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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jul 20, 2008 19:20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
"Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11, 1931),
usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American global
media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing
director of News Corporation (News Corp). Beginning with newspapers,
magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch
expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent
years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film
industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.
According to the 2008 Forbes 400, Murdoch is the 109th-richest person
in the world, with a net worth of $8.3 billion. He was made a Grand-
Officer in the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II."
Political activities
Australia
Murdoch's shattering experience with Thomas Playford in South
Australia (see above: "Start of Business Career") and his early
political activities in Australia were to set the pattern he would
continue to use around the world.
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jul 20, 2008 20:21
On Jul 20, 10:20Â pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
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> "Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11, 1931),
> usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-American global
> media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing
> director of News Corporation (News Corp). Beginning with newspapers,
> magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch
> expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent
> years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film
> industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.
>
> According to the 2008 Forbes 400, Murdoch is the 109th-richest person
> in the world, with a net worth of $8.3 billion. He was made a Grand-
> Officer in the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope John Paul II."
>
> Political activities
>
> Australia
> Murdoch's shattering experience with Thomas Playford in South ...
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 20, 2008 21:15
On Jul 20, 8:21 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> On Jul 20, 10:20 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> "Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11, 1931),
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> What say you Immortalist? Aren't politics like religion?
>
Q: What is the Tragic Vision vs. the Utopian Vision?
A: ...According to the Tragic Vision, humans are inherently limited in
virtue, wisdom, and knowledge, and social arrangements must
acknowledge those limits. According to the Utopian vision, these
limits are "products" of our social arrangements, and we should strive
to overcome them in a better society of the future.
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 20, 2008 21:49
On Jul 20, 9:15 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 20, 8:21 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
>>> On Jul 20, 10:20 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:>
>
>>> "Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KCSG (born Melbourne, March 11, 1931),
>
>> What say you Immortalist? Aren't politics like religion?
>
> Q: What is the Tragic Vision vs. the Utopian Vision?
>
> A: ...According to the Tragic Vision, humans are inherently limited in
> virtue, wisdom, and knowledge, and social arrangements must
> acknowledge those limits. According to the Utopian vision, these
> limits are "products" of our social arrangements, and we should strive
> to overcome them in a better society of the future.
>
> Out of this distinction come many right-left contrasts that would ...
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 20, 2008 22:51
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>>> "This has led some critics to argue that Murdoch simply supports the
>>> incumbent parties (or those who seem most likely to win an upcoming
>>> election) in the hope of influencing government decisions that may
>>> affect his businesses"
>
>> bullocks
>
> You want to believe that Murdoch is of the "tragic" trait and
> therefore compelled to support the "right" ?
>
> That just doesn't bear out. I think that the future *situations* are
> much more complex than Tragic Vision vs. the Utopian Vision
> personification of the situations with the irony being that us basic
> (ok tragic if you like) monkeys are riding these "complex" situational
> waves.
>
> Murdock like all salesmen serves his own interests like any good ...
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Jul 20, 2008 23:08
On Jul 21, 1:51Â am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>>> "This has led some critics to argue that Murdoch simply supports the
>>>> incumbent parties (or those who seem most likely to win an upcoming
>>>> election) in the hope of influencing government decisions that may
>>>> affect his businesses"
>
>>> bullocks
>
>> You want to believe that Murdoch is of the "tragic" trait and
>> therefore compelled to support the "right" ?
>
>> That just doesn't bear out. I think that the future *situations* are
>> much more complex than Tragic Vision vs. the Utopian Vision
>> personification of the situations with the irony being that us basic
>> (ok tragic if you like) monkeys are riding these "complex" situational
>> waves.
> ...
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