Al Gore Defends Rupert Murdoch

[Karmadillo]

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/07/al_gore_defends_rupert_murdoch.php

Al Gore Defends Rupert Murdoch
18 Jul 2007 03:25 pm

This was buried in a New York Times article on the News Corp. acquisition of the Dow Jones Company. Former Vice President Al Gore defends Rupert Murdoch as a man of his word.

In an interview, former Vice President Al Gore defended Mr. Murdoch as someone who supports independent voices and keeps his word. Mr. Gore was referring to his own experience negotiating a contract to carry Current TV, a cable channel he helped found. Mr. Gore, who has spoken out against media consolidation by conglomerates like the News Corporation in the past, said that he was mainly concerned with ownership of broadcast outlets. “That’s an issue — but on the question of his openness to independent points of view, I want you to know that my experience has been that when he gave his word, he kept his word.”

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Oh dear

:hide:

[BootinUp]

13. lol nt

[geek tragedy]

2. Hoo boy. Pro-Murdoch threads at DU.

Crazy season is upon us.

[robbedvoter]

5. I read it more as an anti-Gore thread

[Karmadillo]

7. I wouldn't read it that way

nt

[depakid]

9. Or an apologia for Clinton

for getting in bed with Murdoch & Co. -against all our better interests.

[Cha]

6. Lol! Oh

boy!

[NYCGirl]

3. And? Is this supposed to convert me into a Fox News fan?

:shrug:

[Bolo Boffin]

11. I don't think so.

Fox News exists to sell advertising to a specific market, conservatives. They inflate their numbers by being provocative so that people who disagree with them (i.e., people who like facts) will also tune in.

They do this very well. Gore is merely saying that Murdoch finds his honor in his business dealings. As long as it makes Murdoch money, Murdoch's good with it.

[asthmaticeog]

4. I always knew he was a freeper.

[Cameron27]

8. Well that's interesting.

[ClassWarrior]

10. Wow, so some people aren't one-dimensional cartoon villains?...

And other people are fair enough to give them credit when they occasionally do good?

Shocking! Simply shocking!!

:eyes:

NGU.

[durrrty libby]

12. He must be a "corporate whore " too. HAHAHAHA

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[xchrom]

14. i don't care one way or the other. -- he needed murdoch and he came through.

i'm guessing past that they have little enough in common.