"Terrorist Fist Jab"

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Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"

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cpebbles wrote:
ghostrunner wrote:They may be guilty of sensationalism, but I don't think partisanship is at work here. It's not as if Rupert Murdoch or the Fox corporation is associated with right wing culture otherwise.
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Seriously?
I mean outside FoxNews. Even there, they're catering to an audience that was looking for something different. I'm not going to say it's good, though I don't mind a partisan newspaper or network in principle. It's not what I prefer, but early newspapers were blatantly partisan and as I mentioned before I think there is some value in what they cover.

Apart from that, Murdoch has always been about making money first and foremost. His network put the Simpsons and Famiy Guy on the air. Arrested Development too, for that matter. Married with Children in the early days. Temptation Island for god sakes. This is not somebody desperately trying to Hannitize the country. FX has put up some pretty challenging and/or risque programming as well. He's more a libertarian than anything.

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Re: "Terrorist Fist Jab"

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Murdoch is a Libertarian at heart, but he's also a businessman and knows that the money is in siding with the Republican party. He took control of Fox News and slanted it very, very clearly towards the Republicans, and this casual reference to the terrorist fist jab (That was so ridiculous that even humanevents.com removed it when it appeared) would seem a lot more innocent if Fox News hadn't displayed a pattern of such "unintentional" slights towards Obama.

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