Friday, April 01, 2005
Rupert Murdoch "Evil". posted by Richard Seymour
According to the humourist Al Franken, (who is quite funny when he isn't licking the arses of centrist Democrats):"There's one important thing you should know about Murdoch. He's evil. I defer to the . . . Columbia Journalism Review: 'Murdoch uses his diverse holdings . . . to promote his own financial interests at the expense of real news gathering, legal and regulatory rules, and journalistic ethics. He wields his media as instruments of influence with politicians who can aid him, and savages his competitors in his news columns. If ever someone demonstrated the dangers of mass power being concentrated in few hands, it would be Murdoch.'"(Al Franken, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, 2003).
One more reason he is evil is that he believes in war for oil. Speaking of the recent invasion of Iraq, he said :
"The greatest thing to come out of this for the world economy, if you could put it that way, would be $20 a barrel for oil. That's bigger than any tax cut in any country."
Well, that didn't work out, did it ?