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Originally Posted by jimmyjude
Do you support his promotion of comunism and anti US sentiment in china so he can gain access to their growing economy and increase his billions?
That is an unsupported allegation.
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Ordinary Chinese citizens could soon be watching reruns of Friends, The Simpsons and Seinfeld while in return Americans will have the chance to watch a blend of cookery classes and state-sponsored propaganda from Beijing in a landmark television deal being forged between Rupert Murdoch, AOL Time Warner and the Chinese government.
- Danny Gittings in Hong Kong and Julian Borger in Washington
Thursday September 6, 2001
You may now consider it supported.
I've seen this satellite feed here in the US, just didn't realize Murdoch was behind it.
Look, Murdoch is a business man's business man. One of those guys that is simply here to make as much money as he can. I find his personal beliefs, convictions, etc to be very consistent. "Give the people what they want as long as it pays". Period! Looking any deeper than that is painting the horse red,... so to speak. (no, I don't know what that means either)
The point is, he doesn't have to subscribe to a single political view. He is not a government rep of any nation. Murdoch himself is not the issue. Every person in this country has the ability to turn off the media. Nearly issue is available for study in the form of official record if you care to visit your nearest mid sized library. This country has become complacent when it comes to finding things out for our selves. We tend to rely on hearsay generated by folks that have access to core information. That is to say, we leave it up to others to "interpret" the available information available and then scratch our heads when we can't figure out why the country is so divided.
If you rely solely on people selling books, waiting for raises on bloated salaries tied to ratings, foreign owned media outlets, etc to form your opinions, then we all become sycophants, easily manipulated, and ridiculously ineffectual in guiding OUR democracy.