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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-24-05 12:15 AM
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It’s hard to avoid the reach of Fox and It’s People
You'll be amazed and want to wash yourself clean when you see all the ways Fox is in your life

by Rob Kall

http://www.opednews.com

This article may put you in the mood the take a bath or shower. It’s hard to imagine that you have NOT had some dealings or done some business with a company owned or connected to Fox News or one of its founders, or chief management, who have multiple connections to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News and newscorp.

I was doing some research into different news search sites and came to Excite, which is owned by Ask Jeeves, which, I discovered, was just bought by IAC- Interactive Corp. IAC is run by Barry Diller. The museum of broadcasting describes Diller:

Barry Diller is an innovative television executive best known for organizing a fourth network at FOX Broadcasting to challenge the domination of American prime time television by ABC, CBS, and NBC.

I always wondered why the local right wing station that plays Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glen Beck had ads from match.com. Now I know. It’s one of the IAC companies.

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http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rob_kall_051023_it_s_hard_to_avoid_t.htm
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