Will the Next President Be Brought to You by Rupert Murdoch?

[babsbunny]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/will-the-next-president-be-brought-to-you-by-rupert-murdoch/19543423/

By JEFF BERCOVICI Posted 4:30 PM 07/06/10

Like them or not, this country has laws limiting political donations, meant to insure that wealthy individuals and powerful corporations don't play an undue role in deciding who gets elected. But one wealthy individual in charge of a powerful corporation, News Corp. (NWS) chairman Rupert Murdoch, has found an entirely legal way to put millions of dollars directly into the bank accounts of leading candidates from his favored party: He hires them.

Beginning later this month, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee will host a new daily syndicated talk show, The Huckabee Show. It will be produced by Twentieth Television, a unit of News Corp., and air on Fox stations. The deal appears to be an outgrowth of Huckabee, a weekend program the former presidential hopeful -- who some polls have leading the field of potential 2012 nominees for the GOP -- has hosted on Fox News since 2008.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Much like the Spanish-American war was a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst and Pulitzer.

[Blue Owl]

2. If only Turdock could buy some dignity

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