Comments on: Boycott Murdoch’s Media Monopoly! http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: FOX Newscasters Have Been Reduced to Carnival Geeks. Fox is Not News « Ishtarmuz's Blog http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2860 FOX Newscasters Have Been Reduced to Carnival Geeks. Fox is Not News « Ishtarmuz's Blog Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:20:18 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2860 [...] than that why would anyone even consider boycotting Rupert [...] [...] than that why would anyone even consider boycotting Rupert [...]

]]> By: Tio http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2779 Tio Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:14:23 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2779 I've updated the list of all Murdoch's Newscorps holdings worldwide. It is important to frequently update this info so people are aware where their media info comes from. I’ve updated the list of all Murdoch’s Newscorps holdings worldwide. It is important to frequently update this info so people are aware where their media info comes from.

]]> By: Crazy American http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2778 Crazy American Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:08:36 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2778 You forgot to put that he also own the Wall Street Journal, and is trying to weed out all free media online and in any other format. He is without a question a billionaire tyrant. You forgot to put that he also own the Wall Street Journal, and is trying to weed out all free media online and in any other format. He is without a question a billionaire tyrant.

]]> By: Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Murdoch??? « Bala Fria 冷たい銃弾 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2743 Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Murdoch??? « Bala Fria 冷たい銃弾 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:04:03 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2743 [...] Now did I hear someone say monopoly???? [...] [...] Now did I hear someone say monopoly???? [...]

]]> By: tom http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2730 tom Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:31:56 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2730 Glad to see this site. Murdoch is an archetypal megalomaniac, but I sense that his bully-boy time is nearing its end. No questioning his commercial brilliance; it's his absence of ethical dignity that makes him dark and menacing. This is a man who heralded progress when, in the nineteen eighties, he fought thousands of UK print workers and destroyed their unions. Now he complains that progress in cyberspace technology, blogs in particular, are about to destroy the advertising revenues that underpin his journalist's salaries. What goes around comes around! Also, his commercial antics in Australia include his intrusion into the property market where his website: Domain.com, excludes private sellers from publishing their property details on his site. This is collusion with the parasitic activities of estate agents who are nothing less than viral con-artists feeding from a market they create by dazzling feats of seduction. Like estate agents, Murdoch has done nothing with his talent to help humankind. I look forward to the backlash against his forthcoming attempt to get internet users to pay for his news. This humpty-dumpty is in for a big fall. Glad to see this site. Murdoch is an archetypal megalomaniac, but I sense that his bully-boy time is nearing its end. No questioning his commercial brilliance; it’s his absence of ethical dignity that makes him dark and menacing. This is a man who heralded progress when, in the nineteen eighties, he fought thousands of UK print workers and destroyed their unions. Now he complains that progress in cyberspace technology, blogs in particular, are about to destroy the advertising revenues that underpin his journalist’s salaries. What goes around comes around! Also, his commercial antics in Australia include his intrusion into the property market where his website: Domain.com, excludes private sellers from publishing their property details on his site. This is collusion with the parasitic activities of estate agents who are nothing less than viral con-artists feeding from a market they create by dazzling feats of seduction. Like estate agents, Murdoch has done nothing with his talent to help humankind. I look forward to the backlash against his forthcoming attempt to get internet users to pay for his news. This humpty-dumpty is in for a big fall.

]]> By: Boycott Murdoch’s Footie Monopoly! « Bala Fria http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2588 Boycott Murdoch’s Footie Monopoly! « Bala Fria Sun, 03 May 2009 23:34:15 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2588 [...] this, but it is a fact, that our national game of football, amongst other sports, was stolen by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV, from under our very noses.  And the worse thing is, with a little bit of media sparkle and [...] [...] this, but it is a fact, that our national game of football, amongst other sports, was stolen by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV, from under our very noses.  And the worse thing is, with a little bit of media sparkle and [...]

