Posted on 08/02/2007 2:47:50 AM PDT by suspects
The first person I ever heard accuse Rupert Murdoch of undermining the media’s reputation for trustworthy, unbiased reporting was Ted Turner.
He was being interviewed by Mike Wallace. On “60 Minutes.”
No, seriously. Please stop laughing.
OK, OK, it’s impossible not to laugh when liberal pundits complain that Murdoch might bring a “right-wing” political slant to the Wall Street Journal. What? Bias in the mainstream media? Somebody cue Captain Renault: It’s time to be shocked, shocked!
America’s editorial writers insist that Murdoch’s purchase of Dow Jones threatens the nonpartisan purity of the press. Please. Even the most liberal news reader will admit that the media and the American left have spent more time in bed than Pam Anderson at a frat party.
Just weeks ago, MSNBC reported that of 143 journalists who’ve made political donations since 2004, 125 gave only to Democrats and liberal causes.
In 2004, 52 percent of the American people voted for George W. Bush, but according to the University of Connecticut’s Department of Public Policy, a whopping 19 percent of working journalists did the same.
And The New York Times [NYT] wants me to worry about a right-wing media bias? Reporters must think we’re as bad at math as they are.
And is the media lousy at math. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be complaining about the NewsCorp/Wall Street Journal deal. They’d be cheering.
It may have escaped the notice of the business writers at The Boston Globe-Democrat, but in a nation where most people won’t spend 50 cents for a newspaper anymore, Murdoch just spent $5 billion for one.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
Why didn’t Murdoch buy the NYT instead of the WSJ? That’s what I want to know.
The price is still going down.
Never invest in a company where the control and ownership are separated - it was not done for the benefit of the shareholders.
Murdoch...right wing? Hillary’s friend? That Murdoch?
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