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NY Times Disseminates Disinformation about Republican Campaign Finance -- Under Misleading Headline

A disinformation-packed article in the NY Times states: "Two-thirds of the money from small donations went to Republicans during the last election cycle.... By contrast, the Democrats received 92% of unregulated contributions over $1 million." The truth? Most of the GOP's small donations were channeled through corporate-funded front sites. While the GOP received 3-4 corporate dollars for every dollar given the Dems, the Dem's big donations came from private, NONCORPORATE individuals. Here's another whopper: "The reason the Dems are now having to play catch-up is because the new campaign finance laws prevent them from being funded by a small universe of very wealthy people." The truth: 77% of Bush's campaign take this quarter came from a VERY SMALL UNIVERSE of just 285 corporate barons and lobbyists, while most Democratic funding is coming from individual donations. What will the Times do next? Claim the GOP is the "common man's party?"

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