Murdoch Empire Was Poised to Pocket 27M of Obama's RTTP $$.

[Smarmie Doofus]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/08/27/2011-08-27_state_hacks_ed_contract_with_murdoch_firm.html

Cross posted to GD.



Interesting.

NYS Comptroller pulled the plug on it. After media spilled the beans. *Competitor* media.

Interesting.

>>ALBANY - The Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal has prompted the state to kill a controversial $27 million contract with one of the media mogul's subsidiary companies.

State Controller Thomas DiNapoli this week quietly rejected the Education Department's contract with Wireless Generation, a News Corp. affiliate.

Wireless Generation was to pocket $27 million of the state's $700 million in "Race to the Top" funds to develop software to track student test scores.

News Corp.'s British tabloid "News of the World" was shuttered last month amid a phone hacking and police bribery scandal.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is reviewing whether reporters from Murdoch's media empire hacked the phones of any 9/11 victims.

The controversy proved too much for the state to stomach.>>>>


Interesting.

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Sorry. I fixed the link. nt

[AdHocSolver]

2. Why in hell would such a system cost $27 million?

Does that $27 million include a new Lexus for each Wireless Generation employee?

[Reader Rabbit]

3. More evidence that RttT is simply a profit-delivery system.

Education "reform" is just a way to get government dollars into private pockets. These guys don't give a damn about kids' education, and I wish the media would stop pretending that they do.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Same people that are pushing $chool "reform" own/run the $$$ media.

>>>These guys don't give a damn about kids' education, and I wish the media would stop pretending that they do.>>>>


So... not much chance of this happening any time soon.

[brooklyn297]

5. +1

[Starry Messenger]

6. +

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. Shouldn't the WH press corps be *at least* pressing....

... the "transformational president for a comment? I'm not saying an EXPLANATION , necessarily. But at least a *fucking* comment??