what rupert murdoch says does have a lot of weight. when it comes to the general public, though, i don't think they really put a lot of standing in what he would say. that being said, australia is not used to these kinds of interventions from a media magnet, so to speak. at remind a lot -- of the lot of 1997 when the rupert murdoch came out against tony blair in the uk in the australian market, newspaper outlets do not typically come out in favor of a political candidate. >> it seems very british, even using the second world war analogy and comparing politicians to hapless characters. that is something british tabloids have been doing a long time. >> that is why it brings back the memories of 1997 and tony blair in that relationship. australian newspapers generally speaking are a lot more objective than what you might find in the british tabloid press. they do not really stand for a lot of endorsing candidates or smear campaigns. but in an instant, it seems like we have seen a bit of a turnaround. and murdoch is pushing that. >> how mu

murdoch has not managed to do it. clearly. all he's done is split his company old and new. >> rupert murdoch owns "the wall street journal" among other things. >> he's trying to unlock that. the visionary -- he loves newspapers. he loves the industry. >> too much. that's why he hasn't unlocked it. >> absolutely. and also there's a sort of an old school nature to it. with bezos, the hope is that he will somehow not put a rocket up it but he will unlock the potential. >> let me talk about this. jeff bezos, john henry, warren buffett, they are good businessmen. if they are such bad deals, why do good businessmen want them so badly. >> some is self-interest in some cases. vanity plays in others. bezos is other. warren buffett loves newspapers. he's not looking to change the newspaper business. ditto for john henry. jeff bezos wants to experiment. he wants to shift this medium and help it into the new age. >> and then you have this. >> i'm going to have post-traumatic stress. i was at "newsweek" for a decade. >> this went under the

. >> meanwhile, the murdoch press under the spotlight for good and bad reasons.like speaking of not see germany. speaking of nazi germany. the murdoch-owned "daily telegraph," the front page on tuesday, colonel flinklink from "hogan's heroes," a pretty political segment i would say. kevin rudd helping to contest and win for his arty and that is murdoch saying, we don't want you. a lot of criticism for not rather political stance. theyurdoch press saying are the kingmaker. they have a control over a lot of front pages. moving to ireland for a less controversial story, depending on your point of view. finally ditching page three girls on "the irish sun." aren't because "boobs news." keeping themll be in britain as opposed to this effort from "the irish sun." they are still keeping an attractive lady. ,f you recall the irish public do you welcome them removing page three? an overwhelming no. readers of the journal there, but there you go. that is not even being welcomed by some. theinally, pakistan and mustache as a symbol of defiance. >> do we have a picture of mal

a newspaper that scared everyone in 2007 when it got itself sold to rupert murdoch. it was one thing to have a kind of eccentric billionaire own something like you see here, fox news channel. it's one thing to have an australian billionaire on the fox news channel or the frequently insane "new york post" tabloid, right? okay. but the "wall street journal"? a real newspaper? yes, rupert murdoch got the "wall street journal" a real newspaper and a real newspaper like "the boston globe" found itself sold again. the globe sold 20 years ago for $1.1 billion, billion with a "b," but this weekend when the globe got sold to the owner of the boston red sox, it went for $70 million, which is less than 7% of its price in 1993. used to be that the newspapers were the big solid businesses that would buy up comparably wobbly baseball teams. the "chicago tribune" newspaper bought the chicago cubs in 1981 but now it's the baseball teams that buy the wobbly major daily newspapers. if you put the worth of the red sox up against the price paid for the boston globe, it's not just that t

that's a real fire sale. >> well, yeah, or else rupert murdoch paid too much. what happened in the past five years, you think about it, the value of a print publication has gone down precipitously as online publications have risen, but the prices are still kind of skewed because the money coming in to online publications isn't quite the same as is going out of newspapers. >> so you actually started out in the mailroom at "the washington post." >> i did. >> and you worked your way up at a time when the tech scene was just beginning with aol. >> yeah. i was very good at it, i just want to say. >> what did you see at "the washington post"? did you see missteps? you mentioned in a recent piece that don graham bought personal shareses of facebook in 2005 but not on behalf of the company. >> he got them as a director, actually. and they're going to charity. so let's be fair to him. but "the washington post" had a deal to buy in one of the early rounds of facebook, and mark zuckerberg asked him to give it to excel partners. he was honorable and did what mark wanted. b

