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  • Ted Kennedy, Jerry Williams, and "Rudolph" Murdoch (1990)

    07/02/2005 12:47:49 PM PDT · by raccoonradio · 10 replies · 270+ views
    jerrywilliams.org ^ | 07/02/05 | raccoonradio
    An interview the late Jerry Williams (WRKO Boston) did with Ted Kennedy in 1990. Ted keeps referring to the Boston Herald's publisher as "Rudolph" Murdoch. A year earlier, the FCC repealed the Fairness Doctrine (the libs love it) and there was also talk of changing rules to prevent cross- ownership. Ted pushed to change the cross ownership rules with "sneaky means" in the "dead of night". Was it a way of punishing an enemy? TK:"Mr Murdoch thinks he should be the only publisher..." JW: "Senator, you're filibustering" If the Fairness Doctrine were not repealed, talk radio as we know...