[Alberta's Child]

This is some good information for those here on FreeRepublic who have been under the delusional impression that the New York Post is a "conservative" newspaper.

I haven't read that rag for several years now -- mainly because I have no patience for big-government globalists masquerading as "conservatives" just to prop up the circulation figures for one small part of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

[Cicero]

Rupert Murdoch certainly isn't a reliable conservative. The Post came out in favor of Al Gore in 2000, because they expected him to win and they wanted to get clinton's regulators of their backs. They only switched over to Bush after the election day results came in.

Murdoch is also unreliable on China, because they want access to the Chinese communications market.

But the Post usually is conservative, I suspect for financial reasons. All things being equal, Murdoch usually favors the conservative side unless he has reasons to do otherwise.

So, I too am curious why they are doing this. Do they expect hillary to win in 2008? Are they starting to hedge their bets?

Actually, gun control appeals to the leftist Democrat base, but it lacks popularity with the electorate. Possibly Gore would have won in 2000 if he hadn't riled all the hunters and gun owners. Which makes this campaign even more of a mystery. Maybe Murdoch is just trying to appeal to New Yorkers. I expect a large majority of city dwellers probably favor gun control, and that's his main audience.

[Coleus]

And don't forget what Rupert Murdoch did last week on Faux News for the greenies. One biased left-wing slant on global warming for an hour with NO rebuttal.