they hold murdoch's properties. the stock closed lower to 3 1.29. >>> michael kors hit a high with may sees and nordstrom. the company has plans to open stores in india and brazil. the stock up almost 4% to $70.39. >>> a similar story for fossil. it's shares surged almost 18%. the fashion accessory maker and retailer, which has been revamping the affordable luxury image surprised investors with better than expected earnings on stronger watch sales in europe and asia. the company raised the full year profit forecast. the stock was the best performer in the s&p 500 closing at $126. $126.55. >>> american eagle outfitters, sells fell sharply especially in the women's department and reported weak traffic in the stores, down 12%. >>> tenant healthcare site add drop in patient admissions. this is a trend across the industry as consumers choose not to see a doctor because they lack insurance or face higher deck duckbles. the company buying smaller hospital operating van guard posted a loss for the second quarter. the stock

he's been covering rupert murdoch as a journalist for a many years. for the book alone two or three years. >> owe -- >> she's somebody i barely knew about. a young woman who took upon her to find her who had basically disappeared from all of our awareness in 1986. she got her own skills found her and old lady in paris. nobody knew she was there. and she was given her unpublished memoirs. she found a diary that was written by her in 1963, and lost to history since then. she has recreated the entire story. the extraordinary woman who captivated american attention in 1963, was the cover of "time" magazine was revealed. and whose story basically was ellipsed at the -- i clipsed by blank blng we wanted to brick her so that we reminded ourselves how vietnam really began. and in many ways it began with her. >> there's a book that come out from public affairs called "tower of basil "what is the book about? >> a bank we've never heard of and really should have. theback of international settlement is based in basel. and switzerland and the central bankers meet

murdoch has not managed to do it. clearly.l he's done is split his company old and new. >> rupert murdoch now owns the "wall street journal" among many other things. >> he's still trying to unlock that. the visionary -- he loves newspapers, don't get me long, loves the industry. >> too much. that's why he hasn't unlocked it. >> also, there's an old school nature to it. but with bezos, the hope is he will somehow not put a rocket up it but he will unlock the potential. >> let me talk about this. jeff bezos, john henry, warren buffet, these guys are good businessmen. you read twitter, you think print is dead and why do these businessmen want them so badly? just vanity? >> some is that but warren buffet i think is fantastic loves newspapers, not looking to transform the newspaper business, ditto john henry or sam zell from the "new york times." jeff bezos really wants to experiment and shift this medium into the new age. >> then you have this -- >> oh, no. i will have post traumatic stress. i was at ""newsweek"" for a decade. >>

murdoch for. >> that is what media is. neil: would you want a newspaper. >> no. neil: what about new york times. >> no, it would be wrong to inthroughence. neil: you would say, as many people have said of bez ocean he bezos, he may not have it other than just keeping a good journalism product going. >> that is it. neil: not you? >> no. neil: basketball for now. >> basketball. it is an evolution center shark tank, the beauty of shark tank, it proves that the american dream is alive and well, sony tells us the number one show on all of television watched by families together, i go out talk to kids they don't want to talk about nba they want to talk about shark tank, parents love fact their kids are talking about valuation, and good businesses, we hear people say that american dream is dead, you know kid -- 92 that show does not jive with market sentiment where it is rigged. or not fair to them, it has -- but, that is what i'm saying this is a comp playment. shark tank they have a different view. how do you describe the diffe

yes, rupert murdoch got the "wall street journal" a real newspaper and a real newspaper like "the boston globe" which this weekend found itself sold again. the globe sold 20 years ago for $1.1 billion, billion with a "b," but this weekend when "the globe" got sold to the owner of the boston red sox, it went for $70 million, which is less than 7% of its price in 1993. used to be that the newspapers were the big solid businesses that would buy up comparably wobbly baseball teams. the "chicago tribune" newspaper bought the chicago cubs in 1981 for a long, but now it's the baseball teams that buy the wobbly major daily newspapers. if you put the worth of the red sox up against the price paid for "the boston globe," it's not just that the team owner for the red sox could buy "the boston globe," it's that he could easily buy it five times over, ten times over, 15 times over. or if it was a news magazine you were after, even you could buy an almost infinite number of major news magazines since you're getting pretty close to dividing by zero when you're talking about major news magazines. "newsw

