Murdoch goes to China.
Murdoch goes to China.
In the second part of its investigative series into Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, the New York Times examines Murdoch’s “ardent and unrelenting” effort to break into the Chinese market.
Mr. Murdoch has flattered Communist Party leaders and done business with their children. His Fox News network helped China’s leading state broadcaster develop a news Web site. He joined hands with the Communist Youth League, a power base in the ruling party, in a risky television venture, his China managers and advisers say. [...]
Mr. Murdoch cooperates closely with China’s censors and state broadcasters, several people who worked for him in China say. He cultivates political ties that he hopes will insulate his business ventures from regulatory interference, these people say.
In speeches and interviews, Mr. Murdoch often supports the policies of Chinese leaders and attacks their critics. A group of China-based reporters for The Journal accused him in a letter to Dow Jones shareholders of “sacrificing journalistic integrity to satisfy personal and political aims,” a charge the News Corporation denies.
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June 25th, 2007 at 11:16 pmWhatever. Trade is over Principles. I dont say this idiot has any principles at all, but he will change as long as he can make a buck out of it. Like most people in the world. If it takes to kill 500,000 civilians to make money, I will do it, I dont care. Thats the world we have.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:16 pmA group of China-based reporters for The Journal accused him in a letter to Dow Jones shareholders of “sacrificing journalistic integrity to satisfy personal and political aims,†a charge the News Corporation denies.
Heh. That’s one of the funniest things I’ve read today!
June 25th, 2007 at 11:17 pmHuh, Ruperts wife is Asian, is she Chinese?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:17 pmLike most people in the world. If it takes to kill 500,000 civilians to make money, I will do it, I dont care. Thats the world we have.
Comment by Juan C
That’s disgusting. They probably write off any death toll as part of the cost of doing business.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:18 pmWOW! China has Fox Noose, too. Attack critics, suck up to those in power. Are we communist or is China “democratic”?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:21 pmScrew Lupert
June 25th, 2007 at 11:25 pmThey probably write off any death toll as part of the cost of doing business.
Comment by Zooey
You bet that.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:27 pmIts just more of the same. Corporations doing the Government’s work. He told Condi to stay behind, he’ll handle it.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:36 pmNixon went to China once upon a time too.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:40 pmHey gang, I’ve got to go away for a couple of weeks,
June 25th, 2007 at 11:44 pmfire season is starting to heat up.
Looks like Lake Tahoe, if I’m lucky. California Department of Forestry sure knows how to put on the feed bag!
Press on regardless, and keep an eye on the trolls that they don’t name-jack me.
For Truth, you are now in charge of defending the ladies honor.
Zooey, I’ll say hi to Raven if I run into him/her out on the fireline…;)
Murdoch throws in with the organ harvesters. What a surprise.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:46 pmDamn Heyzeus thanks.
My son is in Lake Tahoe, and is a few miles from the blaze by stateline. So go put that sucker out!
Be safe.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:47 pmSo did Marco Polo. What’s your point?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:48 pmThank God! Can we get more people here to go fight forest fires with Smokey the Bear?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:50 pmMARCO!!!!!
June 25th, 2007 at 11:51 pmJake, you have become almost…irrelevant.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:52 pmIf it wasn’t bad for Nixon to go, why is it bad for Murdoch to go?
June 25th, 2007 at 11:56 pmFor Truth, you are now in charge of defending the ladies honor.
Zooey, I’ll say hi to Raven if I run into him/her out on the fireline…;)
Comment by heyzeus
**Clapping**
We need more people like you.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:56 pmWith all of the global intercourse going on over the past few years, I do believe we might eventually see a bastard hybrid offspring. Maybe a “Commu-Capitalist”. We’ll all study the teachings of Mao Tse-Murdoch (the Yellow Book).
June 25th, 2007 at 11:57 pmViva la revolucion, Juan C.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:57 pm“If it wasn’t bad for Nixon to go, why is it bad for Murdoch to go?”
LOL, Nixon, Murdoch…who gives a sh!t. They are both scum.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:58 pmPOLO!!!!
June 25th, 2007 at 11:58 pmLOL, thank you TROLLBAIT3000.
June 25th, 2007 at 11:59 pmIn the end, Polo had to go. So did Nixon. So will Murdoch.
Come to think of it, I have to go. Nobody write too much before I get back.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:00 amDa nada.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:02 amIf more people on the Ignore List went to Lake Tahoe, the rest of us could finally have an intelligent conversation and discuss the pressing political situations of our time.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:03 amI wish the Chinese would either cook & eat Murdoch or use his body for organ harvesting.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:03 amLike how to rid ourselves of Chimpy and his minions.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:04 amJake, “I am so glad I called THAT guy!!!!” In other words, shut the f^ck up.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:05 amthanks, Jake
June 26th, 2007 at 12:06 amoh, incidently, your house is on my Ignore List
That’d be a gamey dish. They’re not big on stews in Chinese cooking. Maybe the Scottish should do the cooking, and the trolls can eat him.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:06 amBetter yet, go to China and you won’t get Think Progress OR Google!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:07 amLOL, only the Scots would eat troll meat.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:08 amPOLO!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:08 amJake, go there, fascist.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:08 amTHE Google.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:10 ammmm, Scottish meat pies!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:11 amamazing, a man who operates a “journalistic” organization and yet attacks all valid criticism coming at him. murdoch is perhaps a notch below cheney, and two notches below hussein, in the ‘most evil human being’ department.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:12 amI’m staying right here on Think Progress, annoying liberals and educating the rest.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:15 amGeez, I didn’t know that you spelled whore M-U-R-D-O-C-H!
