Posted on 08/17/2017 8:24:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
James Murdoch, the CEO of 21st Century Fox and son of conservative media magnate Rupert Murdoch, ripped President Trump's response to violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, also pledging a $1 million donation to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The Hollywood Reporter reported Thursday that it had obtained the email memo Murdoch sent to friends. In the email, Murdoch says he was concerned with Trump's comments on the violence that broke out after a white supremacist rally last Saturday.
"What we watched this last week in Charlottesville and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people," Murdoch wrote in the email.
"These events remind us all why vigilance against hate and bigotry is an eternal obligation a necessary discipline for the preservation of our way of life and our ideals. The presence of hate in our society was appallingly laid bare as we watched swastikas brandished on the streets of Charlottesville and acts of brutal terrorism and violence perpetrated by a racist mob," the email continued.
"I cant even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so."
Later in the email, Murdoch announced that he would be donating to the ADL, and encouraged his friends to do so as well.
Heather Heyer, 32, was killed and more than a dozen people were injured when a driver, who allegedly had connections to white supremacists, plowed his vehicle into a crowd of counterprotesters on Saturday, according to police.
In a wild impromptu press conference Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his claims that "both sides" deserved blame for violence by white nationalists in Charlottesville.
The comment has resulted in backlash from politicians and political observers from both political parties.
meh
More Faux News
I fudged a little:
the truth is I haven’t had any type of cable for over 15 years..!
hahaha
The only TV I’ve seen in that whole time was via Netflix:
The Walking Dead series I did see and also that series about the high school teacher who turns into a drug maker.
The Hill is nothing but a liberal rag. The conservative Rupert Murdoch, really. Ailes was the conservative, not Murdoch. And Murdoch’s boys are flaming liberals so this is really a non story. As others have said, Fox is no longer liberal. Ther are only two or three programs that are conservative any more and that includes Fox business. I used to watch Varney on Fox Business but he is either clueless or becoming just another liberal and unwatchable.
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Gee, I wonder how the network got chock full of RINOs, Never Trumpers, and head of News: Shemp Smith.
They never should be allowed to host another Presidential Debate after Baier, Wallace, and ME-again tried to take out Trump.
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good......
I do not like this. We need our media.
James Murdoch is a pu$$y whipped liar. He can ESAD.
Glad I don’t have cable.
how can The Hill write this rubbish, without referencing this?
16 Aug: The Hill: The media couldn’t be more blatant in distorting Trump’s words on Charlottesville
By John Lott, Jr
But Trump never said that the white supremacists and neo-Nazis were very fine people. He said that there two different types of people protesting the taking down of the Robert E. Lee statue the racists (some very bad people in that group), and people who thought that for the sake of history it was important not to take down the statue...
The press continually misreports Trumps statements. Take the recent smearing of Trump over the claim that he ignored the outstretched hand of a disabled, young boy. In fact, the video was selectively edited. Trump had actually had just spent time talking with the boy.
Or the claim in such news outlets as Politico that, The president signs [a kids hat] and then tosses the hat into the crowd. The statement was simply false. From another angle it was clear that the president was tossing the hat back to the boy, and some in the media ran corrections. But the problem is that the media was so readily willing to believe the worst about the president...
Many apparently still believe that Trump made fun of a disabled NY Times reporter during last year’s campaign when in fact, Trump only used a type of gesture that he often used to make fun of people flaying away when faced with tough questioning. Trump used the gesture to make fun of himself as well as others, including Sen. Ted Cruz...
Does the press just think that no one will look at what Trump actually said? For those who do look at the original interview and Trumps multiple, clear statements on the matter, the media risks losing what little credibility it still has.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/346878-the-media-couldnt-be-more-blatant-in-distorting-trumps-words-on
or this?
15 Aug: Breitbart: Charlie Spiering: Fake News Transcript of Donald Trump Prompts Mistaken Outrage
A faulty transcript of Donald Trumps press conference published by Politico prompted outrage from several prominent journalists, artists, and authors on Twitter before they realized it was incorrect...
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/15/fake-news-transcript-of-donald-trump-prompts-mistaken-outrage/
Murdoch boy virtue signalling with daddy’s money.
If I had a million dollars I would wager that President Trump is a better true friend of Jews and Israel than either James Murdoch or Lachlan Murdoch.
“Cant wait for Hannity to defend him, too.”
I doubt if Sean will say anything.
“...Fox conservative News is dead.”
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It is indeed. A few conservatives remain (at least temporarily) but others have strangely changed like in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. Case in point — strong conservative Julie Banderas leaves for family reasons and returns and now acts/speaks like a female Shephard Smith. Not good!
You’re entitled to your opinion.
This excerpt from Murdochs letter implies he does not agree with President Trump in the least.
“But what we watched this last week in Charlottesville and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people.”
Oh please, can he lay it on any thicker?
Sean has been gum flapping about his “friends” at Fox. The folks calling HIS listeners “Nazis”. He needs to give it a rest.
It seems everyone has his price. Soros's pockets are deep enough to buy off a lot of people across the political spectrum, from two dollar whores like Yertle to higher priced "Cabana boys" like Drudge.
I have an idea. Why not call Murdoch and tell him what you think. His personal cell phone number is....
1-800-ASS-HOLE
This is unreal.. Did they listen to what President Trump actually said? They couldn’t have.
I want to see them lose their $1+ Billion a year profit machine!!!!
He was born in Britain. Is he an American citizen?
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