Maybe we should look past the Becks and O'Reillys. Why is it that Ruppert Murdoch does what he does?
Nevermind the fact that Ruppert Murdoch makes the fortune that he does here in this country. That's the way it works here. Okay. Bully for him.
But what exactly motivates this man to permit, for example, someone like this Glenn Beck to soil his corporate world and image. Mr. Murdoch puts in front of us someone who, if not outright lying often, is fast and loose with facts. When he is even aware of them. A man who chases hobnobs and goblins of communist architecture here in NY that literally nobody could give a shit about, as evidenced by the fact that it has been where it is for decades and not a soul has taken offense. Except maybe as an eye sore. Someone who calls the President of our country, the first African-American President of our country, a racist for chrissakes.
Which all flies in the face of any semblence of "Journalism". So, Murdoch is not to be taken seriously as a player in the fourth estate. That goes without saying.
But can the motive simply be american dollars? I'm not convinced. He surely makes enough around the world that he can live without a few greenbacks here and there.
Yet much of this seems not to offend Mr. Murdoch in the least. I have seen it written that Mr. Murdoch is "conservative leaning". Okay. He's allowed. Again, that's the way it works here.
But this is not "conservative sentiments" being broadcast. This is crap. It is insulting at best and inflammatory and dangerous at it's core.
So why would a serious businessman perpetuate this shit? And why are we not getting after him about it?
Maybe we're looking under the wrong rocks.
Maybe Mr. Murdoch needs a little more attention.