Dreamlike

[poliphilo]

There is something dreamlike about the defeat of Rupert Murdoch. A fortnight ago his tanks were on our lawn. Now they're gone. And it took so little to shift them.  

Once again we've seen what an illusory thing power is- how much it depends upon bluff. 

Comments

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I also have difficulty with money matters. For better or worse, such things simply fail to hold my attention.

The biggest issue here is Fox News Channel, the radicalized voice of the Republican party. While an obvious source of profit, its value as a propaganda mill in service to a definite political agenda is probably greater. It is difficult to see how FNC could continue in that role without Rupert's direct support.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If the News of the World can go down the drain (the best selling paper in the UK) then I doubt if Fox News- or anything else in the Murdoch empire- is safe. I understand the Feds have begun an investigation.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Fox News has a rather cult-like following and that might be putting it mildly. Imagine the BNP representing about one in four Brits and having their own 'news' channel, one that caters exclusively to their unique fears and insecurities. That is as near an approximation as I can offer.

Not too long ago, Fox's top-rated host stated that President Obama had a, "deep hatred of white people", and suffered no consequences for his actions. Imagine the sort of paranoids that feast on such political sewage and then imagine how they might react if the one source of information reinforcing their world view should be threatened.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

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