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Billy Bragg: Legendary British Rocker on Norway Attacks, Activism & His Latest, “Never Buy The Sun”

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 2, 2011.

Plus, the News of the World scandal.

'Tiger Lady' Is a Racial Slur: How Wendi Deng Murdoch Fights the Stereotype of the Meek Asian Woman

Shiuan Butler, AlterNet. July 31, 2011.

Wendi Deng Murdoch is more than just a pie-thrower blocker, but don't call her "dragon lady," either.

Tell Congress: Investigate Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for Its Ties to the British Phone-Hacking Scandal

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. July 27, 2011.

Now that the scandal has made its way across the pond, American activists are urging Congress to investigate News Corp., the U.S.-based media empire that operates Fox News.

The Liberated Keith Olbermann Is Making Powerful TV

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. July 22, 2011.

Notice anything different about one of America's favorite progressive anchors lately? It's not just the station...

How Murdoch’s Empire Suffocates the Craft of Journalism

Michelle Chen, In These Times. July 21, 2011.

The Murdoch empire is based on a vulgar corporate culture in which honesty and critical thought are dismissed as an impediment to commercial success.

How DSK, Murdoch, and Nancy Grace Are Making A Mockery Of U.S. Justice

Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. July 18, 2011.

How Murdoch and the unruly, profit hungry press interfere not only with our privacy, but also with our justice system.

Has Roger Ailes Hacked Americans' Phones for Fox News?

Leslie Savan, The Nation. July 14, 2011.

We know the shady dealings of Rupert Murdoch's UK papers, but what have the Fox News executives been up to on Murdoch's dime?

Activists Arrive at Rupert Murdoch's NYC Apartment To Demand Accountability for Hacking, Racism

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

Activists' demands include firing Fox News panelist Eric Boiling and a congressional investigation into Murdoch.

Will Further Revelations from the Murdoch Scandal Lead to Justice Dept. Investigations?

Timothy Karr, Free Press. July 14, 2011.

Fortunes are turning, and Rupert Murdoch must now answer for all that has happened under his watch.

Will Americans Turn on Murdoch the Way the Brits Have? UPDATE: Murdoch Reverses Refusal to Testify in U.K.

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. July 14, 2011.

In Britain, Murdoch was the biggest cheese of all, until his readers turned on him. Amid allegations of phone-hacking of 9/11 victims, with the American people do the same?

Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Is in Crisis -- Phone Hacking Scandal Expands to Families of Dead War Vets

Martin Hickman, Cahal Milmo, Independent UK. July 6, 2011.

Families of UK war dead added to list of alleged hacking victims as Britain's Prime Minister bows to pressure for public inquiry.

The Fall of Glenn Beck: How an Imaginative Boycott Stripped the Right-Wing Screamer of Sponsors and What We Can Learn from Its Success

Mark Engler, AlterNet. July 4, 2011.

Commentators have been downplaying the role of a Color of Change campaign against Beck. They are wrong. Beck is gone. Give the boycotters their due.

Wall Street Journal Honcho Shills for Secret Worker 'Education' Program Linked to Koch Group

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet/The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. June 3, 2011.

During the 2010 election campaign, WSJ editorial board member Stephen Moore carried the Koch agenda to Wisconsin workers -- in workplace seminars called by their bosses.

Murdoch's News Corp Plays Both Sides of the Green Game

Sarah Pavlus, Media Matters for America. April 21, 2011.

While Fox News promotes climate-change deniers, parent company News Corporation tries to look like a green-energy good guy.

Rupert Murdoch and David Koch Collude Against Wisconsin Workers

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

While Fox News feeds its rabble the anti-union line, Murdoch's Wall Street Journal columnists front for Koch's Americans for Prosperity and coddle elite investors.

The Real Reason Glenn Beck Hates Google

Mark Howard, News Corpse. February 19, 2011.

Beck has a Google conspiracy theory. What he doesn't tell you is that his boss, Rupert Murdoch, has it in for the search-engine giant.

The Year of the Big Lie: 6 Outrageous Falsehoods That Took Flight in 2010

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. December 31, 2010.

From Breitbart's smear of Shirley Sherrod to Glenn Beck's use of Mein Kampf to malign George Soros, right-wing and mainstream media embrace the Big Lie.

Fox News Escalates 'War On Christmas'

Mark Howard, News Corpse. December 25, 2010.

Rupert Murdoch sent a memo to all employees wishing them a happy 'holiday.' Why does he hate Jesus?

Steve Jobs and Apple Cut Deal with Murdoch, Showing Contempt for Core Users' Liberal Orientation

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. November 24, 2010.

Did Steve Jobs screw over progressives -- and America -- for the right to sell Fox programs on iTunes?

Religious Right to Tea Party: Join Us or Die!

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 21, 2010.

At the Values Voter Summit, religious-right leaders offered Tea Partiers a Faustian bargain: Embrace our theocratic agenda, or lose big-time in November.

Glenn Beck Pins Blame for 9/11 Attacks on Saudi Prince, a Major News Corp. Stakeholder

Stephen Webster, Raw Story. June 3, 2010.

Glenn Beck just blamed the world's 19th richest man -- Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud -- for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Campaign to Pull Glenn Beck Off the Air Gains Momentum, Here and Abroad

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. February 17, 2010.

Beck's Fox News show advertisers are dropping like flies. Will the ad exodus take him off-air, or will Fox continue to foot the bill for its propaganda goals?

Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders

Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders

deleted, 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.

Big Business's Hidden Hand in the Smear Job on Van Jones

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.

Van Jones Resigns from White House; Targeted by Oil Interests

Van Jones Resigns from White House; Targeted by Oil Interests

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.

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