Can we just bury the notion that MSNBC has even a remote affiliation with journalism.  Please.  If Laura Ingraham is a “right-wing talk slut” according to Schultz, then what does being bought and paid for by labor unions make him?   Keeping in mind that a radio music DJ can go to jail for taking money from record producers. 
(Newsbusters)  In fiscal 2011, Schultz received $190,000 from the Communications Workers of  America for what the U.S.  Department of Labor categorized as “representational activities.”
For swag like that, you’d think Schultz could at least get it right about the  CWA name. Instead, he invariably refers to it as the “Communication” Workers of  America when its president, Larry Cohen, is a guest on Schultz’s radio show, as  Cohen often is.
Schultz also received $9,900 in fiscal 2011 from the  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), putting his union haul  for the year at almost $200,000.
This represented a fivefold increase  over the $37,350 Schultz received from unions in fiscal 2010 — $15,000 from the  American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), $14,850  from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and $7,500 from the  Communications Workers of America.

A Labor Department spokesman  confirmed to NewsBusters that Schultz received $190,000 from CWA  in fiscal  2011, far from than the $7,500 he was paid by the union a year earlier. The  spokesman said unions are mandated to report such payments as required by the  Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.
For its fiscal 2010 payment to Schultz, the union characterized the payment  as pertaining to “union administration,” according to Labor Department  records.
The fiscal year before that, unions paid Schultz $42,500 —  $17,500 from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, $10,000 from  AFSMCE, and $7,500 each from the Building and Construction Trades union and  International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. All were for “political activities,”  according to the Labor Department.
In fiscal 2008, Schultz was paid  $22,304 by unions — $10,000 from United Steelworkers (for “union  administration”), $7,304 from Air Traffic Controllers (“general overhead”), and  $5,000 from Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189 in Columbus, Ohio. (“general  overhead” again).
Worth noting is that Schultz’s cable program on MSNBC,  “The Ed Show,” debuted in April 2009 — and that union payments to Schultz  nearly doubled from a year earlier.  (read more)