http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6158/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/rupert-murdoch-still-frightening-times <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Scary stuff indeed: &quot;Rupert Murdoch is moving to tighten his already-imposing grip on American news media...&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Rupert Murdoch, head of the News Corporation, which owns Fox News, is seen as a frightening conservative mogul by much of the liberal media, and the opening lines of Wednesday's A1 story by Richard Perez-Pena and Tim Arango, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/business/media/23paper.html?hp="&pagewanted=all" " target="_self">Murdoch </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/business/media/23paper.html?hp="&pagewanted=all" ">Moving To Buy Newsday For $580 Million</a>," played into that stereotype. How's this for an ominous-sounding lead?</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/rupert-murdoch-still-frightening-times" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch FCC MediaOwnership Newsday NewYorkTimes NYTimes RichardPerez-Pena RupertMurdoch StephenLabaton TimArango TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:56:00 +0000 admin 6126 at http://archive2.mrc.org