As the potential Dow Jones sale to Rupert Murdoch gets closer, the mogul was under fire from ABC on July 18. Correspondent Bianna Golodryga cited fears that the Wall Street Journal would begin to resemble the New York Post, already owned by Murdoch.
“Here is why this story is important. This is the paper he wants to buy: The Wall Street Journal. Now, one big news story, a business story that came out a few weeks ago, was the sale of Hilton Hotels. What people are afraid is that this—the New York Post is going to be telling the story, a picture of Paris Hilton.” said Golodryga during “Good Morning America.”
Her segment was called “Titan at the Top: Is Murdoch Taking over the World?” No, just possibly The Wall Street Journal. But the GMA anchors were also on the attack. In Golodryga’s report, she implied that Murdoch has everything a “titan” could want:
“Private yacht and 737. Check. Powerful friend and enemies. Check. Much younger gorgeous wife. Check again,” said Golodryga.
But at the end of the segment, co-anchor Diane Sawyer said sarcastically, “You think he has everything? I'll bet the day after tomorrow there is something new he wants.” “Check!” replied co-anchor Robin Roberts. Golodryga also included criticism of the deal from Ken Auletta, a harsh Murdoch critic.
“His editorial views, his political views, his commercial interests, bleed into the way stories are covered or not covered,” said Ken Auletta, media critic for the elite liberal magazine, The New Yorker. “And that’s the great nightmare the people at the Journal have.”
The GMA report was just one of several stories recently that have disparaged the potential Murdoch acquisition of Dow Jones.
—Dan Gainor is director of the Business and Media Institute.
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“His editorial views, his
July 18, 2007 - 21:25 ET by Nortonalec“His editorial views, his political views, his commercial interests, bleed into the way stories are covered or not covered,” said Ken Auletta, media critic for the elite liberal magazine, The New Yorker. “And that’s the great nightmare the people at the Journal have.”
Another fine example of the Left showing us what they do-by telling everyone else not to do it.
Nortonalec
“His editorial views, his
July 18, 2007 - 21:27 ET by bigtimer“His editorial views, his political views, his commercial interests, bleed into the way stories are covered or not covered,” said Ken Auletta, media critic for the elite liberal magazine, The New Yorker. “And that’s the great nightmare the people at the Journal have.”
Of course it is Ken...you and all your leftist ilk have held the rein of power for too long...get used to it..something called Fair and Balanced...
LMAO
I also saw this link today about this very subject....I loved the title and the story.
Murdophobia plagues ABC News
July 18, 2007 - 21:42 ET by Lame CherrySince liberals always come up with phobias to brand people on the right as sick, is not what the MSM suffers from in this wild unreasonable fear of Rupert Murdoch a real psychopathy that should be called Murdophobia.
The New England Journal of Medicine can record me with the credit of this discovery, Oprah can make the check out to Lame Cherry and of course Dr. Phil can Texas whine in therapy for all the MSM who are terrified of a old guy who makes money.
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Titan at the Top: Is
July 18, 2007 - 22:54 ET by JDWTitan at the Top: Is Murdoch Taking over the World?
I thought it was going to be Soros.
JDW
News media: Scoreboard for terrorists
If Murdoch gets his way -
July 18, 2007 - 23:17 ET by jdhawkIf Murdoch gets his way - and it appears that he will - the WSJ (I am a subscriber) will be the second largest paper in the country, by circulation, that will have a conservative editorial section and a fair and balanced news section.
How will this have an impact?
It is one thing for the MRC to say that the drive-by media isn't reporting the good economic news of the last four years. It is quite another for the WSJ to heap derision on the drive-by media for the same.
It is one thing for Newsbusters to rail against the socialized medicine that is being shoved down our throats by the drive-by media and liberal politicians, it is quite another when the WSJ, with 2.7 million paid subscribers of which nearly a million are online subscribers, derides these ruinous schemes on their front page as they do now on their editorial pages.
You can name many more news items and themes that are now being treated by the drive-by media in concert with the defeatocrats play book and so too can the so-called "journalists" that wrote the above story. And, that's why these stories will continue until the sale is closed and beyond.
Meanwhile, the so-called MSM continues to lose subscribers, advertising dollars, and stock value.
So it is bad for him to
July 19, 2007 - 02:26 ET by Ryeguy5049So it is bad for him to purchase the WSJ because he is rich and he is a conservative???? If it was Ted Turner and his liberal point-of-view it would be okay. I love it when the MSM fits in class envy and attacks on people with conservative view points in the same story.