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bluedawg12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 12:40 AM
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A Faux News Study In Oligo-porkery
meet the homely neocon aussie;


A close look at an oligo-porker.

Who is Rupert Murdoch?

How one right-wing billionaire uses his business and media empire to pursue a partisan agenda at the expense of democracy

July 16, 2004

In recent years, Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch has used the U.S. government's increasingly lax media regulations to consolidate his hold over the media and wider political debate in America. Consider Murdoch's empire: According to Businessweek, "his satellites deliver TV programs in five continents, all but dominating Britain, Italy, and wide swaths of Asia and the Middle East. He publishes 175 newspapers, including the New York Post and The Times of London. In the U.S., he owns the Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Fox Network, and 35 TV stations that reach more than 40% of the country...His cable channels include fast-growing Fox News, and 19 regional sports channels. In all, as many as one in five American homes at any given time will be tuned into a show News Corp. either produced or delivered

MURDOCH THE WAR MONGER:
MURDOCH THE NEOCONSERVATIVE:
MURDOCH THE OIL IMPERIALIST:
MURDOCH THE INTIMIDATOR

Far-Right Partisan

MURDOCH THE BUSH SUPPORTER:
MURDOCH THE BUSH FAMILY EMPLOYER:

MURDOCH THE MIXER OF BUSINESS AND POLITICS:
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alittlelark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 12:46 AM
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1. Same 'Murdoch' we've known for years....
What's new?
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