Posted on 06/19/2014 1:45:43 PM PDT by kingattax
News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch said his "heart sank" after he learned of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning Republican primary loss last week, because he believes Congress needs to tackle the issue of immigration reform this year.
Murdoch, the chair of News Corp., has an op-ed in Thursday's Wall Street Journal in which he argued immigration reform "can't wait."
After Cantor's loss, immigration reform was almost universally pronounced dead as a possibility this year, as it was perceived to be one of the issues on which Cantor lost favor with his Republican constituents. But Murdoch, touting his status as an immigrant from Australia, writes it would be "the wrong lesson and an undesirable national consequence" of a local election.
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Are you serious?
Murdoch wants to destroy my country and you’re worried about hurting his feelings?
Fox News isn’t what it once was since Murdoch came on the scene. It’s become more and more GOPe.
Robert Bartley, the former editor, was a strong supporter of opening US borders to goods and people from abroad. He used to reprint the editorial calling for no restrictions on immigration from time to time. All that was long before Murdoch.
If you don't already give credit where credit is due for Fox News ... well, nothing I can say would convince you of anything ...
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Was there a Fox News before Murdoch came on the scene?
True. Most are more loyal to their ethnicity than they are to America. Period.
Some former Wall Street Journal reporters have said that since Rupert Murdoch bought the paper, news stories have been edited to adopt a more conservative tone, critical of Democrats. …. . . citing David Carr of the NYT. (Meanwhile, the Quarterly Journal of Economics called the WSJ’s reporting more liberal than the NYT and NPR, in a 2004 study.)
Murdoch has financial interest in events/actions regarding immigration reform.
I have notice lately Fox has been pushing a lot of Hispanic related programming. Ironically, the subtitles are in English. Additionally, the Fox family of channels is adding Hispanic channels.
It would seem that Murdoch is expanding the Fox television empire in preparation for the rapidly approaching Hispanic majority in the USA.
There was no Fox News before Murdoch.
There was no Fox News before Murdoch.
There was no Fox News before Murdoch.
There was no Fox News before Murdoch.
It would not have been long before some other news organ in the 90s would have filled the void. He just got there first.
"Tone it down and make your points intellectually" isn't bad advice to television hosts.
My point, though, was that calling Murdoch a "moron" and "piece of crap" is going too far -- especially in light of his past service to conservatism.
I doubt that. Not every venture would be as successful as Fox News has been. Not every entrepreneur would have stayed with an operation long enough for it to pay off.
And you may not remember, but conservatives had great hopes for CNN once upon a time. Ted Turner was supposed to be some kind of maverick who would be different from the New York - Washington consensus. How'd that turn out?
I meant he seemed more “hands off” in the early years of the network.
In recent years, Fox seems to be more smitten with the RINOs than they once were. My gut tells me that Murdoch has been nudging them in that direction.
The Lear jet leftists expect to form the core of the global Green Inner Party. There they will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer — while deciding your fate for you.
If you work very hard and show them your unwavering loyalty you may be permitted to join the global Green Outer Party. You will be allowed occasional servings of meat - and air conditioning on a rationed basis.
The rest of us will eat insects and swelter — for the good of the planet.
And you may not remember, but conservatives had great hopes for CNN once upon a time. Ted Turner was supposed to be some kind of maverick who would be different from the New York - Washington consensus. How'd that turn out?
LoL. Not me.
I’m not fond of such invective either. But when one betrays conservatism for who knows what reason, heads get hot.
Yet, from what I can ascertain, many Freepers think that Fox News is conservative and on our side. Amazing, isn't it?
Ya’ know. From all of the histrionics from the left and the GOPe on this subject, one might get the impression that the Dick Cheney fan club has been lining illegals up against a wall in South Texas and then executing them for the last 20 years or so.
The fact of the matter is that we currently have the most generous immigration policy on the planet and what most of us want is for the current laws to be enforced and respected.
After all, why enact new laws when the current laws are being ignored?
Fox News isn’t what it once was since Murdoch came on the scene. It’s become more and more GOPe.
Wasn’t Murdoch the first one on “the scene”? Since he started/owns it?
And, aren’t they partially owned by a Saudi prince?
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