Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Report: Rupert Murdoch Wants Fox To 'Back Off The Trump Coverage'
Fox News ^ | 07/22/15 | Sara Jerde

Posted on 07/22/2015 2:39:26 PM PDT by Enlightened1

upert Murdoch wants his top executive at Fox News to rein in the network's coverage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, but the executive has so far refused to comply, according to a report published Wednesday.

Gabe Sherman of New York magazine quoted an anonymous source who said that Murdoch has tried to get Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes to have the conservative news channel "back off the Trump coverage."

The channel has covered Trump more than any other presidential candidate in the 2016 race, according to the report. And Murdoch has not hesitated to voice his dislike of the current GOP frontrunner.

Murdoch took to Twitter over the weekend to criticize the comments Trump has made so far in his campaign.

Murdoch has privately described Trump as a "phony," according to a New York Times report detailing their relationship.

Sherman's insiders reportedly said Ailes told Murdoch he was covering Trump "the way he wanted to."

(Excerpt) Read more at talkingpointsmemo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: backoff; boycottfox; coverage; foxfauxnews; foxnewslies; murdoch; murdochlies; rupertmurdoch; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-58 next last
To: Enlightened1

Bush, Murdoch, Jarrett.

21 posted on 07/22/2015 2:56:00 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

22 posted on 07/22/2015 2:57:07 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

MEMO TO MR. MURDOCH: Speech on the airwaves is supposed to be free. The system works best without an owners personal censorship.


23 posted on 07/22/2015 2:57:38 PM PDT by Rapscallion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

I guess Fox News wants Jeb Bush to have more coverage???
++++
I think that’s right.

Fox is my primary TV news source. But I never watch it real time. I have DirecTV and their system includes a 90 minute buffer, a “Skip 30 Seconds” button and a Fast Forward and Fast Rewind button.

So I skip the commercials on Fox News. I don’t watch any of them..

I also skip anything that features Jeb, Huckster, Rubio, Krispie, Paul, Carson or Perry. For me it’s Cruz, Walker and Trump who have something to say. The rest are waste of time.


24 posted on 07/22/2015 2:57:55 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Karl Spooner

Wow this picture is certainly worth a 1000 words....


25 posted on 07/22/2015 3:00:34 PM PDT by Enlightened1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: TTFlyer
It’s war, ladies and gentlemen. War.

And Fox News is bringing a knife to this gunfight.

26 posted on 07/22/2015 3:05:34 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

MEMO TO MR. MURDOCH: Speech on the airwaves is supposed to be free. The system works best without an owners personal censorship.


27 posted on 07/22/2015 3:08:48 PM PDT by Rapscallion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

By all means Rupert! Let’s dump Trump and give Rick Santorum and Lindsey Graham more airtime. They’re the dynamic duo of political excitement!!!


28 posted on 07/22/2015 3:10:28 PM PDT by smoothsailing
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SpeakerToAnimals
Yes. He knows the art of War. I am liking Trump.
Just saw him on Faux News channel surfing of course. The way he carriers himself. He reminds me of someone else. The way of talking I mean...
Christopher Walken! Lol. Trump Rocks!
29 posted on 07/22/2015 3:14:07 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Jim 0216

Our news outlets have been controlled since JP Morgan invested in the top 6 APs in 1916 or so to place his mouthpieces so as to control the perceptions of the masses. They took control over publishing agencies and the universities (top ones first) and then gradually gained control of all information the children were fed with Jimmy Carter.

Ray Bradbury stated decades ago, that the only reason for MSM was to create addicts and to keep them from knowing the Truth. Solzhenitsyn warned us in his Harvard Commencement speech of 78 that our “free press” was as bad as Pravda’s—only it was believed by all the useful idiots. We trusted ole Walter C. and Dan Rather who were feeding us the elitist worldview for their agenda which is always to move us into complete slavery where they can control us totally.

