So reality has a liberal bias. Interesting.
Apparently, a Washington Post article looking at total campaign expenditures in the current campaign cycle through September is "biased" whereas an American Spectator (hah!) article published nine months ago focusing exclusively on two unions and comparing their expenditures to their own expenditures in the 2008 cycles is "balanced."
Hilarious.
what is hilarious is your inability to comprehend what is written.
I did not say the Spectator article was balanced, I said it provided balance to your WP article that is also NOT balanced.
The bulk of the money is being spent by conservatives, who have swamped their Democratic-aligned competition by 7 to 1 in recent weeks. The wave of spending is made possible in part by a series of Supreme Court rulings unleashing the ability of corporations and interest groups to spend money on politics. Conservative operatives also say they are riding the support of donors upset with Democratic policies they perceive as anti-business.
"in recent weeks" is vague and doesn't address what has been spent in this cycle as a whole. It was stated to try and paint it as 'corporations are funding REPS oh my!'
One of the biggest spenders nationwide is a little-known Iowa group called the American Future Fund, which has spent $7 million on behalf of Republicans in more than two dozen House and Senate races. Donors for the group's ad campaign have not been disclosed in records the group has filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Again... trying to paint it as 'oh my, secretive groups are supporting Reps and the Rep groups are some of the largest spenders'
The ad, part of a nationwide campaign of similar mosque-themed spots, is the brainchild of Larry McCarthy, a media strategist who gained renown for creating the racially tinged "Willie Horton" commercials against Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis in 1988.
Oh look, now they are trying to tie in the Willie Horton ads.
"We can't possibly match this spending dollar for dollar," Ruben said. "Turnout is big in a midterm, and the best way to affect turnout is person-to-person contact. These groups have a few millionaires, but they can't talk to that many people."
Oh look, now we try to paint it as 'its them rich folk supporting these Reps' proclaims Moveon.moron whose largest benefactor is no millionaire... just a measly little Billionaire.
Conservative groups such as Americans for Job Security and Crossroads GPS, an arm of the American Crossroads group, co-founded by former George W. Bush administration adviser Karl Rove, are organized as nonprofits and don't have to disclose who is giving them money. Some liberal groups, such as the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group, are also nonprofits but raise money on a much smaller scale.
Ah, from Willie Horton to Karl Rove... da EVILZ Reps...
side note from the WP: 'liberals have groups doing the same thing says the WP, but raise money on a much smaller scale.... oh... and no... we are not going to show you the data that supports any of this.'
In earlier years, 60 Plus received significant grants from foundations connected to Pfizer and other major drugmakers, according to AARP. Kise declined to provide details about the group's donors but said it is not taking money from the pharmaceutical industry.
One final unbiased attempt to link the group to the pharmaceuticals by saying they received grants from FOUNDATIONS that are "connected" to the drugmakers. No mention at all as to HOW they are connected. Let me guess, an employee at a drug company knows someone who knows someone who heard from a friend that a distant cousin works at a foundation?
Yeah... your article is BIASED as hell... NO mention of the vast union spending solely for Dems. Who wants to bet Moveon.moron spends more than the $7mm the 'American Future Fund' spent?
oh... I guess we don't have to guess....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297133,00.html
In just the 2006 election cycle, MoveOn.org spent $27 million in advocacy to elect a Democratic majority in Congress and used its formidable fund-raising clout to propel numerous Democratic challengers to House and Senate victories.
and again from your article....
The Internet-based advocacy group MoveOn.org will spend roughly the same amount it did in the 2006 midterms, said Executive Director Justin Ruben, but will concentrate on organizing supporters instead of trying to compete on the airwaves.
"We can't possibly match this spending dollar for dollar," Ruben said.
yeah... they are going to have a hard time matching those groups...
