UPDATE! Fox News to Air Ad Disclosing $1M GOP Donation -- Once! (TheWrap.com)

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By Dylan Stableford
September 14, 2010

After a few weeks of hemming and hawing, Fox News has agreed to air a 30-second commercial, produced by Media Matters, disclosing to prime-time viewers News Corp.’s $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association.

The spot will air during Tuesday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” according to Media Matters.

Fox had initially refused to run the ad because of objections to language -- specifically, that News Corp. had refused to disclose the donation to Fox viewers.

The edited version (above) states introduces the ad is “about a story that's not yet been covered on Fox News primetime.”

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The most powerful Republican in politics (Politico)

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By JIM VANDEHEI & ANDY BARR & KENNETH P. VOGEL 

8/20/10 

 

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is the most powerful Republican in American politics — at least for the next three months.

Barbour, who runs the Republican Governors Association, has more money to spend on the 2010 elections — $40 million — than any other GOP leader around. And in private, numerous Republicans describe Barbour as the de facto chairman of the party. (See "End Run: Romney's Crafty Financing")

It’s not just because he controls the RGA kitty but, rather, because he has close relationships with everyone who matters in national GOP politics — operatives like Karl Rove, Ed Gillespie and other top Republicans running or raising cash for a network of outside political groups. Together, these groups are essential to Republican hopes of regaining power because Democrats are cleaning their clocks through more traditional fundraising efforts. 

The political class, in particular, is consumed with Barbour’s behind-the-scenes endeavors — this week, with the $1 million he got from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. (See "Fox Parent's Donation Causes Stir")

Yet the reality is that Barbour has been uniquely adept at leveraging concerns about President Barack Obama into huge contributions from many others. Bob Perry, the Texas businessman who funded the Swift boat attacks in the 2004 campaigns, has given more than twice as much as News Corp.

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