According to FEC filings, News Corp. CEO and chairman Rupert Murdoch gave $5,000 to Rep. John Boehner's (R-OH) political action committee, Freedom Project, in late September [Boehner figure via CNN's Jim Acosta]. Murdoch also gave $2,500 to Sen. John Thune's (R-SD) Heartland Values PAC.

During the 2009-2010 election cycle, Murdoch - a longtime donor to conservative causes - has given money to Meg Whitman's unsuccessful California gubernatorial campaign, John Kasich's successful Ohio gubernatorial campaign, and Sen. Jon Kyl's (R-AZ) PAC. News Corp. has also donated $1.25 million to the Republican Governors' Association and $1 million to the GOP-aligned Chamber of Commerce.

Murdoch (listed as K. Rupert Murdoch) also gave $10,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.