If you don't like Fox don't watch it. There is plenty of left wing TV out there. Why would one channel upset you so much? Roger Ailes did what he was hired to to he turned a former Sam Goody's into a widely watched tv channel. The same can't be said for Air America.
Jersey Shore John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Transatlantic Murdoch watchers can tell you that all this is wishful thinking even without the demonic TV skills of Fox's supremo Roger Ailes. Less publicized than Murdoch's fierce political conservatism -- undoubtedly his private conviction -- is his readiness to turn on a dime when it's commercially expedient. That suppleness is one of the things that make him such a formidable opponent. Nothing distracts him from his business goals -- not ideology, not friendship, not some inconvenient promise, not even family." http://tinyurl.com/dk6wv On Dec 27, 2007, at 10:17 AM, justifiedright wrote: > Murdoch is also an "associate" (whatever that means in the article) > of the Clinton's, supports Hillary for President and is one of her > contributors/fundraisers. > > So the article is meaningless. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jersey Shore John > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Longtime associates of President George W. Bush are consolidating > > their hold on American media with a string of recent purchases. > > > > Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. announced of > > late the sale of 8 of its US television stations to a private > >equity > > firm -- Oak Hill Partners -- for an estimated $1.1 billion > >dollars > > that is expected to close sometime in 2008. > > > > The deal leaves Murdoch with another 27 television stations in > major > > US cities such as Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles, as well > as > > The New York Post, a controlling interest in BSkyB, movie studio > 20th > > Century Fox, and Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co Inc. > > > > Oak Hill Partners lead investor Robert M. Bass, a longtime > associate > > of George W. Bush, is also the founder of Ft. Worth, Texas-based > Bass > > Brothers Enterprises. Oak Hill issued a statement announcing the > > stations would be jointly managed by a broadcast holding company, > > Local TV, that was created by Oak Hill for the purpose of > purchasing > > 9 other television stations from The New York Times previously > this > > year. > > > > Conservative ties for the Bass Brothers > > > > Robert Bass, along with his brothers Lee, Ed, and Sid, from a > wealthy > > Texas oil family, all attended Yale University where Ed was a > > classmate and friend of George W. Bush. The brothers later became > > Bush's number 5 career patrons, as well as business dealings with > now > > President Bush. > > > > Robert Bass is also the founder and chairman of Aerion > Corporation, > > which has been the recipient of several very lucrative DARPA > > contracts for the development of supersonic laminar flow wing > > studies, along with research and test flights. > > > > News Corp. had originally intended to sell off 9 of its US > television > > stations; however Bass's subsidiary, Local TV, could not purchase > > WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee as it had previously purchased CBS > > affiliate WREG-TV: "Federal Communications Commission rules allow > > market duopolies but only one of the two stations under a single > > owner can be among the market's four top-rated stations there and > > there must be least eight unique station owners in the market > once > > the duopoly is formed." > > > > > --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
