Comments on: Newspaper Creates, Discusses Database of Obama Donors, but Hides Full List http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2933 Seth Finkelstein Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:38:14 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2933 Noted, but that doesn't explicate their reasons for not doing it (or did you mean he agrees they should be flamed right off the bat?). Aren't you even curious? Noted, but that doesn’t explicate their reasons for not doing it (or did you mean he agrees they should be flamed right off the bat?). Aren’t you even curious?

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 Dan Gillmor Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:48:24 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2932 Seth, an editor friend at the Post agrees with me on this. Seth, an editor friend at the Post agrees with me on this.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:28:08 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2931 Why not ask the people involved in the story for their reasons, instead of flaming them right off the bat? Why not ask the people involved in the story for their reasons, instead of flaming them right off the bat?

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:42:17 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2930 The bundlers and big donor lists largely correlate, no doubt about that. Of course I agree with you on transparency. The WaPo should have at least linked to pic2009.org -- as in Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 -- the official source! They've also listed <a href="http://www.pic2009.org/donors" rel="nofollow">the donors</a> -- all 5,516 who gave over $200. (Nothing frustrates the casual web researcher like a 1MB HTML page!) The bundlers and big donor lists largely correlate, no doubt about that.

Of course I agree with you on transparency. The WaPo should have at least linked to pic2009.org — as in Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 — the official source!

They’ve also listed the donors — all 5,516 who gave over $200. (Nothing frustrates the casual web researcher like a 1MB HTML page!)

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Dan Gillmor Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:38:35 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2929 Jon, good stuff, but not the data the Post discussed. Bundlers and big individual donors are different. Jon, good stuff, but not the data the Post discussed. Bundlers and big individual donors are different.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2928 Jon Garfunkel Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:21:34 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2928 inauguration bundlers: http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/bundlers/ inauguration/campaign combined bundling: http://becoming44.org/content/inaugural-bundlers-0 inauguration bundlers:
http://www.pic2009.org/page/content/bundlers/

inauguration/campaign combined bundling:
http://becoming44.org/content/inaugural-bundlers-0

]]> By: Dave Mastio http://citmedia.org/blog/2009/01/18/newspaper-creates-discusses-database-of-obama-donors-but-hides-full-list/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Dave Mastio Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:50:44 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1650#comment-2927 I was pretty dern frustrated too. There is a tantalizing bit in there about one of these donors wanting to use his kids under six (as I recall) to give more money. This is a sleazy practice that has been getting bigger every election cycle since the Federal Election Commission was created. I would sure have liked to play with a database to see if there was more there along those lines. I was pretty dern frustrated too. There is a tantalizing bit in there about one of these donors wanting to use his kids under six (as I recall) to give more money. This is a sleazy practice that has been getting bigger every election cycle since the Federal Election Commission was created. I would sure have liked to play with a database to see if there was more there along those lines.

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