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Bill Dedman says most of the newsroom checkbooks leaned to the left: 125 journalists gave to Democrats and liberal causes. Only 17 gave to Republicans. Two gave to both parties. The donors include NPR's
Guy Raz; the New Yorker's
George Packer; a producer for
Bill O'Reilly; MSNBC TV host
Joe Scarborough (left); political writers at Vanity Fair; the editor of the Wall Street Journal's Weekend Journal section; local TV anchors in Washington, Minneapolis, Memphis and Wichita; New York Times ethics columnist
Randy Cohen; and MTV's former presidential campaign correspondent. || See the
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