pBills Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 It is agenda based as usual, but I wish we would stop seeing corporate "sponsorships." The Obama campaign set a terrible precedent. Soon the rich will be able to buy the government....some would claim that day has already come So true, look at Fox News shelling out $1 Million to the GOP. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 So true, look at Fox News shelling out $1 Million to the GOP. Crazy. Fox News, or Rupert Murdoch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Fox News, or Rupert Murdoch? The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association this summer, Bloomberg news service reported this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association this summer, Bloomberg news service reported this week. So the National Geographic channel donated $1M to the RGA as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 So the National Geographic channel donated $1M to the RGA as well. Does the National Geographic channel have news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Does the National Geographic channel have news? Does ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNBC or MSNBC have news? CNBC- probably no, since there is always an infomercial on when I scan past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Does the National Geographic channel have news? No...but NewsCorp is not Fox News, it's the PARENT of Fox News. It's also the parent of NatGeo. Ergo, by your logic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Does ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, CNN Headline News, CNBC or MSNBC have news?CNBC- probably no, since there is always an infomercial on when I scan past it. CNBC has had to abandon news since Immelt at Zucker pulled the talent aside and let them know on no uncertain terms that they were to back off any negative comments about Obama. I suppose we could track the political donations of GE and attribute them all to NBC News and giggle at how clever we were to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 It's also the parent of NatGeo. Again, something I didn't know. Thanks! They're the parents of the National Geographic Society, or do they just run the channel for the society? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Again, something I didn't know. Thanks! They're the parents of the National Geographic Society, or do they just run the channel for the society? They just run the channel. NGS is a separate entity from NewsCorp (though they obviously provide content and branding to NatGeo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 They just run the channel. NGS is a separate entity from NewsCorp (though they obviously provide content and branding to NatGeo). That's what I figured. I didn't think a body as August as the NGS would subject themselves to the whims of Murdoch. Murdoch has, fwiw, done an excellent job with NatGeo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That's what I figured. I didn't think a body as August as the NGS would subject themselves to the whims of Murdoch. Murdoch has, fwiw, done an excellent job with NatGeo. To Murdoch's credit, he had nothing to do with Mother!@#$ing March of the Mother!@#$ing Penguins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 To Murdoch's credit, he had nothing to do with Mother!@#$ing March of the Mother!@#$ing Penguins. No- that's Burgess Meredith....hwaa hwaaa hwaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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