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Rupert Murdoch And Fox News’ Blog Trolls

Ken O’Brien

In Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires David Folkenflik, the media correspondent for NPR News, explains how Rupert Murdoch the man behind Britain’s take-no-prisoners tabloids, who reinvigorated Roger Ailes by backing his vision for Fox News, who gave a new swagger to the New York Post and a new style to the Wall Street Journal, survived numerous scandals—and the true cost of this survival. He summarily ended his marriage, alienated much of his family, and split his corporation asunder to protect the source of his vast wealth (on the one side), and the source of his identity (on the other). There were, however, moments when the global news chief panicked. 

Tomorrow Dies – Fair and Balanced

Kenneth M. O’Brien

I never cease to be amazed by the number of local residents to whom I talk who say that their sole source of information is FOX News.

The 18^th movie in the James Bond series, released in 1997, was titled “Tomorrow Never Dies”.

In that film, the British super agent was up against a worldwide media mogul, Elliot Carver. It was widely recognized at the time that Carver was a parody of Australian, (now U. S. Citizen) Rupert Murdoch.

Now, I realize that for many who follow this site, I’ll be repeating what you already know. I hope, however, that there will be the outliers who investigate what I am saying and perhaps realize the extent to which they have been hoodwinked.