Fox News will help you cancel your New York Times subscription

[babylonsister]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/election2008/story/54479.html

Fox News will help you cancel your New York Times subscription

I ordinarily laugh off conspiracy stories about News Corp., the Rupert Murdoch company that owns all the various Fox television and movie properties. To see News Corp. as politically monolithic, you have to be awfully myopic.

Is The Simpsons right-wing? Nip/Tuck? The global-warming-is-killing-us-all flick The Day After Tomorrow? The fact is, the dominant ideology of News Corp. is making money, and its various units and divisions do it any way they can, without discernible political direction from the boss.

But once in a while, Murdoch's hand is visible. He's made no secret of the fact, since purchasing the Wall Street Journal last year, that he views the New York Times as a competitor and target. This weekend, while Fox News was covering Republican complaints about a pungent Times profile of Cindy McCain, it gave the story a little extra juice, as you can see from this screen grab.

[monmouth]

1. Well hell, I may just get a 12-month subscrip now...The power of the tubes, eh?...n/t

[irish.lambchop]

2. I hope Mr. Olbermann runs a scroll on 'Countdown'

that says, "Complain about Fox News" and then notes Murdoch's direct office line.

[KamaAina]

3. But will the Times help me cancel my Fux News subscription?

:shrug:

[NJmaverick]

4. So you can subscribe to the repuke NY Post (which they happen to own)

[leftofcool]

5. Let's see, NYT, champions and cheerleaders for the Iraq war

Cancelled mine a long time ago. Didn't need Fox's help either.

[gratuitous]

6. Any word on how I can get Fox stations off my cable provider?

Seems that in the interest of fairness and balance, Fox should be providing that service, too.

[NNN0LHI]

7. I would not want to be without Fox on November 5th

I like watching grown up thugs cry.

Don