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Murdoch for allegedly using company funds to support the Republican Party. It will vote against the re-election of audit committee chairman Sir Rod Eddington to the board at the media giant’s annual investor meeting in New York on Friday. News Corp has given $2 million to the Republican Party in recent months – it recently gave $1 million to the US Chamber of Commerce, a lobbyist group which campaigns for Republicans to take control of Congress and $1 million to Republican candidates standing for election in the mid-terms. F&C represents investors angry that Murdoch is using News Corp funds for personal politics. “There is no evidence of a political contributions policy or process at News Corp and the board does not have an explicit oversight role,” F&C tells me. F&C’s corporate governance head Karina Litvack has expressed “concern” at News Corp using shareholder funds for political contributions. News Corporation declined to comment.
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Corporations can lobby. They should not be able to donate to political campaigns but now can because of Bush’s Supreme Court picks. We’ve seen the results that the Robert’s Court is about corporations over citizens and the results will get even worse for us.
Murdoch is not an American citizen and should not be allowed to make political donations to US elections. It’s time to keep foreign money out of our elections as well as corporations. They do not have our best interests at heart, just their own agenda which usually is about less pay, less jobs and more pollution.
Of course your sentiments also include George Soros, yes?
He actually IS a US citizen, obtained in the 1980s.
When Murdoch set about to buy broadcast properties in the US, he was faced with U.S. law that requires USA citizenship for holding broadcast licenses. He became a US Citizen in the mid 1980s to overcome this obstacle, thereby forfeiting his Australian citizenship.
One need not forgo citizenship of Australia just because one takes up another country’s citizenship. This is true for many countries which rely on migration to boost their population. e.g. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and etc.
Hmmmmm. Not a mention of the millions contributed to the Democratic party and its candidates each year by the labor unions. I doubt that the unions are made up 100% of Democrats yet they regularly support the left. Fairness might have dictated that this be pointed out as well. Not surprising……all of these entities (corporations and unions alike) want to have a government that will be favorable to their own financial interest.
Maybe because the unions are not media figures, and this site reports on hollywood and the media. Murdoch is head of a media conglomerate, so his donations and how they affect news corp’s shareholder is relevant here.
This website reports regularly on the various activities of any number of unions including the IBT (Teamsters), SAG, DGA, WGA, AFTRA, NABET, IBEW. While I understand your point, and will concede it does have some merit, I would suggest that in the interest of fairness there might also be reporting on the union activities that support the opposite party.
Sure it’s newsworthy that Murdoch donated big to the Republican campaigns. By the same token it ought to be worthy of reporting on the political donations to the Democratic party by CWA (Communications Workers of America), which represents a good percentage of the employees at Murdoch’s papers here in the USA and is part of the AFL/CIO.
It’s sort of funny that Mr Fox News doesn’t even pretend to be impartial in American politics.
He is copying the NBC playbook
What about Ted Turner, Sumner Redstone, et al?
True.
Ted Turner did pledge a billion dollar donation.
Oh wait – that was to fight world hunger.
What does American unions have to do with a US law that does not allow foreign citizens or foreign owned corps to contribute to political groups/campaigns?
It’s the Conservative, Tea Party nutjob disconnect from reality/cause-and-effect we’re seeing here.
Essentially right on the money with that one.
Me thinks Fox News’ support of the Republican party each and every minute of it’s “news” broadcasts is far more dangerous to politics than any amount of money the parent company donates.
Murdoch is propelling the entertainment industry directly toward George Orwell’s “1984″ telescreens. No man (or woman) should disseminate his ideology to society at large so aggressively. One day, I hope there will rise an anti-Murdoch to reestablish a balance within the world of passive public consumption of ideas. Quintessentially, society blindly trusts media and sit in front of screens that dream for them. We are what we eat and I have to say, it shows.
Keep dreaming. Americans are a bunch of spoiled, lazy slobs who lap up anything on TV that co-signs their “values.” Lazy and passive and the stuff they *do* get excited about is trivial. There’s a reason why Fox News is #1, for the same reason hip-hop is big; no dearth of stupid people in the USA to support that shit. Doesn’t take a genius to lap up either one.
