I know this isn't big news anymore, what with Blair resigning, but I'm still freaked out about the idea of Rupert "My Opinions are Reality" Murdoch owning another highly influential media outlet. Of course, I'm not terribly angry at the idea of Murdoch owning a right-wing guilded broadsheet like the Wall Street Journal.
No, I'm worried about him owning Dow Jones & Co, which is a name that dribbles respectability and oozes gravitas. This man thinks that the world is his by right, and anyone who resists his opinions are simply quacks. What's worse, his belief in his own infallibility is supported by his impressive ability to aquire failing businesses and convert them into best-selling rabble-rousers. As such, he's not completely wrong when he thinks that he's one of the smartest men in business today.
However, his ideology is, well, terrifying, and his impatience towards dissenters is legendary. In short, he should scare the shit out of anyone who values freedom of thought and belief, and every outlet he controls only serves to further hamper rational national dialouge on the social and diplomatic issues of today's world.
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