Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Rupert Murdoch Hedges His Bet

Fox News host Megyn Kelly, grilling McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds:

"Let’s stay on point, I’m not giving [Obama] any credit. I’m saying what the independent analysts say. They say that claim [that Obama would raise taxes on the middle class] is false. And if that’s false, why would John McCain do that, Tucker? Why wouldn’t he just level with the voters and say, “look, he’s going to raise taxes on the wealthy or whatever you consider somebody to be making over $250,000, it’s going to have a trickle down effect. That may not be good for the middle class.” But why say he’s going to raise taxes on the middle class when he’s not?"

(I know the answer: "Because McCain's campaign is nothing but lies, spin and more lies.")

I don't think Fox News is in danger of turning into a "fair and balanced" news operation. I think Murdoch is hedging his bet. With an assuredly Democratic Congress, an Obama Administration that is antagonistic to Fox News would mean that Murdoch would have nobody to turn to for help for his businesses. There are a lot of people in the Congress and in the Democratic party who would be more than happy to do whatever they could to screw Murdoch and Fox News.

Murdoch is a Wingnut, but he is also a businessman. When it was in his interest to do so, Murdoch did favors for the Chinese government. In order to ensure that his Asian satellite television system (Star TV) had good relations with the Chinese government, he dropped the BBC World Service from the system and he also refused to publish a book that the Chinese government did not like.

Cash has no conscience and neither does Murdoch. He will sacrifice his ideology when it suits him to do so. And right now, it suits him to be seen hammering McCain for being a lying sack of former-POW shit.

1 comment:

Karen Zipdrive said...

Murdoch is a snake, but a snake knows which mongoose to avoid.
McCain is a mongoose, and Murdoch has turned his reporters loose on him.
Because Fox News reporters have no morals, they will easily make the transition, watch and see.