(Murdoch-owned) News International plan to sponsor academy school causes concern

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Source: The Observer

Rupert Murdoch's News International (NI) is drawing up plans to sponsor an academy school in a move that is likely to trigger anxiety about the media mogul's influence.

The Observer understands that executives at NI, which owns the Times, the Sun, the Sunday Times and the News of the World (NoW), are actively discussing sponsoring a school in east London, close to the company's headquarters in Wapping.

The idea, which is being spearheaded by Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the Sun, who is now chief executive of NI, has been under discussion for several months but is still at an early stage, according to sources.

The plan will alarm Murdoch's critics who claim the tycoon's media empire, which spans broadcasting, publishing and internet interests around the world, already wields formidable influence over the UK's political system and society.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/sep/12/rupert-murdoch-academy-schools

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Murdoch-owned school? The article reports further: "The NI source said it would focus on "professionalism in journalism" and its curriculum would reflect a familiar Murdoch mantra for the need to "value content and investment in news"."

We know how intelligent Murdoch-owned news (Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post and some other tabloids) turned out to be. Oh yeah, don't forget about what corporate leaders like Bill Gates and Eli Broad have done to American public schools. Wonder what the kids would learn in Murdoch Academy? How to package BS right-wing propaganda as news?

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1. Journalism ...!!! Didn't the Domino Pizza guy already do that here with a law school????

In fact, this week I saw some of the graduates of his school on C-span!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ave_Maria_School_of_Law

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2. What's he going to do? Teach them how to hack cell phones for scoops? nt

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3. No one knows better than Murdoch the power of propaganda; and

the earlier minds are molded, the better.