Murdoch of Fox News admits manipulating the news for agenda

of course Murdoch influences people through his media.
Just look at fox news and the propaganda they spread.

This is astonishing. Murdoch is a Devil.

When asked if he had been successful in shaping world opinion on the war in Iraq he says "We tried...ha ha ha...to support the Bush policy.?"

"But now we are tired of the whole execution."

The problem is that it doesnt matter what he feels. The news should be presented as neutrally as possible; he should not try to influence people to agree with the policies of Bush and that's why I think a lot of people are not fans of Fox

Murdoch admits: We supported the Bush policy.

Ok, so when we hang Bush, can we also dismantle FOX?

quoting our elected vice president:

"so?"

So what makes us think its not happening on the other information sensitive channels? These are public airwaves and no one seems to remember that. The american people give this guy the air time he gets, can we not then ask for accountability, responsibility, and reliability in the content he sends? I'm not talking about sitcoms or cartoons (although they have their issues) but the news we turn to, to be informed. our system is broken. thank god the internet is here and evolving.

true YaY,

but it should be unlawful and subject to dismantling if you're a self-proclaimed news network admitting to a political bias. You may argue that they all have their biases, but none of them admit it. It's admitted false advertising. it's tantamount to lying to the American public.

If you put a pair of 3D glasses on, you can actually see his horns.

it's propaganda thats how we got into the war check out zeitgeist:themovie that freaked me out tell me wat u think

This is where freedom of speech becomes a tricky thing. Do news agencies fall under the freedom of speech, or are they limited despite it because of their responsibility to deliver the news in a neutral light?

Fox news is crap and this proves it.

The only good news channels on this country are PBS, BBC America, and of course Current.

Can you name one news channel that does not manipulate the news ?

Each media has its agenda including PBS and Current

The viewers support who ever they want.

The media responds to the ratings and who is watching.

They responds to the advertisers who pay their bills.

I am no sure how much Cspan is trying to be neutral. I have not watch them for a long time

I hope no one is surprised by this.

Looks like we have an updated version of Citizen Kane

He deserves to hang like Bush and the rest of his crew.

"Propaganda, n. Their lies.
Public information, n. Our lies."
- Edward S. Herman


That sums it up.

I am sad to say that PBS has even shown signs of wavering on their integrity. I hope that stricter rules for sponsorship might help them in the coming years of ...sanity(?) ...just had a flash of an idea.. How about voluntary payment for services such as PBS nonsponsored news and programming with integrity like Keith Olbermann? This could be paid for through our service provider bill and include a check mark for helping out these resources..so they can remain free in spirit and not infringe on poor viewers unable to pay. I know I would pay a nominal fee to watch Keith Olbermann without being nauseated by drug ads. What do you think?

Who is surprised?
Fox News is just a great source of comedy.
I get my daily dose of laughter from them.
And an extra dose from the people who actually believe the things they say.

I never really liked Fox News and it had nothing to do with information as much as it had to do with their look. Red and blue worked for Superman as a peaceful look, but for a news media it just looked icky and I couldn't take them seriously because of that; besides their choice in graphics have always been horrible. Red is far too violent a color to have all over the place like they have it.

As far as them being "wrong" I don't know why people are under the assumption that they know what is and isn't right. All they have is their own opinions on what is right. Perception, people, not right in totality is what is going on here. Far be it for people to actually admit that they are going off of their opinion and not fact. People what to believe they know what is right but no one has ever given evidence of being right enough about what is a good source of news without being bias themselves.

And if Historians can infiltrate their depiction of events with their own bias then News wouldn't be safe no matter who it came from.

While this is old news, over a year and a half old, it is disturbing. I've always been disgusted with the sensationalism of Fox and it's affiliates.

But, Murdoch is a businessman, and it was good for business. Fox News had the biggest ratings of it's existence during the Bush administration.

That's the kicker for me, people actually watch it and are drawn to it.

Everyonbe has an agenda, it's naive to think that any news organization does not support one view or another. It is up to us to decipher what to believe and what not to believe. Remember that media is not some entitiy unto itself, it is made up of people just like you and me who are not neutral.

