News Corp.'s Murdoch heckled by Occupy protesters in San Francisco
Associated Press
Posted: 10/14/2011 10:23:15 AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Protesters associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum in San Francisco.
Murdoch was repeatedly interrupted on Friday as he talked about the role of technology in improving the country's public education system at a downtown hotel.
Protesters accused him of trying to profit off of the public education system. About half a dozen people were escorted out of the hotel although they said they were not arrested.
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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/nationalbreaking/ci_19113835SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 14: An Occupy Wall Street protestor is removed by security after disrupting a keynote address by News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch at the National Summit on Education Reform on October 14, 2011 in San Francisco, California. Rupert Murdoch was the keynote speaker at the two-day National Summit on Education Reform.
A protester, who declined to give his name, is escorted out of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's keynote address at the National Summit on Education Reform on Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, in San Francisco. The conference is organized by the Foundation for Excellence in Education, chaired by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, which champions school vouchers, charter schools and performance pay for teachers. Six demonstrators, several dressed as Sesame Street characters, heckled Murdoch before bing removed.
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