Posted on 11/30/2005 8:35:54 AM PST by dead
Sickening that the Post would go left on this issue.
They already have the Sullivan Law. Out here we have lots of guns and we don't shoot each other.
And don't forget what Rupert Murdoch did last week on Faux News for the greenies. One biased left-wing slant on global warming for an hour with NO rebuttal.
Oh.., G-d, Da**!!! This is why I no longer believe in democratic representation. What kind of drugs is THIS woman doing to end up so twisted and mentally confused? These people are emotional children and should not have any input into important matters.
Murdoch paid a couple of million to help sponsor the Democrat convention in 2000. He also directly donated to Gore. And he reined in his conservative writers through most of the summer and fall. It was also noticeable that the London Times favored Gore during that period.
After election day there was a noticeable switch. I would attribute all this to the fact that clinton used the regulatory agencies to block Murdoch's satellite plans and access of Fox News to many cable outlets. He must have been threatened that Gore would do the same unless Murdoch backed him.
That news is now old, but since you missed it, here's a Newsmax article which mentions Murdoch's support of gore and the Dem convention, based partly on a Newsweak article:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/7/12/161017.shtml
Re: Your tagline. If unwanted babies become rare enough (as a result of successful abortion practices), should they then deserve federal protection under the "endangered species" act?
Is this J. Ruppert Moloch's paper? A "conservative" newspaper speaking??
The NY Post never, ever came out in favor of Al Gore in the 2000 election.
The fact that conservatives have benefitted from his business decisions is likely of little concern to him.
I don't know what business considerations have lead him to this anti-gun crusade. I'd imagine he thinks it will help him sell newspapers in NYC.
Since the NY Post endorsed Schumer for re-elction, whose American Conservative Union lifetime rating is 6, and with gun control being at least first among equals of Schumer's far left political positions, I'm not surprised, just disappointed that it's become another birdcage liner. The question is why.
Since Lachlan Murdoch left, they have gone left.
The New York Post isn't conservative by any serious definition of the word. It is actually "neo-conservative" at its core (much like the rest of Murdoch's media empire) -- which means it is rooted in the same quasi-Marxist New York City political philosophy that is espoused by so many of the prominent neo-conservatives over the years (Leo Strauss, Irving/William Kristol, Richard Perle, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Norman/John Podhoretz, etc.).
I wasn't aware of that.
It's not all that unusual for newspapers with one political bent to endorse a candidate from the opposing side of the aisle -- especially in races like Schumer's last one that are basically uncontested.
Did you read any of the news back then? Did you read the article I linked? (The relevant part is just above the middle of the story.)
Murdoch sponsored a big fund raiser in NYC for Gore. He donated several thousand personally. He spent several million to help support the DNC convention that year.
No, technically the Post did not endorse Gore. And they retained their mostly conservative writers. But somebody put a leash on them, so on balance the newspaper wrote more favorably of gore that summer and fall than they did about Bush. You couldn't miss it back then if you were watching.
It was also around that time that Murdoch sent his son on a mission to China, to negotiate a deal. As a result, when the US spyplane incident broke, the Post was largely silent. They won't criticize China for business reasons.
Sure. Murdoch is a business man, first, last, and always. Money is the name of the game.
But the Post has often been useful, because they will print stories the left-wing press would prefer to ignore. In other words, they aren't reliable, but they have often been helpful, if and when they feel like it. Certainly a lot better than the Times and the Daily News.
Sure. Murdoch is a business man, first, last, and always. Money is the name of the game.
But the Post has often been useful, because they will print stories the left-wing press would prefer to ignore. In other words, they aren't reliable, but they have often been helpful, if and when they feel like it. Certainly a lot better than the Times and the Daily News.
You need to lay off the crack.
I think the Post's ciculation is up.
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