Rupert Murdoch joins Associated Press board.
By on Apr 14th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Rupert Murdoch joins Associated Press board.
Today, the Associated Press announced at its annual meeting that Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp., is joining its board of directors. Three other media moguls are also joining the board, including Sam Zell, who recently “took control of Tribune Co. after leading a buyout that resulted in the publicly traded company becoming private.”
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Oh that should really help Associated Press’s impartiality!
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April 14th, 2008 at 1:57 pmFee-Fi-Fo-Fum…I smell the putrid odor of monopoly of message, aka The Repukes “dream”.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pmanother news agency that i will no longer trust. no wonder mkkkain got his coffee and donuts today.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:00 pmDoesn’t Murdoch have ENOUGH of everything? He’s going after Yahoo and now he’s putting a stranglehold on the AP. Why don’t we just GIVE him every media tool and be done with it?
April 14th, 2008 at 2:04 pmGee. Lucky us. MORE reichwing media control. Just what we need!!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pmWell, there goes the neighborhood!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pmBoy, it’s a good thing the media is so librul. Otherwise, we’d be in serious trouble!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:09 pmYes, the Republicans and corporate elite have seized control of the press. The Democrats will sit back and fail to complain or rebel against the destruction of the United States as a democracy. Is it because they are stupid or cowards? I do not know.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:09 pmAnd the snake devours its tail…
Why would the liberal elitist stalinist marxist islamo-fascist jihadi-loving media allow Rupert to join the board? The TP Politburo does not approve…neither does George Soros…ok, there, now the TPwatchers can go back to playing in the sandbox, I just did their job for them on this thread.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pmGiven the scarcity of trolls thus far today, I think it’s admirable that jdc is stepping up trying to shoulder the burden. Unfortunately the task seems like it’s too much for him.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pmAhhh..so the AP has added Rupert Murdock to their board.
They are such good little Germans.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pmFair and balanced
April 14th, 2008 at 2:27 pmHi Trajan. Sleep in today?
April 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pmDamned liberal media.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pmAgain, I ask why the services of this prune are in demand.
The AP would be better off ingesting moldy cheese.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pmGeez, Ralphie… Handjobbe’s comment hAS to be true…
I mean, lookit how exclamation points he used!!!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pmOh, great! More “fair and balanced” reporting from the AP.
April 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pmWell, there goes the neighborhood.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pm“Liberal” press my ass!
Neo-Nazi propaganda is a more accurate description.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pmWell well…..things have finally gone full circle. Just like in the beginning of civilization the only accurate news will be passed mouth to ear..blog to comments to blog. The rest of the lying horseshit will be spewed by the fascist corporate media.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pmhenry wallace Says:
Just like in the beginning of civilization the only accurate news will be passed mouth to ear..blog to comments to blog.
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If they figure out a way to shut out the blogs they don’t like will we see bands of troubadors traveling around the country passing the “real” news around?
;~]
April 14th, 2008 at 3:15 pmI’m sure Zell’s background in real estate qualifies him.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:42 pmControlled fascist media…welcome to the 4th reich
April 14th, 2008 at 7:11 pmAll media is conglomerates…that’s why everything that is on TV, radio and print is primarily owned or is a subsidy of News Corp., Viacom, Disney Co., Time Warner or General Electric/Vivendi Universal. Companies like Microsoft and other multi-media giants take up what the other king fish can’t or don’t have. But when you get down to the guts of it, the news and entertainment we all watch is under the same kings and queens, just with different viceroys making the decisions that make their masters filthy rich.
April 16th, 2008 at 1:10 am