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Rupert Murdoch: leftist
Accuracy in Media, a website devoted to correcting media bias, doesn’t just reserve its ire for liberal outlets. Rupert Murdoch gets it in the neck too, for endorsing new Australian PM Kevin Rudd: One Australian observer of Murdoch told AIM that “Murdoch’s helping of leftist candidates is no surprise to longtime readers of The Australian.”…
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Roger Ailes: Fox News caused the run-off in Florida
Roger Ailes gave an interview to members of Britain’s House of Lords Communications select committee. You can read it below: Minute of the meeting with Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News17 September, New York 24. The Committee met with Mr Ailes accompanied by his colleagues David Rhodes, Vice President of Fox News, John Moody,…
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Foxing up Sky News
Here is what Rupert Murdoch told the House of Lords Communications committee regarding Sky News. Personally (not that I would necessarily want to) I think you could Fox up Sky, but what you lack in the UK is the Talk Radio base from which to recruit your talent. But don’t listen to me yacking on…
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Impartiality – Ofcom retreats from a Fox News future
Remember these headlines? TV news ‘a turn-off for young and ethnic minorities’: Ofcom says solution could be to axe impartiality rules: BBC fears lost generation as audiences dwindle – The Guardian Ofcom may give all-clear for politically biased news – The Times US-style TV news to pull in younger viewers – The Evening Standard Yes.…