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sunnystarr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 01:08 PM
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Rupert Murdock wants to buy the NY Times
I'm talking to my friend in Rome, Italy and she said that just came on her TV crawl.
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lurky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 01:19 PM
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1. Hands off, Murdoch!
It's far from perfect, but the Grey Lady is the closest thing we have to actual newspaper journalism in this country.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 01:33 PM
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2. Pretty soon only what he thinks will be in print or on the air....
its time to tell Congress to break up these conglomerate media groups.
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azul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 02:05 PM
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3.  From a Vanity Fair article by Michael Wolff Oct 08
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7770070
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 02:27 PM
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4. Foreign ownership of the media should be banned.
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