www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KL11Dj02.html

Yes, fortunately, the Murdoch empire is witnessing "rapidly declining circulation." The pablum it feeds its reactionary audience, although filling, is ultimately unpalatable to all sentient consumers. "Less Rupert can only be good for the globe" (A.Q.) is a motto well worth subscribing to.

Of course, there are other equally unpalatable insidious media models worthy of criticism. There are the numerous government-controlled media, producing only what bureaucrats believe is acceptable fodder for the general populace. And there are the elitist-controlled media (e.g. as in Thailand), denying the majority access to unbiased reporting.

And then there is the internet. Sure, there are governments that, with varying degrees of success, limit access to what they consider inappropriate content. That's OK for porn, but not for news. And the vast network of anti-semitic and other racist websites can only be deplored. But internet news continues to expand, to the benefit of all those wishing unfettered access to what is happening in our world today. So Murdoch can take the twaddle he calls news and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.

Housekeeping. Link for atimes.com:
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JIM the MORON, I AGREE WIth your sentiments!

"First, media companies need to give people the news they want. I can't tell you how many papers I have visited where they have a wall of journalism prizes - and a rapidly declining circulation. This tells me the editors are producing news for themselves - instead of news that is relevant to their customers. A news organization's most important asset is the trust it has with its readers, a bond that reflects the readers' confidence that editors are looking out for their needs and interests."
- Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp, in his Wall Street Journal of December 9.

RUpert MURDOck began his career as a media baron late in the 1950's when he inherited a provincial city newspaper the ADELAIDE ADVERTISER - (yes, I REGREt to say that MURDoch was one of mine, till he took out US citizenship) from his journalist father. HE WENT on to take over a SYDNEY tabloid the DAILY MIRror (1960) - which then increased its circulation by routinely publishing a full page pretty girl picture in each edition. HE then pioneered (1964) a national broadsheet named THE AUSTRALIAN - a first for AUSTRALIA where different daily newspapes had traditionally been published seperately in our metropolitan centres. THE then new technology of facsimile transmission permited similtaneous daily printing in all of our widely spaced apart main cities.

IN 1965 he went over to ENGLand and took over an ageing, stodgy London newssheet named NEWS OF The WORLD AND EMPIRE NEWS) HE TURNEd it around into a profitable enterprise with increased circulation by publishing tit and bum fullpage portraits of young women to titilate and entertain its targeted readership. Since then he has branched out to acquire news media interests in BRITAIN and worldwide.

HE owns half the newspapers in AUSTRALIA And has tenticles in commercial television as well. WHEN MURDOch speaks politicans of all parties have to at least pretend to listen.

"This tells me the editors are producing news for themselves - instead of news that is relevant to their customers. A news organization's most important asset is the trust it has with its readers, a bond that reflects the readers' confidence that editors are looking out for their needs and interests" (MURDoch):

IT SEEMS TO Be MURDOCk's way of saying 'feed the public all of the bullshit it is willing to pay for and I will gladly bank the pots of money'.

More on my favorite subject (from 'Notes and Quotes', atimes.net):

"Why the Obama Administration Will Implode In Weeks ... Never has an administration had more political firepower at their disposal yet been set to so totally fail in the next six to eight weeks. It is nearly a foregone conclusion ... Since I was the first pundit to predict Obama's presidency (back in December 2006) it behooves me to tell you the course I believe the next few weeks will take. ..." - Kevin McCullough, foxnews.com, Sep 1, 2009 (15 weeks ago).

If you want more of the astute McCullough, he behooves himself on 197 US radio stations, or you could buy his book, The Kind Of Man Every Man Should Be (presumably he should be a hooved musclehead), or browse his blog, which by freakish coincidence is called Musclehead Revolution. But if you want to catch him at foxnews.com, you better be quick: soon you will have to pay Rupert Murdoch for the privilege. Oh, by the way, it behooves ATol to point out that our pundit, Pepe Escobar, predicted an Obama presidency back in 2004.

aquicke wrote:
More on my favorite subject (from 'Notes and Quotes', atimes.net):

"Why the Obama Administration Will Implode In Weeks ... Never has an administration had more political firepower at their disposal yet been set to so totally fail in the next six to eight weeks. It is nearly a foregone conclusion ... Since I was the first pundit to predict Obama's presidency (back in December 2006) it behooves me to tell you the course I believe the next few weeks will take. ..." - Kevin McCullough, foxnews.com, Sep 1, 2009 (15 weeks ago).



BewAre of journalists who promote themselves as prophets.

MonsoonWind wrote:
BewAre of journalists who promote themselves as prophets.

Oh, I am, but our Kevin is no journalist of any description. He's an inarticulate, frothing at the mouth propagandist and self- promoter. A glance at his blog will confirm this.