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Originally posted by 2wolves
Bush and the neo-cons are the Faux News favorites. Video hummers all 'round when they show W.
Rupurt (sp?) Murdock is a huge Republican contributor.
2Wolves
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Rupert Murdoch, an Australian, is the man you're looking for. He himself does not donate much; his contributions include donations to John Kerry and Edward Markey. However, the News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, does donate heavily, 90% of which goes to Republicans. Ironically, just over 75% of contributions that come from people employed by News Corporation go to Democrats. In a similar irony, while Ben&Jerry's Ice Cream employees most likely donate to Democrats, the Unilever Corporation, the parent company of Ben&Jerry's, is a large contributor to Republicans.
Most interesting, News Corporation includes Fox News and the magazine the Weekly Standard, which routinely attack each other in their respective outlets. Apparently Rupert Murdoch is not the puppeteer behind his companies.
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Originally posted by arc101
[B]I wonder which politician Fox News supports. Fortunately in England we have the BBC which by law has to be impartial, which means Blaire really hates them.
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Impartial by law, but not in reality. Blair hates them not because they're impartial, but because traditionally the BBC is antagonistic towards any prime minister. More, to believe that the BBC is impartial just because it's "by law" is naive; reversing roles, one would not say Fox News is objective because its charter requires them to be "Fair and Balanced."
-- Alvin