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 News Corp. Gives GOP Governors a $1M BoostPosted on Aug 18, 2010
As if any doubt remained as to News Corp. titan Rupert Murdoch’s political proclivities, we have hard monetary evidence in the form of the media megacorp’s newly committed $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association. However, as one of News Corp.‘s alert spokespersons has pointed out, the editorial and business sides of the conglomerate are not one and the same! Of course not. —KA
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By knobcreekfarmer, August 18, 2010 at 6:07 pm Link to this comment
As the Titanic sinks the people are Foxed to not worry. Just “go shopping” and be
Report thishappy - but it is okay to hate those damn Liberals too.
By diamond, August 18, 2010 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment
Never mind about the money: just look at the stories his newspapers carry and what they say on Fox. And if you don’t believe they are simply bully pulpits for Murdoch’s completely warped view of the world and his support for ultra conservative politicians in his favourite party, the Republican Party, take another look at ‘Outfoxed’. In that doco various FOX JOURNALISTS themselves talk about how Murdoch would actually send a memo every day about what was going to be covered that day and how it would be covered. Any journalist who couldn’t stomach this ‘Pravda’ style manipulation of information simply had to leave because Murdoch is an autocrat and a zealot who simply cannot bear to be contradicted or crossed. His massive control of the mainstream media is disgraceful (just like Berlusconi’s in Italy) and toxic, whoever he chooses to buy with his money. And it was one of his papers that picked up on the ‘mosque’ story after a vicious anti Muslim blogger named Geller started the ball rolling. When you consider that there’s even a mosque in the Pentagon where Muslims have been peacefully and unobtrusively worshipping for many years you can see how absolutely deceitful and grotesque this politically motivated, whipped up hysteria really is. Once again America looks dumb, intolerant and out of control. Not a good look.
Report thisBy rend, August 18, 2010 at 4:11 pm Link to this comment
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My new theory about Murdoch, is that he really just wants to see the US destroy itself from
Report thiswithin. It’s quite a brilliant methodology he has embraced with respect to assisting us.
By knobcreekfarmer, August 18, 2010 at 12:16 pm Link to this comment
both parties are owned by corporate interests that has been a duh.
now that dr. frankenstein (a.k.a. the us supremes ) has given life to the
corporations they can give, give, give (but not be responsible for anything).
did you have any doubts where they’ll steer things?
the brain dead will eat it up.
Report thisBy gerard, August 18, 2010 at 11:48 am Link to this comment
Little Jack Horner
sat in a corner
dividing the corporate pie.
The country’s gone daft
with political graft,
and Repugs will win out buy and buy.
It’s all fair and legal
Said SCOTUS so regal
Get over it fast as you can
Follow our edict
Report thisIt’s quite safe to predict
That Dems will become “also-ran”
By Chris, August 18, 2010 at 11:11 am Link to this comment
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Until now, the News Corp./Fox political action committee had given 54 percent of its donations to Democrats and 46 percent to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics—including $8,000 to Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid’s campaign committee and $5,000 to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s organization. News Corp. also gave $45,000 each to GOP and Democratic campaign committees on Capitol Hill.
Why no outrage until Republicans got more money than Dems?
Report thisBy Money is funny, August 18, 2010 at 11:00 am Link to this comment
With Gollum on their side the GOP will be locked and loaded for the dummy show.
All you people who do not like family values should beware.
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