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katatonic
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posted July 13, 2011 09:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
well he's not gone yet, to be honest. but watch the cookie crumble...and by the way, sarah palin's biggest support when the shite hits the FOX fan, and it will.

england has deprived murdoch of the ownership of BSkyB, a sweet little monopoly holding on satellite tv he has been after for some time. the NOWT is gone, and others look to follow as the illegal and corrupt tactics murdoch's newsmakers have been engaging in for decades come home to roost. and now it is looking like they were also hacking into private phones, bribing and blackmailing their way into the hearts of america too.

the MOST TRUSTED name in news? how's that smear and subjugate game working out for you now guys and gals?

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posted July 13, 2011 09:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for lalalinda     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Did you know that Don Henley wrote the song "Dirty Laundry" with Rupert in mind?

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posted July 13, 2011 10:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
lmao, i would NOT be surprised. of course the NOWT - is that the best anagram or wot? - was no lilywhite erudite tome before he took it over, but the way the execs are playing dumb is hilarious...their tactics have been common knowledge since before they framed the rolling stones in 67...

of course they HAVE come up with some great stories, but i will never forget the "THE SHOCK AND THE OUTRAGE" headlines that put punk rock on the map and simultaneously destroyed it due to the outrageous publicity a lot of musicians were maimed, banned from playing, etc.

and that is just a couple of MUSIC biz larks. murdoch as i mentioned on another thread raised funds for hillary, endorsed obama through the NY post, and then set his dogs on the democrats for so much sport.

he has through his minions messed with the queen, politics in several countries, and turned the media into a curse word almost singlehandedly...

where do old dogs like rush go when the massa loses the plantation i wonder?

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posted July 13, 2011 10:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
nodette nodette wherefor art thou nodette?

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posted July 14, 2011 11:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yeah, Rupert has hired a crew of radical right wing extremist Neo-Cons as commentators and contributors at Fox News.

Here's a partial list of the most extreme right wingers.

Juan Williams
Greta Van Sustren
Kirsten Powers
Mora Liasson
Bernie Sanders
Bob Beckel
Alan Colmes
Patrick Cadell
Susan Estrich
Mort Kondrache
Marc Lamont Hill
Harold Ford

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posted July 14, 2011 01:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
the man has no politics but money. and he has no respect for the law, anyone's privacy, or the truth. who said anything about rightwing extremists? he bets on both sides for sport and profit.

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posted July 14, 2011 02:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well then, let's see if I understand your position visa vie Fox News.

You too believe Fox News is fair and balanced, presenting both or all sides of issues...and that Murdock designed Fox News to present all sides of issues...by hiring commentators and contributors from both left and right.

Does that accurately sum up your position katatonic?

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posted July 15, 2011 11:16 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
sigh...this is one of the problems we have in communicating jwhop.

YOU seem to think "fair and balanced" is just a matter of numbers on either side of the table.

I think "fair and balanced" indicates some fairness in the presentation by either side, in other words, and attempt to be HONEST (which is always fair) and REASONABLE (which is generally balanced) on whichever side you are.

also while i realize this is very hard for you to compute, i don't see things in terms of LEFT and RIGHT but reasonable and unreasonable. hence your continual insistence that i am a leftist ... because i am not a rightist...is completely off base.

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posted July 17, 2011 07:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's funny how astrologers find intriguing aspects that help to define these events.

Eric Francis found a correlation between the start up of the UK paper, R-M natal, and the breaking of the story.

Though the scandal has been going on for sometime, simmering on the back burner__ involving Pluto which has been hovering around 5* Cap, [turns out the Murdoch has 5 Cap,] and Pholus that small cause ~ big effect centaur planet.

fascinating stuff.

I asked a fellow politico at work yesterday if he thought Rupert was going down.
He replied "too big to fail"

Minions are bailing like lemmings~ let's see what the FBI has to say.

there was a free issue at PW I have not read it yet, would imagine it is a fully fleshed out version of what Eric talked about earlier in the week....

link to the free post issue

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posted July 17, 2011 12:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i disagree about too big to fail. i think he is too big to slap on the wrist and let run free. politicians who have been in his pocket for years are coming out in the hope perhaps of shaking him, and hopefully they will realize this is an all or nothing bid? this is a can of worms that once opened will be hard to shut without risking serious reprisal. this is a man who has tampered with elections, allows the head of fox to "blackmail" the president with "if you were more amicable we wouldn't be smearing you so hard", whose idea of news is basically as a tool to roil people up...?

he endorsed obama but has given palin so much support she can afford to give the rest of the media the finger and know she will still be covered big-time...this is classic murdoch.