]]> By: Non-Aligned Countries Endorse Venezuelan Proposal for Alternative World Media « Bala Fria http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2287 Non-Aligned Countries Endorse Venezuelan Proposal for Alternative World Media « Bala Fria Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:14:29 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2287 [...] are in a search for the democracy of information since there is a media tyranny in the world,” Chávez asserted Thursday. “Hopefully we can structure a grand social television [...] [...] are in a search for the democracy of information since there is a media tyranny in the world,” Chávez asserted Thursday. “Hopefully we can structure a grand social television [...]

]]> By: daggett http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2258 daggett Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:35:19 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2258 Hi, These stories may be of interest: <a href="http://candobetter.org/node/613" rel="nofollow">The Courier Mail's populist hypocrisy on fuel excises</a>of 24 June 08. <a href="http://candobetter.org/node/388" rel="nofollow"><em>The Australian</em> laments outcome of Queensland local government elections</a> of 30 March 08. Hi,

These stories may be of interest:

The Courier Mail’s populist hypocrisy on fuel excisesof 24 June 08.

The Australian laments outcome of Queensland local government elections of 30 March 08.

]]> By: freecon http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2334 freecon Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:37:08 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-2334 “I call out to all Americans to stand up for our Constitutional Republic! To stand up to the oppression that these evil men have in store for our Country! To DEMAND that those in Congress, not under the influences of the CFR, to INVESTIGATE them! Freeze all financial accounts of those who are involved, including all Presidential candidates who are members, raid their headquarters and their homes and publicly display any and all documents pertaining to their plans and to throw those involved in prison for the rest of their natural lives.” “I call out to all Americans to stand up for our Constitutional Republic! To stand up to the oppression that these evil men have in store for our Country! To DEMAND that those in Congress, not under the influences of the CFR, to INVESTIGATE them! Freeze all financial accounts of those who are involved, including all Presidential candidates who are members, raid their headquarters and their homes and publicly display any and all documents pertaining to their plans and to throw those involved in prison for the rest of their natural lives.”

]]> By: It’s A Media-opoly! « Bala Fría http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-951 It’s A Media-opoly! « Bala Fría Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:50:28 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-951 [...] It’s a media-opoly! The whole media’s controlled by a few corporations thanks to deregulation by the FCC. You mean Disney, Fox, Westinghouse, and good ol’ GE? They own networks from CBS to CNBC…. [...] [...] It’s a media-opoly! The whole media’s controlled by a few corporations thanks to deregulation by the FCC. You mean Disney, Fox, Westinghouse, and good ol’ GE? They own networks from CBS to CNBC…. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-903 Pete Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:05:10 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-903 Thanks Tio, what you're doin is great, keep up the good work too. Thanks Tio, what you’re doin is great, keep up the good work too.

]]> By: Tio Catire http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-902 Tio Catire Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:47 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-902 Hello Pete, My aim when I wrote the above post was to try to raise wider awareness of how Murdoch's media monopoly operates, its holdings worldwide and the impact that Murdoch slanted news has on our interpretation and understanding of world events. If I have inspired anyone out there since then to... stop reading The Sun... unsubscribe to Sky or <a href="http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/the-murdoch-rule-of-thumb/" rel="nofollow">to refuse to take a copy of the London Paper</a> :) or to want to start an alternative to myspace then I am truly happy. Keep up the good work! Best Tio Hello Pete,

My aim when I wrote the above post was to try to raise wider awareness of how Murdoch’s media monopoly operates, its holdings worldwide and the impact that Murdoch slanted news has on our interpretation and understanding of world events.

If I have inspired anyone out there since then to… stop reading The Sun… unsubscribe to Sky or to refuse to take a copy of the London Paper :) or to want to start an alternative to myspace then I am truly happy.

Keep up the good work!

