Wouldn't Want Real News and Truth to Get in the Way of Millionaire News Salaries

From the Buzzflash Dem Convention blog (and thanks to Skippy for the pointer):

Not that we would be the ones to think that the large salaries of the TV anchor person pundits pumping up Bush's image everyday have anything to do with their pro-White House bias. I mean, who could suspect such a thing? These people are touted as unbiased, neutral talking heads full of non-partisan hot air, but could their salaries and class influence their coverage? Or is it just that General Electric, Disney, Viacom, Rupert Murdoch, Time-Warner and the like sign their paychecks?...

According to the book "News Flash" (2004), by Bonnie Anderson, here are examples of some of the salaries that would be at risk if mainstream television news personalities told us the truth:

Peter Jennings
$10- 11 million

Dan Rather
$7 million

Tom Brokaw
$7 -8 million

Katie Couric [Ed. note: That's a million-five per dimple. Duh!]
$12-15 million

Paula Zahn
$2 million

Don't expect these folks to be rubbing shoulders with the working people of America. They travel strictly first class and expect to be treated like stars. Their wealth is dependent upon continued employment by corporations that support the Republicans and the Bush Cartel at the expense of our national security.