Murdoch's had his way with U.S. politicians also

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: CBS News/The Nation

July 18, 2011 9:34 AM

Murdoch's had his way with U.S. politicians also

(The Nation)

Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch has manipulated not just the news but the news landscape of the United States for decades. He has done so by pressuring the Federal Communications Commission and Congress to alter the laws of the land and regulatory standards in order to give his media conglomerate an unfair advantage in "competition" with more locally focused, more engaged and more responsible media.

Now, with http://www.thenation.com/blog/161913/rupert-murdochs-media-empire-about-collapse">Murdoch’s News Corp. empire in crisis—collapsing bit by bit under the weight of a steady stream of allegations about illegal phone hacking and influence peddling in Britain—there is an odd disconnect occurring in much of the major media of the United States. While there is some acknowledgement that http://www.thenation.com/blog/161860/rupert-murdochs-empire-crisis-what-fox-and-his-american-project">Murdoch has interests in the United States (including not just his Fox News channel but the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), the suggestion is that Murdoch was more manipulative, more influential, more controlling in Britain than here.

But that’s a fantasy. Just as Murdoch has had far too much control over politics and politicians in Britain during periods of conservative dominance—be it under an actual Tory such as former Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and current Prime Minister David Cameron or under a faux Tory such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair—he has had far too much control in the States. And that control, while ideological to some extent, is focused mainly on improving the bottom line for his media properties by securing for them unfair legal and regulatory advantages.

Over the past decade, as media reform groups have battled to prevent FCC and Congressional moves to undermine controls on media consolidation, Murdoch and his lobbyists been a constant presence—pushing from the other side for the lifting of limits on the amount and types of media that one corporation can own in particular communities and nationally.

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[hootinholler]

1. While to me it's unclear how much influence over politicians he has...

It is certainly clear that news corpse has driven the debate over issues, even to the point of which issues were debated.

-Hoot

[Snoutport]

4. Murdoch Minions have warned politicians that Murdoch's papers will tear them apart

if they speak out against News Corp... that is power.

[dogmoma56]

2. he made a 4.5 million dollar bribe to Speaker Newt days before a vote to let him take over our media

it was an "Advance" for a book, no title, subject yet.. Newt did finally have someone write a book for him. no one bought it and it was recycled into TOILET PAPER.!!!!

[Doctor_J]

3. No shit

This is news?

[dissidentboomer]

5. jesus.... Who the hell DOESN'T have their way with whores?

All it takes is money! :eyes: