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What if Rupert Murdoch goes crazy?

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited July 2007 in A Moving Train
umm.....what if he already is?

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8qmTvMb40

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63WhinFJgHs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    before I watch roland, I was just gonna say, what do you mean what if??? ;)

    I'll be back! :D
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Yep! Nothing new there from my point of view. But thanks for posting it. :)

    Rupert is one evil mo fo and won't be satisfied till he can personally control the minds of every person on the planet.

    He's already been through Australia like a dose of salts, welcome to our world! :o
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Olbermann personally gets a taste of the ol Murdoch hack n slash:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_eC3R6Xfvg&NR=1

    I find it strangely ironic that early in his career Murdoch and the family fortune were almost ruined as he discovered the full power of what politicians could actually get away with. His life story would make a really good movie actually.

    As per wiki:

    A defining moment in Murdoch's life was the Stuart case in Adelaide when The News began a campaign to free a young aboriginal carnival worker named Rupert Max Stuart who had been convicted of the murder of a small girl on a beach near Ceduna in the far west of South Australia during Christmas of 1958. Stuart was sentenced to hang. The News was critical of the case and investigated in an attempt to prove Stuart not guilty. This action raised the ire of Premier Thomas Playford, and after numerous deliberating, and even a Royal Commission, Stuart was spared the death penalty.

    To neutralize public emotion on the issue of hanging he commuted Stuart's sentence to life imprisonment and then established a royal commission, conducted by the state's chief judge and the judge who had passed sentence on Stuart. The outcome was a confirmation of Stuart's guilt and a recommendation that The News, its editor and its managing director be charged with sedition, a form of treason based on mediaeval English law. The paper, the editor and Murdoch were each charged on three counts, making nine counts in all.

    To fight the nine cases would have bankrupted News Limited. Rupert Murdoch's only chance of saving the family inheritance was an intercession arranged by Ken May, a political reporter on The News. Playford agreed to meet Murdoch in private. Murdoch pleaded his case on the basis of his youth and inexperience and a claim that Rohan Rivett had exerted influence over him. Playford agreed to have the charges dropped on two conditions: (1) That Rivett be fired from the paper and (2) that The News pay the costs of the royal commission. Unable to face Rivett, Murdoch went to Sydney and wrote a terse one-paragraph letter dismissing his long-time friend.

    This humiliating experience gave Rupert Murdoch a taste of the overwhelming power of popularly elected politicians and would shape the future policies of all his newspapers. In 2002 Murdoch financed a motion picture “Black and White” which told a varied version of the Stuart story.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    spot the lies

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF9HpuZm6-g
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Have you seen Outfoxed Roland? :)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfoxed
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39FnpuMRfo

    just the trailer so far
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w39FnpuMRfo

    just the trailer so far

    I actually have an official dvd copy (not dvdr) of this if anyone is interested.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    I actually have an official dvd copy (not dvdr) of this if anyone is interested.

    I am abook love, but it's hardly worth the trouble. Thanks for the offer though. :)

    I must go hunting and get myself a copy of it!

    They had it on tele here a while ago but I can't remember what happened, if I stuffed up the video or if it was on SBS (bad channel reception for me) or if I simply forgot to record it. Anyway long story short, I've yet to see it.
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  • hailhailkchailhailkc Posts: 582
    Keith Olbermann. My hero.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Took myself to JB last night and grabbed a copy of The Gorge :D sooo exciting, but I also ordered a copy of Outfoxed. They said it might take 6 weeks but they'll let me know! :rolleyes: So I might just FINALLY be able to watch it! :)
    NOPE!!!

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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Yeah so I just watched Outfoxed. It's a must see documentary.

    Here's the first couple of mins.

    http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-423157312042308406&hl=en-CA
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Thanks Roland. :)

    How long does the dvd go for? Just curious coz the guy at JB thought $14.99 was pretty cheap. :rolleyes: I think he was implying that as a new release that wasn't expensive. I figured that maybe it only goes for an hour or so.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Jeanie wrote:
    Thanks Roland. :)

    How long does the dvd go for? Just curious coz the guy at JB thought $14.99 was pretty cheap. :rolleyes: I think he was implying that as a new release that wasn't expensive. I figured that maybe it only goes for an hour or so.

    It's 78 mins in length. It sucks that so many corporations put the needs for profit above what is responsible.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    It's 78 mins in length. It sucks that so many corporations put the needs for profit above what is responsible.

    Thanks for that. Explains the price. Well to me anyway. :)

    Yeah, the thing we will most have to watch about Rupert is that he's grooming Lachlan for the top job. So potentially his current reign over the media could go for another 40 or 50 years. And that's a bad thing. Such a bad thing.

    I think something happens to some people when they get to the middle & upper echelons of a corporation Roland. They start thinking about the Joneses and committing themselves to bigger houses and bigger cars and holidays in the South of France and all kinds of material possessions and because they are groomed to be where they are in the company they meet with other like minded folk and they can rationalize that what they're doing is ok. I mean by the time you're that far up in an organization I think you completely forget about the people down the bottom.

    Trouble with Rupert is that he's busy using his money and power to influence government and then making damn sure that the rest of us don't know about it. So any chance that the rest of us have of policing him and demanding he be responsible is slowly being erroded. And it doesn't just apply to Rupert obviously, but the days when government regulation could be relied upon to keep corporations responsible are well and truly over. And seeing as the governments are representatives of the people :rolleyes: (yeah, I know but I'm thinking of the good old days! ;)) I really don't see how we, the people, can stop the multinationals in their tracks and get things to a fair and equitable place for everyone.
    NOPE!!!

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    Hold on to the thread
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    That's a very accurate representation Jeanie. It seems as though our very existence on this planet is falling victim to corporatization.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    That's a very accurate representation Jeanie. It seems as though our very existence on this planet is falling victim to corporatization.

    Yes, I've been watching it for a while now. It's why I couldn't get too up in arms about the level of protesting that greets the WEF when they come to town in most places. Because people, granted a small minority, but people non the less are drawing attention to globalization and the tyranny that is perpertrated against the little people and whole cultures in the name of progress. Corporations are where the power is at these days and it's a very sad thing to see. Because ultimately they are there to keep shareholders happy but not at the expense of being able to continue their over affluent lifestyles. And I think it's about power too. So many of them have realized that they don't need to be in government to hold real power over the population. It's one of the reasons why I would never work for a corporation and why I'd be very loath to accept arts funding from one. As much as I am able I will not support them.
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,278
    He owns the Wall Street Journal. I was just listening to an NPR podcast, and I didn't know he owns MySpace also. Who'd knew.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4697671.stm
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    He owns the Wall Street Journal. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4697671.stm

    Well technically, his board just approved the purchase, and the Dow Corp. board still has to approve the sale, but yes you are correct ... considering The Dow's approval is " a given " at this point, he does own it (just a few days in coming still) ...

    i think i almost lost it in a fit of rage and frustration when i heard this news resurface yesterday (after it had lost momentum earlier this month) ...

    the world is going to shit, and the pace is accelerating ...
    this certainly won't help anything.
    "independent" advisory\governing board or not ... yeah right ... scoff. :rolleyes:
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