On AlterNet: rupert murdoch
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Adele Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.
Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of Fox News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 8, 2009.
How Americans for Prosperity, the astroturf group that organized town-hall thuggery, teamed up with Fox News to force out Van Jones.
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. September 6, 2009.
Environmentalist and green-jobs advocate Van Jones resigned from his post as White House adviser after targeting by the oil-industry-funded right.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. September 3, 2009.
Question for the historians: Has a U.S. television network ever refused to carry a presidential address to Congress?
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 10, 2009.
How the health-care industry, the GOP and one media mogul made common cause with the anti-government fringe.
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.
Rupert Murdoch broke the news after the global media giant reported that it ended its business year with a net loss of 3.4 billion dollars due to hefty charges of 9.2 billion dollars.
glaadBLOG, GLAAD AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. February 25, 2009.
The tabloid newspaper's long history of defamation exposed.
Keith Thomson, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 24, 2009.
"We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted."
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. February 6, 2009.
Here's what you get for backing an Oil Man for the last 8 years, Rupert, old man. Record profits for Exxon, record losses for -- gasp! -- News Corp.!
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 29, 2008.
They are, of course, willing to tolerate him for ratings.
Davin Hutchins, American News Project AlterNet: Video. June 24, 2008.
"Newseum" epitomizes everything bad about the commercialization of news.
Josh Silver, Huffington Post. May 16, 2008.
Thursday's Senate vote is good news for everyone who is fed up with a media system, that, in the words of Jon Stewart, is "hurting America."
Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review. April 25, 2008.
WSJ's managing editor resigns, leaving Murdoch one step closer to having a monopoly on New York news.
Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch. February 7, 2008.
Bill Gates, anti-Capitalist? Concerns about economic downturn dampen festivities in Davos, Switzerland.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. January 30, 2008.
From losing the election ratings race to CNN, to watching its favored son Rudy Giuliani fizzle in the primaries, Fox News is in for a bad year.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. November 16, 2007.
The attack dogs at Fox are the subjects of a new exposé of their smut peddling.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. August 8, 2007.
People are finding innovative ways to fight back against Rupert Murdoch, to demand independent, community-based media. You can join the movement to create new, full-power, noncommercial FM radio stations in the U.S.
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. June 30, 2007.
When it comes to money and power, Rupert Murdoch is carnivorous: all appetite and no taste. He'll eat anything in his path.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2007.
If Murdoch prevails in his bid for Dow Jones, he may not just be buying the Wall Street Journal, but the 2008 presidential election, as well.
Richard Blair, AlterNet: PEEK. March 18, 2007.
Richard Blair: Only a Rupert Murdoch publication like The Times (or Fox News) could spin a new survey of Iraqi attitudes positively.
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2006.
Book cancellation is "virtually unheard of"...