June 26th, 2007 at 12:22 amHow much in bribes, Ruprecht?
Jake, you are so Chinese, we do you stay?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:25 amI’m staying right here on Think Progress, annoying liberals and educating the rest. Comment by Jake
What, pray tell, do you think Murdoch is going to do in China? Bring them Democracy?
June 26th, 2007 at 12:29 amChinese like to eat pork, so Murdoch could be carved up for egg-roll meat.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:30 amWhat, pray tell, do you think Murdoch is going to do in China? Bring them Democracy?
Comment by Zep Tepi
Purchase orders, and IOU’s.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:32 am“Chinese like to eat pork, so Murdoch could be carved up for egg-roll meat”
Frigging heathens. Christians don’t eat pork…or lobsters…they also don’t wear wool/cotton blends. Does that sound nuts to you? Then you aren’t a Christian.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:35 amBy the way, “Christians”, besides the lobsters and wool/cotton blends there are a whole lot more things you CAN’T do without being stoned.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:37 amChristians are funny.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:37 amPurchase orders, and IOU’s. Comment by heyzeus
Maybe some ignore lists too! =)
June 26th, 2007 at 12:39 amDamn, I would have thought the rightwing losers would have gone all Leviticus on me by now.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:57 amZooey, I’ll say hi to Raven if I run into him/her out on the fireline…;)
Comment by heyzeus
Good luck heyzeus. Make lots of money and be safe. Not in that order.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:07 amJake, you have become almost…irrelevant.
Comment by JPark
Almos irrelevant JPark? Next to irrelevant in the dictionary they have Jakes picture.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:08 amIf it wasn’t bad for Nixon to go, why is it bad for Murdoch to go?
Comment by Jake
You’re probably the only Nixon fan here. What is your effing point?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:09 amIf more people on the Ignore List went to Lake Tahoe, the rest of us could finally have an intelligent conversation and discuss the pressing political situations of our time.
Comment by Jake
A grown man with an ignore list. How pathetic can an adult be?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:11 amthanks, Jake
oh, incidently, your house is on my Ignore List
Comment by heyzeus
Aahhh, heyzeus, PRICELESS!
June 26th, 2007 at 1:13 amI wish the Chinese would either cook & eat Murdoch or use his body for organ harvesting.
Comment by Jay Randal
They eat shark don’t they?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am“A grown man with an ignore list. How pathetic can an adult be?”
Just watch Billy Madison, shane.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:14 am“If it wasn’t bad for Nixon to go, why is it bad for Murdoch to go?”
Are you that dumb? Nixon-Murdoch. What is the difference?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:16 amComment by heyzeus — June 25, 2007 @ 11:44 pm
I’m sorry I missed you, heyzeus. Stay safe, and come back ASAP. :)
June 26th, 2007 at 1:21 amFox News, capitulating to Chinese sensors because it makes money.
Now that is a principled stand.
-GSD
June 26th, 2007 at 1:21 amIt is Fox News GSD. If Venus were invading Earth they would wait until they decided which planet would make them more money. Anybody that watches that crappy station needs a life.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:23 amIt is Fox News GSD. If Venus were invading Earth they would wait until they decided which planet would make them more money. Anybody that watches that crappy station needs a life.
Comment by JPark
Good one JPark. The smart money’s on Uranus.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:30 amI watch Fox when I am constipated. Does the trick every time.
-GSD
June 26th, 2007 at 1:30 amWhat’s Mandarin for “We distort, you deride”?
June 26th, 2007 at 1:53 amAnd what’s Mandarin for “them darn liberal media”?
June 26th, 2007 at 2:00 amI watch Fox when I am constipated.
Comment by GSD
Fox works just the opposite on me. (where’s my Ex-lax?)
June 26th, 2007 at 3:35 amRemember the Neocons cannot do anything without Murdochs propaganda , Murdoch should be sued for spreading war mongering lies lies lies lies
MURDOCH IS THE ROOT OF THE EVIL DONE TODAY
June 26th, 2007 at 5:10 amThe neocons have all the money.
They have the biggest smear machine in world history.
They have most of the voting districts gerrymandered in their favor.
They have rigged voting machines.
They have control of the executive branch.
They have Rupert Murdoch and his empire working for them…
…and yet they still lost.
This raises the question: how much bloody help do the neocons need?
June 26th, 2007 at 6:46 amFrom one good fascist Party Member to another,………….
June 26th, 2007 at 7:31 amPerry, there is no executive branch. Chaney decided first then Bush (a la Perino) followed suit. There’s no one officially running our country – which has pretty much been aparent for the last six years. Just some crazies who like to play government (which means taking everything they can). Typical GOP. Empty the treasury, go into debt, build up for war, and now make a war. Great way to govern, if you’re eight.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:29 amCan’t wait for the News Corp “in-depth†investigative report of the NYT. You know it’s coming.
June 26th, 2007 at 9:38 amIf you attack a fellow news organization because you perceive them to be politically biased it would be more appropriate if you weren’t the gold standard for news organizations with a political bias.
Watch the NYT cry like little babies and play victim when they get it back.
As Murdoch coddles Communist Red China (Like the Bush family does), we can only hope that he is charged with a serious crime, because we all know how China treats it’s criminals.
June 26th, 2007 at 10:31 amMurdoch loves Chinese Communism if it provides the West with slave labor, but, back in Australia, he hates the Chinese if they flee communism and urges they be penned in concentration camps in the Outback. Gotta love that fascist b@stard.
June 26th, 2007 at 11:03 amblah blah another liberal hit piece
June 26th, 2007 at 1:57 pm