Democratic Party during the last election cycle — second only to George Soros. According to reports, he spent more than $10 million supporting President Joe Biden in 2020, and he reportedly planned to spend between $100 million and $1 billion in the 2024 election.

That lofty sum is unlikely to materialize for the Democrats now that FTX has gone belly-up. With the exchange reportedly under multiple investigations, many of its backers lost substantial fortunes during the bank run that eventually rendered the company insolvent.

Bankman-Fried’s mother recently served an undisclosed role at Mind the Gap, a pro-Democrat dark money group. On Wednesday, she reportedly left the organization amid the fallout from her son’s scandals. In addition, it has been theorized that Bankman-Fried’s cozy relationship with Democrats was intended to result in cryptocurrency regulations that would have benefited him and his organizations financially.

It goes without saying that, if a pivotal Republican donor were embroiled in a financial scandal of this magnitude, his political affiliation would be front and center in the media’s reporting.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; ftx; sambankmanfried

1 posted on 11/18/2022 12:37:53 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Why aren’t the alternative networks covering this? I just don’t like whining on our side.


2 posted on 11/18/2022 12:39:56 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: Red Badger

So the Bidens are slavers.

So what?

The broadcast news is fine with slavery.


3 posted on 11/18/2022 12:44:27 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Red Badger
Tucker dissected FTX yesterday: Tucker Dissects FTX 11/17/2022


4 posted on 11/18/2022 12:53:43 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Red Badger

The executives at these Propaganda Media outlets aren’t going to point a finger at others when they themselves are involved.


5 posted on 11/18/2022 12:58:25 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger

Wasn’t the RINO McConnell a recipient of a significant amount of money from them also?


6 posted on 11/18/2022 1:26:49 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Red Badger

I bet they didn’t report him giving media companies tons of money to write puff pieces around him either.


7 posted on 11/18/2022 2:31:56 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Red Badger

The main media know what they are doing. This coverup is deliberate and intentional. They are complicit with the dems in the destruction of this country.


8 posted on 11/18/2022 3:03:50 PM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. H)
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To: Red Badger

One more congressional hearing to captivate the masses.


9 posted on 11/18/2022 3:56:31 PM PST by blackberry1
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To: Red Badger
But you wouldn’t know it from the reporting on the big three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC), who have so far almost completely hidden that salient detail from their audiences.

Meanwhile, the news spread across the world and the big 3's lack of coverage is making them look worse than ever.

10 posted on 11/18/2022 4:20:22 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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