As this story from Mediaite notes, Rupert Murdoch is sincerely for immigration reform in the US, and has just written an op-ed about it, but the people he is battling are Republicans devoted to his money making Fox News business.
This has long been the problem with Murdoch: he makes money by the cynical method of running media outlets that run political views he doesn't even agree with. He plays both sides of the street - another classic example is when he was (formerly) promoting climate change action (now, with the break up of his last marriage, he seems to have changed his mind) he was simultaneously happy for Fox News to run hard on climate change denialism.
If media magnates want to use their media to run political and social views that they believe, well, they are entitled to and you can at least respect their consistency.
But when you are reaping in your riches from a media network which has become so influential yet runs views you strongly disagree with - where's the honour in that?
No comments:
Post a Comment