Report: News Corp. courts Democrats

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http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/09/news/fortune500/newscorp_dems/

Report: News Corp. courts Democrats

Company behind Fox News turns to party insiders to lobby against new ratings system, newspaper says.

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - News Corp., whose Fox News cable network is generally associated with conservative hosts and viewers, is turning to Democrats to battle a new television ratings system, according to a published report.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that News Corp. is hiring Democratic party insiders to court Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill to block a new local-TV ratings system that lowers ratings for many of its stations.

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The Journal reports that among those lobbying on behalf of News Corp. are Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for Sen. Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign; Mike Feldman, a top adviser to Al Gore; Chris Lehane, a political strategist for former President Bill Clinton; and Minyon Moore, who helped found the liberal America Coming Together group that spent millions last year trying to defeat President Bush.

The newspaper reports that while Sen. Clinton and another influential Democrat, California Sen. Barbara Boxer, were early supporters of the company's effort, neither has signed onto the legislation yet. The only two Democrats to sign onto the bill at this point are New York Reps. Eliot Engel and Carolyn Maloney.

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1. if fox doesn't like the rating systme it must be OK

lets watch the DLC sell us down the river again

[AlGore-08.com]

2. It's more about the need for campaign finance reform than ideology IMNSHO

The entertainment industry is the bankroll for a huge number of Dem campaigns.

FWIW, I think that this thread would get more notice if the title had a (Faux News) at the end - - I don't think most people know that News. Corp is the parent company of Faux News...