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i said murdoch told a meeting he worked out of a supply closet. for rogers had i never worked out of a supply closet. there are no supply closets at fox, which is completely untrue, but it's true that rupert thinks i'm paranoid. this is what he said last week. just basically confirming the whole thing. then he tried to do a series of other things. but none of them really stand up to scrutiny. i'm happy to go through all of his critiques in a very short section of the book. i reported it. very carefully. roger is a bully. unlike a lot of bullies he can dish it out but he can't take it. so when somebody does, anytime someone to stand up to a bully it's pretty common that they can go to pieces and that's what's happened. >> let me take you down a different path on that just again tease out a little bit more. journalist to journalist, some of your critics say your. to like the president. i don't think your objective as a journalist but you clearly, this is -- >> let me stop you there. i wrote a column and i've been a political drones for a long time i

rupert murdoch has news corp. which is the parent company of fox business.. stuart: that seem would happen within the l.a. times itself if someone doesn't, business mark, doesn't get in and we see what happened. they will go out of business or someone who is wealthy will step up. maybe somebody with deep pockets on the left but unfortunately it is up for the run newspaper and even in california having difficulty. that is why it is the target. >> all these newspapers are in dire shape. the print editions are going south really fast. you see this with the new york times, the washington post and they are looking for a rescuer. a wealthy individual. charles: maybe you could pick it up. you got a news background, started out in california. stuart: are you done? >> how to make money with newspapers and turning it all digital and make money off of that which mr. murdoch has done a fantastic job with the wall street journal. stuart: keep me out of this. cashing in on obamacare. and who is doing that? can you make money out of obamacare? not many can do that but we h

stevens was shot as he was driving early in the morning here the intersection of murdoch and roger's ford. the suspect charge was dante woods. was was in the cantons -- >> police are investigating a string of burglaries in the towson area where the suspects are dressing up in utility worker no one trying to gain access to people's homes. live from baltimore county police headquarters. >> so far, police know of two such cases since the past week and are investigating to see if there are anymore. the scam works like this. the guys get their way into your home by showing that what you think -- they are utility workers. one others the homeowners, while the others try to steal your stuff. >> we certainly are cautioning people in the area to be extremely cautious about giving access to your home to someone who says they are utility worker or representative any other company. >> a warning for release -- there is a small group of men trying to pass themselves off as utility workers. their main motive is to burglarize your home. >> you have a problem. in your water system. >> they were almost

he suggested the opposition leader may have fallen under murdoch's sway.y abbott denies ever talking to rupert murdoch about mbn. >> what is underneath all of this? is it to do with the national broadband network representing a commercial threat? i've seen some commentary on that. and i discovered in fact mr. abbott's policy was launched at the fox studios here in sydney. i would like to hear some answers to what discussions mr. abbott may have had with mr. murdoch on the future of australia's national broadband network. >> now, new zealand's dairy giant is saying it isn't seeing a slowdown in product orders yet. fro fonterra apologized for selling possibly tainted products that caused botulism. they will discuss the financial impact later. singapore became the latest country to pull milk formula products off the shelves due to the fonterra scare. >>> now, the railroad company whose runaway oil train caused a deadly fire and explosion in a small canadian town last month filed for bankruptcy. montreal, main and atlantic railway cites debts to more than 200

to this whole deal is thank god, at least it wasn't rupert murdoch.news on the child obesity front. for the first time in years, the number of children in obesity has actually started to fall. so michelle obama's let's move program and her emphasis on child obesity making people aware of that and looking for better diet and more exercise is working. that and more right here on current tv. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: mitt romney tells republicans you're making a big mistake if you shut down the government. hey, good morning, everybody. hello, hello, hello. great to see you today. here we go. it is the "full court press" on wednesday, august 7. so good to see you today. welcome to the program. and our little roundtable of news of the day. letting you know what's going on and giving you a chance to comment as well. wherever you happen to be and whether you're listening on your local progressive talk radio station or watching on current tv, we welcome you to the prog

