D.C. Reporter Suspended for Accurate Report on BP’s Donations to Obama

A Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate, suspended reporter Doug McKelway following his alleged “partisan” comments at a liberal rally on Capitol Hill marking the three-month anniversary of the Gulf oil spill.




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Center for Responsive Politics British Petroleum donation matrix (top recipients):

President	Barack Obama	$77,051
House	Don Young	$73,300
Senate	Ted Stevens	$53,200
President	George W Bush	$47,388
Senate	John McCain	$44,899
Senate	George V. Voinovich	$41,400
Senate	Mike DeWine	$37,550
House	John D. Dingell	$31,000
Senate	Mary L. Landrieu	$28,200
House	Joe Barton	$26,350
Senate	Daniel R. Coats	$25,000
House	Lynn Martin	$24,450
Senate	Frank H. Murkowski	$24,000
Senate	Phil Gramm	$23,800
Senate	Don Nickles	$23,750
Senate	James M. Inhofe	$22,300
Senate	Mitch McConnell	$22,000
House	Dennis Hastert	$21,100
House	John Culberson	$20,950
Senate	Pete V. Domenici	$20,800
See all recipients