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posted July 17, 2011 01:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, if Rupert goes to jail in the US..for bribery of public officials...then I expect to see union thug leaders, George Soros, the ACORN leadership, AARP leadership, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives and Jeffery Imelt...among others, sharing the same cell.

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posted July 17, 2011 02:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
not out for blood myself. but i would be happy to see them all stripped of the power to do so...all those actually guilty and not just set up by the media....where murdoch has ridiculous power on THREE continents...blackmail and bribery are not acceptable ESPECIALLY in the media where they influence people's thinking, but anywhere.

and while i have no problem with people making as much money as they can, it is somehow ALWAYS the wealthy who buy politicians, isn't it? who buy radio stations and promulgate the kind of filth murdoch's organizations are famous for. d'you know that at least half the NOWT's buying public only did so for a laugh over their coffee? like beck said, it's not news, it's entertainment...except a lot of people haven't been told that and believe it to be FACTual reporting.

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posted July 17, 2011 04:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I think you have several good points Kat, especially the part where people have come foreword with details and names of his machinations. Some will roll on Rupert to save their own sorry hides, others hope to curtail his huge influence and power.

three continents I am fumbling about thinking of a similar point of history where a coup of this sort has resulted in the downfall because they are so influencial....there are a few out there. In this instance his own tight hold on the reigns might serve as the noose. He has no patsy, no fall guy, or woman to lay some of the blame as it is widely known that even in his advanced years control has been omnipotent.

And what is wrong with wanting him to pay? Both in reduced stature, and possible legal action?
Criminal activities that have resulted in catastrophically cruel dealings, damaging many, many lives. If blood is a metaphor for jail time I am all for it.

we will be hearing updates about this for years perhaps.

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except a lot of people haven't been told that and believe it to be FACTual reporting.

too true, and I have no doubt that he has his defenders by those who do need someone to digest things for them, and tell them what they should think, instead of thinking for themselves.

Juni:
I forgot to say before that
Dirty Laundry gave me a good laugh, how apt.

was going to post the lyric, Henley has asked for it to be removed from the internet. it is out there to read, but you cannot copy `n paste. Good on him.

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posted July 17, 2011 04:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
when i say not out for blood i mean i don't care if they go to jail or not as long as they are neutered. after due process of course!

there are plenty of corrupt operations ongoing and it may be naive to think we can get them all but if pluto in cap/uranus in aries can't ferret out a good proportion of them and set in motion some major reforms/rebirths of ethics, i will be very disappointed.

and, jwhop, since the major egg thrower at acorn was murdoch-sponsored media, i would expect a long and thorough investigation before they were pilloried. i have my doubts about most of your info and sources, to be honest. they come mostly from the same womb.

and that includes the original coiner of the phrase red baby boomer diaper baby (or however he put it together) who was fostered for some time by murdoch et al.

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posted July 17, 2011 04:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
as to his chart, he has saturn at 21 cap, so a square forming there, also eris is transiting(separating now) his 14 aries NN while saturn is opposing it, and uranus is approaching its return (in a couple more years but applying loosely). the sun today is approaching his natal mars having just passed natal pluto - which is in cancer, so his pluto opposition is brewing too.

sorry, i am useless posting charts here, and had only a noon birthtime to go by. moon is in sag whatever time he was born

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posted July 17, 2011 04:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
lmao, jwhop, i would be VERY afraid if all those guys were allowed to communicate even in the world's most secure prison!

i somehow doubt it will be a US prison, the british are really up in arms (finally) about him and OTHER news outlets too. the police and scotland yard are not untarnished either...

meanwhile, back at the ponderosa, we appear to be avoiding the subject altogether:

[URL=http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-ignoring-rupert-murdochs-hacking-scandal-095800609.html]http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-ignoring-rupert-murdochs-hacking-scandal-095800609.html[/ URL]

the silence is deafening at fox, nypost, and a few others...

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posted July 17, 2011 05:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
silence is deafening @foxxy.....I am twisted enough to find it hilarious. Even-- went so far as to watch a bit.


more later
and the time is from his bio / astrodata bank

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posted July 17, 2011 05:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
from EF
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I have long maintained that the media, in particular what we call the news media, is one of the biggest spiritual problems of our times. By that I mean an existential problem on all levels, from consciousness to politics, influencing every thought we think and why we believe we're alive. If we want to understand why society's problems seem so intractable, imagine if there were more newspapers that told the truth about them, rather than covering up the issues. If we want to understand why so many people are so poorly informed, have bizarre opinions, absurd worldviews and believe in the politicians and policies that hurt them the most, we have the media to thank, all of it, including movies, TV and most books. We've all seen this over and over: a problem surfaces in mainstream news coverage, and then it disappears. We all know about issues that get no press at all. And we figure there must be a reason -- such as the newspapers are protecting their friends in public office, or are somehow involved in what they're making disappear.

