Rupert Murdoch behind the smear against Barack Obama and his aunt Zeituni Onyango

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Australian immigrant Rupert Murdoch owns Times of London, the British publication that first published about Obama's 'Auntie Zeituni'.

Rupert Murdoch owns Fox News, that "fair and balanced as long as it's talking about extreme right-wing politics" network.

Rupert Murdoch owns the The New York Post, a publication that has been scathing about Barack Obama. Interesting enough, NYP runs right-wing "blogger" Michelle Malkin's nationally syndicated column. She happens to be a fixture of FoxNews as well. It also gives plenty of ink to writers from National Review Online and Town Hall. The New York Post, by the way, lost it's seat in Obama's press corps just yesterday along with Washington Times and the Dallas Morning News.

Rupert Murdoch owns The Wall Street Journal, which has had Karl Rove writing almost daily about the elections as a contributor. Here's a sample :

10/30/08Don't Let the Polls Affect Your VoteWSJ
10/27/08Latest Sign of Trouble for McCain: RNC Ads in MontanaWashWire Blog
10/24/08A Freudian trip to the Oval OfficeWSJE
10/23/08An Obamanomics PreviewWSJ
10/23/08Down the Homestretch: Oregon Senate Race (GOP Incumbent)WashWire Blog
10/23/08The Tax Argument Still WorksWSJ
10/23/08Protesters Besiege Mortgage ConventionWSJ
10/17/08A Freudian Trip to Oval OfficeWSJ
10/16/08Karl Rove: Obama Hasn't Closed the SaleWSJ
10/11/08Bush Film Finds Friends AbroadWSJ
10/10/08Oliver Stone's 'W.' Not on Karl Rove's Must-See ListWashWire Blog
10/09/08Karl Rove: Voters Haven't Decided YetWSJ
10/04/08Bush Leaves Successor Another Open-Ended InitiativeWSJ
10/03/08Electoral Battleground Map ShiftsWSJ
10/03/08How Washington WorksWSJ
10/02/08The Tax Issue Still ResonatesWSJ

Rove is also a frequent commentator on FoxNews.

Rupert Murdoch's track record as a Republican-loving mogul is astounding. He has supported the campaigns of people like Rick Santorum, Vito Fossella, Ted Stevens and George Allen. It hasn't escaped me he was an avid cheerleader of Hillary Clinton and a top contributor to  Chuck Schumer.

John Ellis called the 2000 election for George Bush on FoxNews. George Ellis is a cousin of George Bush. Rupert Murdoch is one of George Bush's and the GOPs biggest campaign contributors and is consistenly pinned as the man who stole the elections for George Bush.

Under the Bush Administration, deregulation of media ownership was fast-tracked in order to allow Rupert Murdoch to own more TV, radio and newspapers in the same media market; as well as allow fast expansion and consolidation of media companies and kill competition and diversity.

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Liza

Liza - are you mentally retarded? I think you should seek help. At the very least, you are suffering from a form of paranoid schizophrenia that should be treated immediately.

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What a troll. Leave your name and an email and then call me mentally retarded.

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Rupert Murdoch

Liza, I agree with the other guy. Are you paranoid or what?
You would also have to be just totally blind to not see that CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN and MSNBC are far worse in their lopsided reporting. On a scale of 1-10 with ten being Best and even handed reporting, FNC would be a 7 but the other networks would be 3's with the exception of MSNBC. The would be a 1
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