OT-POL-US newspaper demographics

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:33 -0700, "Al G"
wrote in :


1 The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the
country.


That is poised to change:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media...orp_05-02.html
Originally Aired: May 2, 2007

Business Experts Analyze Murdoch's Bid for Dow Jones

Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp. made a $5 billion offer Tuesday to
acquire Dow Jones and its newspaper, the Wall Street Journal. A
business analyst and a journalist discuss the offer's impact.
...

The company would become part of Murdoch's worldwide media empire,
valued at some $70 billion. It includes the FOX television
network, FOX News Channel, 20th Century FOX film studios, and the
New York Post in the U.S., and newspapers and television networks
abroad. Last year, News Corp. also bought the popular social
networking Web site MySpace.



If the infamous Mr. Murdoch is successful in acquiring the WSJ, those
who actually run the country soon won't have anything better than the
National Enquirer to read. :-(


The real issue in this story is not the notorious Mr. Murdoch, but the
concentration of control of what news gets reported in the hands of a
few large corporation.

If you are not already familiar with the documentary video Orwell
Rolls In His Grave, there is an on-line viewable version available
he
http://www.freespeech.org/fscm2/cont...ontent_id=1166

While I'm not a huge fan of Murdoch he is not stupid. He is well aware that
if he changes the WSJ to much it will be just another newspaper and he will
lose his investment.

While Fox News may or may not be you cup of tea it filled a gap in news
programing hence its sucsess. It's not like all Murdoch media push what may
or not be his personal agenda. Fox TV makes fun of Fox News all the time.