conservative payola

[JuliefromOhio]

Freedom Works paid Glenn Beck more than $6 million in recent years to have Beck promote the group, its initiatives and events.

conservative groups spent nearly $22 million to broker and pay for involved advertising relationships known as sponsorships with a handful of influential talkers including Beck, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh between the first talk radio deals in 2008 and the end of 2012. Since then, the sponsorship deals have grown more lucrative and tea party-oriented, with legacy groups like The Heritage Foundation ending their sponsorships and groups like the Tea Party Patriots placing big ad buys.

Senate Conservatives Fund paid at least $427,000 to Simon & Schuster to purchase copies of one of [radio host Mark] Levin’s books in September and October of 2013.

more details at the link.

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C9565CB3-1461-42A0-BF6F-A7BA3DE6B78F

 

[Mytzlplk]

indeed, and every one of their minions is seen as nothing more than a stupid and gullible mark

 

[JuliefromOhio]

indeed, and every one of their minions is seen as nothing more than a stupid and gullible mark

it's broadcast and print con payola.

we can see how rightwingers manage to get themselves on best seller lists.......thru bulk buying....like Levin, in this example.

I'm sure you remember when Armstrong Williams got caught accepting $240,000 from Bush to promote NCLB in his columns. funny thing.....this was Bush's outreach to the black community. LOL

 

[Addy]

Interesting read, speaks volumes on how they spread their propaganda to the hilt..

Contrasted to the left..

There’s little analogue for the phenomenon on the left. Liberal talk radio lacks major audience and financial support. And there’s currently relative ideological uniformity on the left, where no robust protest movement is seeking a mass channel to circumvent more established liberal or Democratic communications organs.

“That kind of internecine warfare isn’t happening on the left. I haven’t seen any evidence of it. Or, if it is, it’s not well funded,” said Thom Hartmann, the leading light of progressive talk radio. His advertising roster includes outfits targeting wealthy liberals, like an organic winemaker, as well as some of the same commercial companies that advertise on conservative talk radio — computer security firms and gold coin sellers — but no advocacy groups or candidates. “Progressive candidates, progressive groups — they don’t traditionally buy advertising on progressive shows, and I think the reason why is they know we’re singing their song anyway.”

 

[Addy]

 

[JuliefromOhio]

you have to wonder what would happen to conservative "ideas" if the financial subsidizing i.e. payola, were to end.

 

[zzigzzag]

Rupert Murdock donated FOX News to them.

We're supposed to be confused about that.