ted turner, rupert murdoch. all the way back to william randolph hurst. >> william randolph hurst started the spanish-american war just to sell papers. do you really want to go back to that era? >> yes. i'm a deranged millionaire. of course i do. let me show you the first copy of tomorrow's newspaper. hot off the presses. >> john: you are not seriously going to run with that headline, are you? >> not the cat lovers' edition, of course. >> john: thank you, john. john hodgeman, everyone. we will be right bac xdp8$ xn,xhf >> john: welcome back. welcome back. [ cheers and applause ] there is exciting news coming in from the future. >> imagine traveling from l.a. to san francisco, 400 miles, in just half an hour. >> john: okay, okay, done. i'm going to imagine it right now. okay. i'm in los angeles. i've got an avocado wrap and a jamba juice. i'm talking to a producer who is both a big fan of me and also does not know my name. now it's half an hour later. i'm in san francisco and i'm wishing i had brought a jacket be

rupert murdoch on the media. george bush was president. norman lear had his pulse on american culture for 30 years. why cannot figure out how to deal -- deliver a message that is important and happening? >> that is important. we can find messages that speak to people where they are. they can also have some satire like stewart or colbert. there is the idea of exposing with satire. it opens people's eyes to the hypocrisy and corruption of our politics. the problem is you want the captivating stories and images and vocabulary, but a lot of the colbert-stewart stuff is so absurd and over the top that people do not want to get engaged. >> that is where a large number of people get their news. >> i think the obama campaign was a pivotal point, bringing people in. now they leave. there is the possibility that people will come back in. i agree with that movements also have their problems. i think it is a moment of people waking up to the possibility of engagement in different ways, where they are, in communities, finding ways -- it is important no

sit back and go, that rupert murdoch, he's a smart guy.u've got this guy, one of the most powerful, modern day industrialists in america, he buys the newspaper in the company town that determines how his business is regulated, how it's taxed, how his sector -- if you have so much money to burn, and you said just a few years ago that print is dead in 20 years in an interview, why not go ahead and throw some money out there and control the newspaper that is a newspaper in a company town that is all about regulating his business interests. >> that's true, joe. it's also true that the "washington post" is an iconic worldwide brand. >> he will not grouse on tv. >> he can't grouse. it's too soon. is it too soon yet? >> can i just say one word, though, about don graham. don, i think, has never gotten the credit he is due as a publisher and a person. he has been a wonderful -- it's been a wonderful experience working for him. i think those of us who will be shifting over with the new company will always consider him a friend and someone who really

i learned that from a lot of fans of up are urt murdoch's -- of rupert murdoch's fox news. this is "viewpoint." >> john: i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. election day 2006 is still 1186 days away but don't tell iowa. the state hosted namer players from both parties this past weekend. claire mccaskill whipped up a a crowd at madam president town hall. it had all of the markings of a hillary clinton campaign event except for the fact there was no candidate. that will have to wait until mrs. clinton decides whether or not to run. meantime in ames, iowa, the g.o.p.'s crop of candidates at the second annual family leadership summit. some 1500 religious conservatives cleared the likes of possible presidential candidates rick santorum and noted spiritual adviser donald trump. but it was texas senator ted cruz who raised the roof with the biggest applause line of the day. >> there was no more important regulatory reform that we can do than to repeal every single word of obama. [ cheering ] and that reaction right there shows -- >> j

maybe rupert murdoch has figured out how to monetize this. >> still can't make money. >> would you give this dog a bone? that would be me and my bone here and say there might be money to be made. not always being left wing balaing it out. >> i think there's money to be made if you're doing good journalism. and unfortunately, i think nobody's figured out how to monetize that these days. >> you're saying no? >> i'm saying, listen, i'm saying the's properties like "the new york post" that aren't making money -- >> i can see -- >> it's tattooed on my shoulder, i'm just not showing you. >>> meanwhile, a short circuit for the green agenda. ford can't make enough of its best selling and i might point out gas-loving pickup trucks. we report, you drive. >> hello. i'm an electric car, i can't go ♪ [ villain ] well mr. baldwin... it appears our journey has come to a delightful end. then i better use the capital one purchase eraser to redeem my venture miles for this trip. purchase eraser? it's the easy way to erase any recent tral expense. i just pick a charge, like my flight with a few taps, it's

