Murdoch is the chairman (higher up on the chain of command).
Roger Ailes is the CEO.
But the COO (3rd in line) is a democratic fund raiser.
Alot of folks at newscorp and its subsiderary donate to the dems.
Ailes just happens to run a tight ship trying to keep those biases out.
Keep in mind that of Murdochs kids, only one is a conservative, and he is on the outs with dear old dad (lachan).
I think the real question is -- can anyone reasonably expect any multinational company to have party loyalty?
1. On September 14, 2000, Rupert Murdoch served as the vice finance chairman of a Gore fundraiser in New York City.
2. Rupert Murdoch contributed $50,000 to Al Gore's election campaign.
3. Indeed, Newsweek.com at that time reported "Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul, has been a longtime darling of political conservatives on practically every continent. These days, though, Murdoch is backing a candidate of a different sort: Democratic nominee Al Gore."
4. The 2000 Democratic convention was held in Los Angeles, in part, because owners of the Staples Convention Center agreed to allow the party to use their facility for free. As one of the co-owners, Murdoch had to approve the deal, which saved the Democrats as much as $10 million.
5. While serving as a visiting lecturer at Columbia University's School of Journalism in 2001, the former vice president selected a smattering of guest speakers to address his class: Alan Greenspan, David Letterman, and Rupert Murdoch.
6. Four days before the 2000 election, Carl Cameron of the supposedly right-leaning Fox News Channel turned a 1976 police report documenting George W. Bush's DUI in Maine into a huge news story. Fox headlined the story even after reporters for the AP and other news angencies took a pass. (Ultimately, 25 percent of voters said in exit polls the story did factor into their vote.)
In a panic over conservative dominance of free market driven talk radio, as well as a preceived right-wing bias at Fox News, the liberal establishment have made a whipping boy of Rupert Murdoch, who, in reality, is a close political ally and major campaign donor of Mr. Gore. Murdoch may be wealthy, but in light of the aforementioned revelations, he can hardly be classified an ultra-conservative.