Who: One of five FCC Board Commissioners

What: Voted for the deregulation of the media in June 2003.

Detail: The FCC vote was 3 for 2 against. Martin was a cronie in the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. He served on the transition team and was Deputy general counsel for the Bush Campaign. He is a member of the Florida Bar Association. As keynote speaker at SUPERCOMM 2003 he cited Verizon as a success story of the recent FCC deregulation. Stephen Burk, CEO of Verizon, gave $100,000 to the Bush Campaign in 2004. I’m sure Martin is up to some Whoring to get Burk payback on his money.

Who: CEO of Clear Channel Communications

What: Clear Channel paid for billboards across Florida after the 2004 showing Bush’s picture larger than life and declaring him "Our Leader".

Detail: On the billboards it stated this was a "political public service message brought to you by Clear Channel Outdoor". There’s pictures of this thing all over the web. Clear Channel corporate office, located in San Antonio, Texas, issued a statement that the billboard was a product of their Jacksonville office. Their statement was "Clear Channel Outdoor markets are operated locally. Local managers determine what copy to use when a location has time that is not sold to an advertiser". Again, the Republican Whoring way is not to take any responsibility for departments under their control. Since Clear Channel owns 1,182 radio stations, 145,895 billboards in the US, and 39 TV stations, why would they have to have any accountability? Oh yes, they can choose who they sponsor and they sponsor Rush Limbaugh, druggie and Republican Whore extraordinaire (Rush is too hackneyed for this list).

Who: Owner and CEO of the Washington Post

What: Graham contributed $100,000 in the name of the Washington Post to the 2005 Bush Inagural Balls. (Now the contribution is tax deductible as a company entertainment expense)

Detail: Graham wants a seat in the front row at the one and only press conference next Bush term. Donald inherited the paper when his mother, Katherine Graham passed away in 2001. She was quoted as saying "There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn’t. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows". Can a newspaper be objective about what is legitimate at the same time it is dancing at the ball? Donald Graham also owns Newsweek magazine.