Yes … and if I may add … NASCAR.
So much for any hope of intelligent discourse. The issue is not as much conservative/liberal as it is extremism. Neither side seems to have a corner on that market…as you have so well exemplified by your remarks and your moniker.
First off I believe Murdoch can vote in US election. I may be wrong on that. If that is true why is it wrong for him to donate his money to political candidates? Also he offers many careers to people in the US through fox news and whatnot. It is not like he is some foreign guy who is giving money to parties just to watch the country crumble. He has a business interest in the US and a big one I might add so of course he is going to want to insure candidates that support his views get some of his money.
Anyway if you think this is a Republican issues you are blind and completely insane. This happens on both sides all the time. that is how our crappy two party system works. Until we can get a real third party in this country this will continue to happen.
TV news, in my opinion, is regurgitated, teleprompted, and slanted by BIG 6 Corporate influences. It is merely propaganda passed on by ‘newsy floozies’ who seem more concerned with makeup and hair than with REAL news reports. Missing are the TRULY, endepth, investigative reporters of fact; like in the good ole’ days when we used to hear objective and unbiaised, news reporting.
Wondering… might not perhaps Murdock be, along with so many foreign-born Actors, and others, a LEGAL U.S.A. DUAL citizen? BTW, does anybody know? Was the Gov. of the state of California required to give up his foreign citizenship or is he also a dual-citizen?
As we all know, many people are here, illegally, working; and, some may even be investing. And don’t forget the, longtime, Greencard holders and people with Work Permits and Visas. Hmm…
In my opinion, current U.S.A., open-door, Policy favors, supports, embraces and encourages everyone BUT U.S.A. born citizens!
Foreign-born, legals and illegals, have been allowed to invade and take-over, not only low paying, but also middle-class jobs in the Entertainment Industry. Then of course don’t forget our other failed American Industries, i.e., Manufacturing, Steel, Auto, etc.
Hey, does anybody know whatever happened to the LEGAL Quota System?
The problem here is a news organization is supposed to remain impartial. Fox hasn’t just crossed the line, it has gleefully dashed across it. There is no defense of this no matter who is doing it, right or left. I’m glad the right and left wing newspapers are fighting Fox’s attempted takeover in British media. Hopefully, the Brits stop this spreading disease.
Nobody complained in prior election cycles when Murdoch donated to the Left! From Wiki:
On 8 May 2006, the Financial Times reported that Murdoch would be hosting a fund-raiser for Senator Hillary Clinton’s (D-New York) Senate re-election campaign.[28]
In a 2008 interview with Walt Mossberg, Murdoch was asked whether he had “anything to do with the New York Post’s endorsement of Barack Obama in the democratic primaries.” Without hesitating, Murdoch replied, “Yeah. He is a rock star. It’s fantastic. I love what he is saying about education. I don’t think he will win Florida… but he will win in Ohio and the election. I am anxious to meet him. I want to see if he will walk the walk.”[29][30]
So, was there an outcry when GE (as parent owner of NBC in the past, et al) most assuredly made campaign contributions to various political campaigns? Hmm, what about Viacom? etc. etc.
Seems to me a majority of you are only finding fault because the parent company owns Fox News.
I don’t really see the difference between a corporation and a union making campaign contributions. A corporation is a proxy for its shareholders, and a union is a proxy for its members, a distinction without a difference in my eye. If you don’t like the corporate campaign contributions, sell your shares. For the union, resign from the union … Oh wait, that’s right, union members most likely can’t resign and continue to find work.
Hmm, seems the corporation is a bit more democratic proxy for its shareholders then a union is for its members.
However, this is beside the point. Why is there only an uproar about this when it’s Fox?
ooohh… the US Chamber of Commerce is trying to steal the elections.
obama attacking the US chamber of commerce? no wonder the business community feels obama and the democrats are anti-business.
sheesh…