would Faux News be an extreme left news channel if

pstokely

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Mon Dec-29-03 01:59 AM
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would Faux News be an extreme left news channel if

that would bring in $$$, thats what Murdock seems to be after the most

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AntiCoup2K4

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Mon Dec-29-03 02:09 AM
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1. Nah.... considering the expense of overhauling the entire network.

Could you picture Murdoch firing every one of his right wing babbling heads and replacing them with liberals. He'd never do it.

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Sterling

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Mon Dec-29-03 02:10 AM
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2. No

It has a value beyond it's profit taking. I don't think it's political lean has much to do with it's profitability.

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themanintheback

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Mon Dec-29-03 02:11 AM
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3. That's not the point

The point is, he does it for money. The Right Wing has become the party of the superwealthy, and has duped your blue collar white male into buying into the fantasy.

The problem is that the vast masses of left wing voters, minorities and other displaced workers, don't have the $$$ that Murdoch wants. If the wealth were redistributed from the aristrocracy to the serfs (as it SHOULD BE and would be with a progressive tax code) Murdoch would turn left in a heartbeat!

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Sterling

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Mon Dec-29-03 03:09 AM
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5. Not true

all liberals are not poor. Have you every been to NYC, LA or SF?

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Sterling

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Mon Dec-29-03 03:11 AM
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6. Your own words of wisdom

"The Right Wing has become the party of the superwealthy, and has duped your blue collar white male into buying into the fantasy.
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This is why Fox is valuable beyond profitability and someone would pay for it if it lost money.

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jab105

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Mon Dec-29-03 02:15 AM
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4. no...

nuff said...

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leftofthedial

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Mon Dec-29-03 03:14 AM
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7. no. Murdoch is a rightwing ideologue

if faux news proved to be a money loser with RW propaganda, he'd just shut it down.

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pstokely

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Mon Dec-29-03 05:40 AM
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10. the programming on the Fox network is pretty liberal

that's the network the brought us Married With Children

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maggrwaggr

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Mon Dec-29-03 12:55 PM
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13. and don't forget "Married by America"

which was simply pornography masquerading as a reality show.

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KharmaTrain

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Mon Dec-29-03 03:32 AM
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8. Murdoch Can Afford Both

Faux makes money (not as much as CNN) now, but it didn't for years, but Murdoch can afford to do it. He supplements it with revenues from his other channels and ventures. Clear Channel does this for their hate radio stations. When the "liberal media" learns how the media works, maybe then they can break the RW grip on it.

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SlavesandBulldozers

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Mon Dec-29-03 04:15 AM
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9. absolutely not

then they couldn't be fair and balanced. They just report, remember, and you just decide. There is no bias. ;.)

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jonoboy

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Mon Dec-29-03 05:43 AM
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11. yes..I think he is completely amoral and just goes for the bucks

for instanse his son James said at the corporate meeting in London recently that he and dad Rupert had no problem working with a totalitarian regime like China if it was profitable.
Other board members were shocked but held their tongues.
He would swith sides at the drop of a hat of it suited his finances.
His new biographer describes him as 'demonic'

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Frank Rose

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Mon Dec-29-03 08:53 AM
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12. The things they promote, republicans, tried to give them

media consolidation. Who knows what else is in the pipeline that would make the largest media empire bigger and more powerful than walmart? rupert is a wing nut but his favorite pastime is making money and gaining power.

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