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Rupert Murdoch's China adventures; how the world's most powerful media mogul lost a fortune and found a wife.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Rupert Murdoch's China adventures; how the world's most powerful media mogul lost a fortune and found a wife.

Dover, Bruce.

Tuttle Publishing

2008

256 pages

$18.95

Paperback

HE8689

Dover served as the head of business development for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation through the 1990s, and now documents the mixed results his boss achieved while trying to make a communications deal with China. The author maintains that while Murdoch was able to finally make the deal he wanted, it came at an enormous cost and was extremely ...

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Thompson Lays Into Fox News

Posted Nov 26, 07 6:56 PM CST in Arts & Living,  Politics 

(Newser) – Fred Thompson isn’t buying “We Report, You Decide.” The Republican White House hopeful yesterday blasted Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," accusing Rupert Murdoch’s network of skewing its election coverage against him. Thompson said belittling his campaign and calling it troubled has become “a constant mantra" on Fox, the Politico reports.

The candidate, the first Republican to allege Fox bias, had opted for the network when launching his campaign and to offer softball questions when he hit early rough spots. But the honeymoon is apparently over. Thompson bristled when Wallace showed clips of pundits expressing disappointment in his campaign. “I understand the game of buildup and I understand the game of takedown,” he snapped.

Source: Politico

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