I actually respect Rupert's honesty, how many other media owners would admit to attempting to shape opinion with their reporting.

This is why I am a big supporter for universities being in charge of the news media. If we have graduate students doing research, etc... we can find ourselves in a better place where we are better informed than through these rich bastards. What we need is "real" people with "real" experiences informing the public on our current events.

But yes, this does not surprise me at all. Murdoch and his peers should be found guilty along with the Bush administration... but then again... aren't all corporate junkies like this? =P

You can pay off students more so. Those student loans are looming over their heads, they do almost anything to get money. Some even sell their bodies on the Internet. I don't know if I'd fully trust such people with doing a well enough job on getting the 'right' news.

what an @$$!!!!

duh?

The real problem is the 24hr news cycle.

Fox News has -- what? -- 4 hours of facts in a given day and 20 hours of "commentary shows" that discuss those facts.

Fact: The sun is a star that the earth revolves around. That fact gets 1min of air time in a 24hr "news" cycle.

The Commentary: "Well the liberals who hates Jesus are trying to push their extreme secular ideology on our children by insisting that their theory regarding the non-rotation of our sun be taught in high school science classes at the exclusion of traditional mainstream Christian belief that the sun revolves around the earth. Joining me to discuss this is Rev. Hagee. Now Rev. Hagee how many parents have been physically assualted and jailed by the extreme left-wing teachers? Have their been any deaths yet and what can ordinary people do against the all-powerful liberal machine that controls everyone's life and is responsible for all death and disease in America?"

Fox News is 99 percent commentary (propoganda) and 1 percent actual news/facts.

It was much better in the old days when it was mostly newspaper and a single daily news HOUR wherein you didn't have time to pontificate and make commentary, you just had to essentially report the facts.

If you're going to be 99 percent commentary then by law you shouldn't be allowed to call yourself a NEWS organization.

If that's the case then what your really are is a talk show network and Fox News should rightly be called "Fox Conservative Commentary."

What is Fox doing that is different from CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, BBC.....and CURRENT TV?

Nothing except showing that their side is more middle of the road.

All the news networks are the same, CNN and MSNBC just express more closely to most of your views. This is a real liberal site. I say turn off the fucking TV all together, its destroying us as a nation.

au contraire, clay. TV is the only thing that keeps us together as a nation.

i cannot believe he actually is comfortable enough to go in front of the public and admit this stuff. he should be ashamed.

Yeah, duh. The worst part is they publicly acknowledge they are manipulating us and TV is their tool, yet this is one of the only places I've seen where the people are trying to take back the airwaves. People are willing to sit and be told they're being lied to and just take it, like "ok as long as I have my American Idol..."

If you're not going to boycott it and do something about it, they're winning.

What else would you expect from a person that would hire Bill O'Reilly as the tent pole of his network.

He should be re-named Captain Obvious.

Well this just puts the truth out once and for all. To what many of us already knew and many others thought they knew. All though it isn't wrong for him to have his point of view, that is what makes him American, however i think that when you have a media base as large as he did, it is your responsibility to try and show both sides of a debate no matter which one you support.

Where is the FCC? They should condemn news organizations for taking sides!

I agree the FCC should be involved.

You can't blur the line between news and commentary the way Fox has.

They also have taken a page from the Bush playbook by spreading misinformation and then -- oops! -- claiming it was all a mistake.

"We have confirmed that John Kerry has butchered 4 prostitutes! This is a fact! This is a fact!"

But then, weeks later, they reveal that they had been "mislead" by their source which turns out to be a 87 year old homeless whino with severe dementia.

Fox has no standards whatsoever and will cherry pick (just like Bush) their "facts" to prove whatever super right-wing point their trying to shove down people's throats.

Isn't there some kind of Journalism court we can take them too?

Don't you have to have a journalism degree or license to work as a journalist?

If lawyers and doctors can screw up so badly that they get their licenses taken away....why can't the "journalists" who -- oops! -- seem to get it wrong everyday on Fox?