Best

Tio

]]> By: Pete http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-898 Pete Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:34:20 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-898 Tio I hadn't read all your comments, I understand your anti-myspace feelings however it's a great method of exposure. What we really need is someone to setup humanspace and take the boycott from there. For an example of the kinds of people that do use myspace you can check out <a href="http://myspace.com/surreyfilms" rel="nofollow">my profile</a> over there. The ads are ghastly and we need to organise the boycott alternative for myspace. Anyone wanna help? Tio I hadn’t read all your comments, I understand your anti-myspace feelings however it’s a great method of exposure. What we really need is someone to setup humanspace and take the boycott from there.

For an example of the kinds of people that do use myspace you can check out my profile over there.

The ads are ghastly and we need to organise the boycott alternative for myspace. Anyone wanna help?

]]> By: Last week I woke up... « Knowledge is King http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-878 Last week I woke up... « Knowledge is King Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:07:18 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-878 [...] and joined thousands if not millions of enlightened people who choose not to give Rupert Murdoch a penny of their money; I cancelled my sky subscription. [...] [...] and joined thousands if not millions of enlightened people who choose not to give Rupert Murdoch a penny of their money; I cancelled my sky subscription. [...]

]]> By: Pete http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-877 Pete Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:36:09 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-877 Tio, re: MySpace I read in the Guardian recently, an article published after Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal, he bought MySpace for the purpose of trying to redirect traffic to his own sites. It's also the biggest website in the world I believe. Big advertising revenues and a lot of personal information on users. I just started using MySpace actually because it is a tool nonetheless that can be used against the things Murdoch stands for. The ethics of using it is questionable but I think I will carry on for the time being. Best, Pete Tio, re: MySpace

I read in the Guardian recently, an article published after Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal, he bought MySpace for the purpose of trying to redirect traffic to his own sites.

It’s also the biggest website in the world I believe. Big advertising revenues and a lot of personal information on users.

I just started using MySpace actually because it is a tool nonetheless that can be used against the things Murdoch stands for. The ethics of using it is questionable but I think I will carry on for the time being.

Best,
Pete

]]> By: Tio Catire http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-873 Tio Catire Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:22:37 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-873 Thanks Pete. I am pleased that this post is still receiving a fair amount of traffic and positive feedback. Spread the word. Best Tio Thanks Pete.

I am pleased that this post is still receiving a fair amount of traffic and positive feedback. Spread the word.

Best
Tio

]]> By: Pete http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-871 Pete Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:23:59 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-871 Very well laid out article and your work generally is excellent, thanks, and keep it up. I cancelled my Sky subscription last week. Very well laid out article and your work generally is excellent, thanks, and keep it up.

I cancelled my Sky subscription last week.

]]> By: Inside the world of Rupert Murdoch « Bala Fría http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-861 Inside the world of Rupert Murdoch « Bala Fría Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:48:13 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-861 [...] MSNBC's Keith Olbermann takes a look inside the world of Rupert Murdoch [...] [...] MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann takes a look inside the world of Rupert Murdoch [...]

]]> By: The Murdoch Rule of Thumb « Bala Fría http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-794 The Murdoch Rule of Thumb « Bala Fría Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:13:39 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-794 [...] There are certain distinctive characteristics that can be attributed to Rupert Murdoch’s media. In the ever-changing media landscape the look and feel of Newscorp’s products is changing in an effort to reach out to new markets, but the content and style is always the same [...] [...] There are certain distinctive characteristics that can be attributed to Rupert Murdoch’s media. In the ever-changing media landscape the look and feel of Newscorp’s products is changing in an effort to reach out to new markets, but the content and style is always the same [...]

]]> By: Revealed: Blair’s talks with Murdoch on eve of war « Bala Fría http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-793 Revealed: Blair’s talks with Murdoch on eve of war « Bala Fría Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:43:01 +0000 http://balafria.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/boycott-murdochs-media-monopoly/#comment-793 [...] Blair spoke to Rupert Murdoch three times in nine days in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, it emerged yesterday, after the [...] [...] Blair spoke to Rupert Murdoch three times in nine days in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, it emerged yesterday, after the [...]

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