It’s All Happening
For awhile, I have had the theory that Fox News would eventually realize the country was not overwhelmingly Republican and turn populist. Namely, when it started to affect their ratings. I now predict that this change is in the air. Observe history in the making:
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly promised his audience “the truth about Iraq” on Thursday, saying that most Americans now feel the war has not been worth the costs, while “the president’s argument for sustaining the war is largely theoretical.”
O’Reilly turned on his special guest during the segment, White House press secretary Tony Snow, saying, “You can’t win … unless the Iraqi people turn on all the terrorists. And they’re not.”
O’Reilly said he agreed with the president that defeat in Iraq could harm the US but said that “enough is enough.” The populist pundit who, according to his Wikipedia entry hasn’t been a registered Republican since 2000, added that the American people are as exhausted by this war as they ultimately were by Vietnam, and also that “the Iraqi government is incompetent and “the people themselves largely ungrateful.”
July 14th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
We recently had a house guest from Australia - I highly recommend making friends in other countries, there is nothing like seeing yourself through someone else’s eyes. Our friend Denis (apparently I have been spelling my name wrong for 60 years) says that Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch is considered somewhat of a left-winger in Australia. His opinion of Dubbya is that he is about as bright as a small appliance bulb. So why does his Fox network continue to back our facist regime? For one reason: he needs US government support to aquire and maintain his wealth in America.
What if one guy owned your newspaper, your radio and TV stations, your movie studios, your book publishers and your favorite gay singer? Even though his heart may be pure - he might just want to make a buck - he could maybe be inclined to force feed you his version of the truth.
So now here comes Citizen Rupert, who already owns Fox TV, Twentieth Century Fox, Harper Collins, the New York Knicks and Clay Akin, to name but a VERY few. Want to get freaked out, click here: http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch1.htm#sport
Do you think Rupert needs the support of the US government to aquire and maintain his stuff? Do you think he really gives a shit about what Bill O’Reilly says or what Dubbya believes? Do you think he is a scary guy?
July 15th, 2007 at 11:01 am
That’s interesting. I don’t know what Murdoch’s personal politics are like, but I’m sure you’re right, he’s more concerned about his personal success than he is about spreading an ideology. Which pretty much backs up my point — either Murdoch or his underlings can see that there’s a change a’ coming.