Viacom's Democratic Contributions

I did a quick search on www.politicalmoneyline.com after reading this story http://www.nysun.com/article/1993.

On politcalmoneyline.com on the left hand side click on employment/occupation lookup, then in the search window type in Viacom.

You will see pages and pages of donations to democrats from Viacom employees. You will find almost NO contributions to GOPers.

For Example:

Mel Karmazin, NY, NY
Gave $4000 to Tom Daschle
Gave $2000 to Chris Dodd
Gave $2000 to Leahy for Senate
Gave $4000 to Engel for Congress

Dean Hargrove, California
Viacom Productions/Writer-Producer
$5000 to Kerry and Kerry/Edwards

Michael D. Fricklas
SVP and General Counsel of Viacom
Gave $2000 to Chuck Schumer
Gave $1000 to Tom Daschle


This is a VERY SMALL list compared to the number of Viacom folks giving money to Democrats and Democratic groups (ie. Emily’s list)

One lone Viacom sales executive (I won’t tell you her name, so she won’t be fired) gave $500 to Bush/Cheney.

In Viacom’s defense. They have formed the Viacom International Inc PAC that a lot of their employees contribute to.

The committee has given 50 Million to Democratic Congressional committees, and 50 Million to Republican Congressional committees.

Curiously the Viacom PAC gives thousands to individual congressional candidates, and in this election cycle, every payment has been to the incumbent, except for Barack Obama and Peter Deutsch in Florida.