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posted July 17, 2011 05:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, let's see!

What did Murdock DO? Not his alleged minions but Murdock himself?

Of course, when I say what did Murdock DO; I mean what did Mudrock DO...that's illegal.

Care to fill me in? I don't read the WSJ or NY Post and I usually don't watch Fox News...so, I don't know what Murdock DID or is accused of DOING....personally.

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posted July 17, 2011 06:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
corrected link from Kats' 4:51 post->

http://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-ignoring-rupert-murdochs-hacking-scandal-095800609.html

from the comments in the above ^^ link:


EP3 days ago
I watch Fox News religiously! What "hacking scandal" are you talking about?

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posted July 17, 2011 08:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
even if you did read or watch those ORGANS, jwhop, they would not be where you found any "evidence". what murdoch has done has been to turn several decent newspapers into tabloid rags that use all sorts of illegal means to get their stories, keep politicians and policemen quiet, and create a propaganda machine on three continents that keeps those who do read and listen in a consistently dumbed-down state. SO FAR he has not personally been caught with his hands dirty but there is an old saying "attitude follows management" and he has from his early days eschewed the truth for the tabloid version over and over again. in fact the SUN, a rag best known in england for its "page 3 girls" was once an actual newsheet but that was deemed too staid and not profitable enough.

he is not alone in this...hence my saying i don't care about the jail part, but exposure of not only the means but the fruits cultivated by murdoch et co are long overdue. as i said, pretty much everyone has known about the NOWT and it's tactics for decades but no one ever spoke out before.

eric francis apparently did a stint writing for the tabloid press himself, not sure but suspect as their astrologer. he has seen what goes on, and it would be very hard to believe that murdoch didn't at the very least look the other way while those in his pay did the dirty work - and spread sleaze for its cash value. there are many politicians in his "circle" of "friends" in high places, and he has helped make, and break plenty.

unfortunately i'm not one of the investigating authorities or operatives but it's always nice to see a rat caught with his pants down. he is no innocent.

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posted July 17, 2011 10:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
my bad, apparently it has been mentioned on FOX though it has also been stifled by some there.
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/07/17/greta-van-susteren-scolds-howard-kurtz-bad-report-foxs-coverage-news-

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posted July 17, 2011 10:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So, I read the idiot's article at The Week. So what?

My question is what did Murdock DO or what is Murdock being accused of DOING...that's illegal?

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posted July 18, 2011 12:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
shutting down the NOWT (news of the world )to evade investigation; running an operation that makes a HABIT of invading privacy, bribing and intimidating politicians and police, generally pursuing a policy of dumbing down the "audience" with sensationalist gossip and "yellow" journalism...

of COURSE rupert is not going to have dirtied his own hands with much of this. so if they do "get" him it will have to be for something big, or for being in charge of the empire that behaves thus.

it is also not ILLEGAL for ailes to have informed obama that were he more supportive of FOX (with his presence and implicit approval) there would be less invective treatment of him and his wife...it shows a good deal of their general MO. which is intimidation and often downright smear tactics, such as John Major was treated to at the end of HIS term as prime minister...and he was warned beforehand that the murdoch crew were going to "pour a bucket of **** over his head" if he didn't change his tune...

scotland yard has been sitting on 11000 pages of evidence/notes regarding the phone-hacking and manipulation of officials...the chief of the metropolitan police has now resigned...this is not just "journalism".

so he may not go to jail. he's 80 anyhow and the more poetic justice would be to see his hold on the political climate and actions on three continents crumble away and nothing he can do about it, since at least the british politicians are gaining courage from this recent exposure of scandalous ethics.

i'm not naive enough to think there aren't others who will follow in his footsteps, or who have been acting similarly. this is one of the problems of ultra-deregulation, since by the current laws of the lands involved, there are plenty of laws against what has been done but it may be impossible to prove, this may result in more regulation which SHOULD be unnecessary. other papers in england are coming under scrutiny too, and not just murdoch papers. the DAILY MIRROR is another sick rag which is not his but has kept up step with his for decades...

and the news of the world has been at it since before murdoch's time. that doesn't make it all right to carry on, does it?

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posted July 18, 2011 01:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hahaha

Shutting down News of the World...to avoid an investigation? You've got to be kidding.

Still, I don't see anything Murdock DID personally which is illegal.

If you can come up with anything ILLEGAL which merits an investigation of Murdock, let me know.

I can name two felonies O'Bomber and Eric Holder participated in. Let's investigate O'Bomber and Holder.

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