Posted on 12/12/2007 7:13:55 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I don’t get it necessarily that the son is a business moron. Sure, replace Hannity with Garafolo. Then explain the ad revenue delta.
If a Dem wins and Fox goes south,, talk radio and the internet will not be far behind. I can only imagine the propaganda that will be reported once the mainstream media realize they will have no one left to check them. News would truly just be made up.
Rush needs to buy a network.
(quickly)
Before Dems are in a position to stop him from doing so.
Like Warren Buffett?
ABC is owned by Disney
NBC — is owned by GE
MSNBC — is co-owned by NBC and Microsoft
PBS — is owned by a quasi gubmint agency.
And for the record, Viacom owns CBS.
...also for the record, Kingdom Holdings, a Saudi firm, owns a significant stake in News Corp.
True enough. And the rest of the MSM will welcome the company. Some other 'conservative' news media will have to emerge...
Cant see any silver lining in this.
Wonder if this is an appeasment to get the libs off his back for buying up more media. Wouldn’t doubt it.
I doubt that the Great Pantsuit would be able to tame the internet (keep any ideas she doesn’t approve of from being expressed)—too many millions of Americans are used to saying what they think, and taking them all on would be a losing battle. They weren’t able to shut down the “conspiracy stream of conservative consciousness” or whatever they called it back during their first two terms, and that was when the number of internet users was much smaller than it is now.
Well this would explain FoxNews jump to the other side. I am very disappointed with their coverage of Conservative candidates. They never gave FRED a chance, and will have egg on their faces when he sweeps the nomination.
FRED THOMPSON (true consistent Conservative Federalist) - NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERT (I’ll do whatever it takes to stop the bastards, include water-boarding) - 2ND AMENDMENT ADVOCATE (arm all legal citizens and criminals will become more hesitant) - SECURE AND SEAL THE BORDERS (don’t give them sanctuary anywhere, don’t hire them, don’t rent to them, don’t give them credit, don’t give them rights they don’t deserve, report all crimes committed by them, they will go home or we will deport them) - LAW AND ORDER (enforcement first and foremost with the laws currently on the books) - SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM (reform a program that can’t sustain itself and will bankrupt this nation) - DEFEAT THE DEMOCRAT (any fool they put up) – TAX SIMPLIFICATION (choice for the tax payer) - WON’T PUT UP WITH CRAP FROM THE MSM (including stupid questions by moderators) - PING!
I could see CNN and MSNBC moving more to the center to try and collect some ex-Fox viewers.
Ad $$$ is a powerful motivation.
Murdoch’s support for leftists is hardly new. He supported Tony Blair in Britain from Blair’s first election, before FOX News was a glimmer in Murdoch’s eye. If he sees a market for conservative leaning news, he will fill it. As for his son, I have no idea.
Too bad. This is what has happened to most media empires, which is why they are all liberal. The woosy 2nd and 3rd rich lazy generations get hold of them, and their guilt forces them to join the socialist cause—out of the backs of their limos, of course.
Rush already has a network. He needs to expand and start EIBTV.
Never underestimate the arrogance of the murdochs.
Yes he does.
A true conservative channel is a fortune waiting to be made.
I can see how the leftist affliction worsens - more rubbing of elbows with the glitterati, Hollyweirdos, DNC people, etc. But to be susceptible, at best, you have to have weak idealogical moorings to begin with. There is nothing wrong with making money - but those of us who inject our own beliefs, and put emotional stock, into such an enterprise are in for a rude awakening when we are sold out for more profitable demographics.
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