they agreed to be taken private by its chairman and ceo david murdoch, who already owns 40% of the company. the company is valued at $1.2 billion. that's a lot of bananas. then there's pinnacle foods, owns duncan hines and vlassic pickles. finally, there may be a bidding war to acquire the legendary piano maker, stein way musical instruments. after an unknown bidder came up with an offer of $477 million topping an earlier buyout bid that was already accepted from the private equity firm. shares of dole, pinnacle foods and stein way all higher on the day. >> those deals did little to inspire investors to buy stocks. on wall street, stocks were little change. the dow lost five points. the nasdaq rose almost 10, getting a lift of shares from apple which rose 3%. and the s&p 500 was down about 2 points. mining companies were some of the biggest gayners today, and that gave a boost to the price of gold. up more than $22 an ounce. a gain of nearly 2%. >>> good news out of washington, sort of, the government reported a nearly $98 billion budget deficit for the month of july. that means uncle sam

rupert murdoch says that this is just how it is. and transported and is it the same with i..? >> i don't have one of those devices. i really don't. so what is going on. >> in his soon-to-be bed. >> everyone is talking about little thing and it's kind of scary. >> at we have on the show is girl from boston who was into the situation. who is inside the internet. we go on and what is the latest on what is going on. we're covering ourselves. one of them is going to happen, i'm sure. neil: what have you done with all of your dollars? >> well, i have about six kids and i have about 13 more at notre dame. the scholarship thing is incredible. it really is. so that is what i am doing. >> a great accomplishment, a great fortune. they just want to have a blast and travel the world. >> i have a nice house in connecticut. neil: you just sold one in connecticut, didn't you? >> sni brought another one. sirach i'm answering all your questions. tell me about apple, apple up or down? [laughter] >> could you see yourself doing what the network talkshow? i look at all these things come in the big

. >> reporter: listen closely as 12-year-old dion murdoch dialed 911, alone in his texas home. >> 911. where is the emergency? hello? >> someone is trying to break into my house. they just broke the window, ma'am. >> they just broke the window? what room are you? >> i'm in my mother's room right now. please hurry. >> i am. stay on the phone with me. >> reporter: the dispatcher tells little dion to go into the closet, doing her best to reassure him along the way. as police say these two young men break into the house. >> i'm going to have to whisper now because i think they're coming in. please hurry. >> they are, they are. >> they're in there. >> they're inside the room now. >> reporter: then, chilling silence for a full minute. >> you there dion? okay, just stay there. the officers, i think they're going to catch the guy, okay? >> reporter: when police arrived, they saw the two men running from the home. the dispatcher keeping the child on the line, with a loving tone. >> so, is the police officer outside the house? >> yeah. but stay inside the closet. because they're trying to find

well think that's a good point that once upon a time you were beholden to rupert murdoch and the media moguls to even get your voice heard no our voices are heard all over the world and actually by more people than many of the so-called mainstream broadcasters journalists pundits politicians and even funding know you can get a movie off the ground without having to go to the more goals in hollywood who are unlikely to want to fund a movie called the killing of tony blair because they probably supported the killing of tony blair and may even be in league with them still so yeah we're in more democratic times now and that's a part of doc's because in one way the elite is still just as powerful as ever was but the mass of the people are no becoming more and more powerful and one day the grass will cross let's talk about the killing of tony blair of course to the killing we're talking about his financial killing blair was interested being a failed property speculator before he got into politics you know but. some profit of the top and he sold to the bottom in. so how did this fail property

. >> rose: think murdoch. >> yes, yes. but as someone working in the arts, you know the difficulty and the rocky terrain and the lack of certainty. not that anyone has career certainty. >> rose: someone said to me they basically took this tact-- if your child or childrenmented tchildren wantedto go into the - theater-- do everything that you could to dissuade them because if you are unsuccessful, they're made for it? >> yes, yes. i mean, i-- i personally that was my experience. i went right away from it because i didn't consider one could make a life out of it. i loved it. i thought it was more a hobby. it has to be a vocation because-- you know, there's a lot of disappointments, and -- >> rose: i just don't imagine you as a woman with disappointment. >> well, no, i'm quite-- not so much in other people but i'm constantly disappointed -- >> rose: in yourself. what could you possibly be disappointed about? >> what am i good night? i'm actually disappointed in this cup of cove right now. >> rose: i knew you would say somethi