From Raw Story

Chairman and chief executive of media juggernaut Time Warner Richard Parsons, who barred a conversation with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from being on the record, cut a massive $25,000 check to the Republican National Committee in 2004, and according to Newsmeat.com has given $119,750 to Republican candidates and just $12,000 to Democrats.

Parsons tried to impose a “gag order” on a public interview of Scalia conducted by Norman Pearlstein, Time’s editor in chief, Nov. 21. Various publications, including the New York Daily News, flaunted the order; the News’ Lloyd Grove poked at the gag by presenting Scalia’s comments as hypothetical remarks — thereby not actually violating the off-the-record agreement.

The media has paid little attention to Parsons donations. Jack Shafer, a media critic for Slate, raised concern at Parsons’ move but did not attempt an explanation.

“What possessed Time Warner–whose choice subsidiaries are in the business of getting Washington’s most powerful minds on the record–to stage this farce?” Shafer wrote.

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