Controlling Words and Language will control the emotions of the masses. The internet is the ONLY thing that has been SAVING us.....otherwise, we would be believing every single word out of Lyin’ Brian’s mouth. Look how mature “masculine” males fall over stating Jenner is a “She”-—they are totally insane—like Fichte stated in 1810 would be the result of public “schools” which would make the children so irrational they would believe “snow is black”. (Have to ditch Reason and Logic for man to accept “happy slavery”.) (Slavery is Freedom, Boys are Girls, Vice is Virtue).

Truth will set us Free——and it is VERY rare in MSM-—even on Fox “News”. They control words/ideas also-—only they are part of the Dialectic (opposite for the synthesis)......I quit watching O’R when he stated “French Youths” instead of Muslim youths, and knew he was totally controlled -—10 years ago. We just see a “Dog and Pony” show to keep us from Revolution.....just Bread and Circuses until Virtue is completely destroyed in our children so culture will collapse and the elites can takeover everything-—whoops-—they almost achieved their goals-—healthcare/Common Core/Children/MSM——internet is next.....


30 posted on 07/22/2015 3:15:54 PM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

One word works for me..collusion!


31 posted on 07/22/2015 3:16:13 PM PDT by catbertz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

Fox is a phony conservative network.


32 posted on 07/22/2015 3:24:20 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: savagesusie

The internet will survive.


33 posted on 07/22/2015 3:24:54 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1

Why did you source this as “Fox News”?? The link is to TPM.


34 posted on 07/22/2015 3:26:14 PM PDT by FreeReign
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1; flaglady47; mickie; Maine Mariner; pax_et_bonum; Bob Ireland; ExTexasRedhead
"Rupert Murdoch Wants Fox To 'Back Off the Trump Coverage' "

Title should read "FR's MinuteGal Wants Freepers to Back Off Their Fox Viewership"

There, fixed it!

Two can play at Herr Rupert's insidious little censorship game.

Leni

35 posted on 07/22/2015 3:30:50 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Boycott Aug-Nov-All movie houses,Macys,everything Disney.See MinuteGal posts in "search" 4 details)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1
Gabe Sherman of New York magazine quoted an anonymous source who said...

Murdoch has privately described...

Sherman's insiders reportedly said Ailes told Murdoch...

This article is poorly sourced gossip.

36 posted on 07/22/2015 3:34:23 PM PDT by FreeReign
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MotorCityBuck
"talking I mean... Christopher Walken!"

I think Lindsey Graham needs more cowbell.

37 posted on 07/22/2015 3:38:55 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: OttawaFreeper
The more I read articles like these concerning the reactions of many in the political and media establishment to Trump and his comments, the more I am reminded of the closed union mentality of these people and that in turn reminds me of a very personal experience many years ago that greatly influenced me becoming a conservative.

They remind me of the typical department in some university. A kissy-kissy club of insiders, each of whom knows how to not rock the boat and ride the gravy train.

Newcomers and out-of-the-box thinkers are emphatically not welcome.

38 posted on 07/22/2015 3:40:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: InterceptPoint; All

For me it’s Cruz, Walker and Trump who have something to say. The rest are waste of time.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

My two choices are Cruz and Trump. However, I’ve seen very little coverage of Carly Fiorina. A few people have been asking me what I think of her. All of them are impressed with her. The latest was my brother, who called me today, and who has seen some coverage of her where he lives in the Houston area. He said: “Now, there’s a lady who has her sh** together.” He was speaking primarily in comparison of Carly and Hillary. I wish we could hear more from her. She has attacked Hillary Clinton unmercifully with no backing down. Wish the men who are running has the ba**s she’s got.


39 posted on 07/22/2015 3:45:47 PM PDT by Din Maker (GOP Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico for VP)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Enlightened1
...the conservative news channel....

***

the conservative GOPe news channel

40 posted on 07/22/2015 3:49:24 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-58 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson