Murdoch;Dow Jones;WSJ;The Bad News ...

Apologies in advance for being the bearers of such shocking & scary news regarding the most recent Rupert Murdoch outrage.


Rupert Murdoch has won his battle to take over rival US media business Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal.


No wonder the wanker's laughing.


He's gone and grabbed himself something else.

His News Corporation company is paying $5.6bn (£2.7bn) for Dow Jones, after agreement was reached between the two boards.

As significantly, Mr Murdoch has managing to secure the backing of a majority of the Bancroft family, which controls 64% of the Dow Jones' voting shares.

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Although the Dow Jones board has backed the deal, one of its directors resigned in protest at the move.

Dieter von Holtzbrinck said he was "very worried" about the impact of the bid on the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence

Another, Leslie Hill, reportedly quit as a director as the final deal took shape.

News Corp has vowed to respect and protect the paper's position.

However, critics point to Mr Murdoch's track record of interfering in the editorial decisions of papers that he owns, such as the New York Post and The Sun.

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What happens next?

With the majority of Bancrofts pledging their support, a meeting of all shareholders will be convened in either September or October to vote on the deal - with it likely to proceed.

Read the rest of the related BBC report.

Who was it who said;"All power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."?

In case you're one of those who don't watch or read or listen to the his news, find out for yourself all you'll ever need to know about this man.



We suggest he should enjoy it while he can. Since considering the shape he's in and the age he's already attained, we reckon he's likely to learn pretty soon that a certain old saying still rings as true as it ever did; 'You can't take it with you'.

Remember though that in the meantime, as far as the many millions of gullible and/or naieve among us are concerned - whatever Murdoch decides then decrees - more often than not dictates the course of most people's daily lives and by logical extension the shape of almost all prospects for their futures.

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The War on Websites:US Dept of Defence Launches Internet Attack ...

Lots of us knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, since those in power are well aware of the old adage regarding knowledge being power.

No matter what sort of spin now seems set to be spewed forth in attempts to 'explain' the situation -- censorship by any other name is still censorship.

Today it's the turn of the US military, the internet's Youtube, My Space and several other famous sites.

The blogs and/or bloggers' turn to be blocked - if certain 'somebodies' saw fit - could quite easily come as quickly as tomorrow.

And what about the day after that? Who and/or what else could have it coming?

Make no mistake my friends, this could the first latest step on a super-slippery slope.

... the new rules mean many military personnel won't be able to watch those achievements — at least not on military computers.

If the restrictions are intended to prevent soldiers from giving or receiving bad news, they could also prevent them from providing positive reports from the field, said Noah Shachtman, who runs a national security blog for Wired Magazine."This is as much an information war as it is bombs and bullets," he said. "And they are muzzling their best voices."

The sites covered by the ban are the video-sharing sites YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, and 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket.

Bloody bandwidth banditry?

Bollix!

Bottom line?

What the people don't know about, the people can't do owt about.


The less citizens are allowed to learn, the less citizens are able to attempt to alter.

At least ordinary Americans can now see just how much their freedom really is hated -- and much more importantly, who it is that hates that freedom most.

Can anyone say Censored States of America?

Read the latest re: these alarming revelations -- while you still can.

Oh, and by the way, before we bugger off ... here's another important message ... XXX ////****000.......>>>>>>>!!!!