not just rupert murdoch, the media. once you are in the ratings business, do are about market share, determining who is in the market, figuring out how the market to them, and in my humble opinion that distorts the news in ways that are frightening and dangerous. we have only scratched the surface of what that means for the democratic process. it has deteriorated and has enormous, real life, on the ground implications that we have not begun to scratch the surface of. >> you feel that there should be some kind of government regulation of media? >> you did not ask me that question. you asked whether the government should help to finance the media. i said that anything taken out of commercial business that allows us to market the news and engaged in a process that blurs entertainment with fact gathering, that is a frightening thing to me. if the government can step in in the name of the people and take that commercial aspect out of it so that american people in the context of free and open democracy can have an unencumbere

out exactly who's behind what where the conflicts of interest are topping the list of owners rupert murdoch and his empire the news corp you having a global media enterprise and if you shape that agenda at all you know it interests i mean we try to. murdoch stands over fox news channel the wall street journal and the new york post the fox channel is definitely seen as the most partisan and the most focused on advancing a particular political party at a political interest so is this because of rupert murdoch's personal interests definitely there's no doubt about a. general electric one of the largest military contractors for the u.s. government plus comcast one of america's largest cable providers are joined by the hip running the n.b.c. network the floor of the hudson river is covered with carcinogenic p c b s these toxic janet dangerous chemicals that were put there by general electric general electric owns n.b.c. and a.b.c. has not taken any trouble to report on this massive environmental story with the innocent face of mickey mouse as their trademark disney is the proud owner of a.b.c. w

so is this because of rupert murdoch's personal interests definitely there's no doubt about it we will hear about general electric one of the largest military contractors for the u.s. government plus comcast one of america's largest cable providers are joined by the hip running the n.b.c. network the floor of the hudson river is covered with carcinogenic p c b s these talks are dangerous chemicals that were put there by general electric general electric owns n.b.c. and b c has not taken any trouble to report on this massive environmental story. with the innocent face of mickey mouse as their trademark disney is the proud owner of a.b.c. when a.b.c. was bought by disney and there were some a.b.c. stories about improprieties at disneyland is the world disney killed those c.n.n. and time magazine belong to time warner joining the media giants are c.b.s. corporation towering over c.b.s. news and viacom a global entertainment content company running among others comedy central they're supposed to flick the comfortable and comfort the afflicted but when you have journalists treading lightly

myspace has cut nearly half its global workforce. 500 jobs will go in the company earned by rupert murdoch's news corp.. facebook has three times as many subscribers and the value of around $50 billion. courts arcalls are growing to sr reduced service in the swiss army. the return every year for several weeks until they're 30. 180,000 for the country of 7.5 million. too big and too expensive, say critics. >> you are in the army now. 8000 young swiss men began their military service this winter. their first task, learning to shoot. but what for in the country which has not fought in over a century? >> you get physically and mentally drained. the march and a lot of sports and things like that. mentally drained to fulfill a job in a precise manner. >> that sounds more like a boarding exercise than an army. a very expensive one. the problem for neutral switzerland in the 21st century is the army costs $4.5 billion and one is sure what the targets are anymore. least of all these new recruits. >> i do because i have to. i do not see a war. all this shooting around. i do not like the gun. if someon

and the mad cap genius who started it all is this man, often referred to as the rupert murdoch of southeasta. >> when you turn the news into image, it's so much more impactful and sensational. like tiger woods that was the first we put out and it was all over the world. we are media people. we know what makes the sensation of news. we know what makes people pay attention to. >> reporter: he tapped into taiwan's video game industry, turning their animation work force into his own. with more than 250 employees that work 24 hours, 7 days a week to churn out 20 minutes of animation every day. many are tied to u.s. news events. how do you decide which stories from the united states become part of one of your animations? >> well, at the end of the day, it's really the viewers who decide. of course, we have a team who scan the news every day and they know the topics that will do well on animation. >> reporter: and in the interest of new age journalism, i decided to dig a little deeper into the process myself. >> ready? >> reporter: cocreate a 30-second clip like this one, it only takes them about

apple is teaming up with rupert murdoch's media company to launch the world's first ipad newspaper. now a formal announcement on the venture is set to take place next week in san francisco, but about 100 journalists are already on the payroll in many u.s. cities, including new york and los angeles. details have not been released on how much a subscription would cost. >> susie: while a lot of people bank online, tonight's "money file" commentator thinks few people realize just how powerful that tool can be. she's manisha thakor, co-author of "on your own two feet: a modern girl's guide to personal finance." >> is it time for you to take your online banking relationship to the next level? 80% of u.s. online households bank online. however, many of them are still doing it the old fashioned way-- one click at a time. what many people don't realize is that you can use the online banking offered at your primary bank as a financial command central. by that i mean you can both send and receive bills right from that one website. why should you care about this? three reasons. number one: it m

russian media ventures and a handful of investors capital are the latest to show interest in the rupert murdoch owned ad agency which has been for sale since two thousand and seven previous it is word t p g fund and french group g c but they dropped interest after the agency's revenues slumped to fold in two pounds. the loan portfolio of russian banks expected to grow by twenty five percent in two thousand and eleven that's according to. its experts say the country's banking system outlook for this year is stable however the scope for further upgrades is limited to the weakness in the client base and corporate governance xander dannielle from fitch ratings says in two thousand and eleven russian banks will soon lower profitability due to a stronger competition that's eating up margins. for the low and we think that their outlook is stable we don't expect they need any sort of widespread upgrades. or likewise downgrades. so any sort of movements in the ratings would like it to be isolated. so that's that's all of you and. you can always find all stars if you log on to our website r.t. dot com sl

. >> sky is owned by rupert murdoch? >> news corporation. right. >> how many channels would sky have? >> it's a great many. some of them are h.d. and bbc has an h.d. channel too. a lot of movie channels a lot of sports channels. >> do you have any idea what percentage of brits take sky channel? >> i don't know the percentage numbers but it's quite substantial but what we're finding is that the audience to bbc parliament is coming from digital terrestrial maybe 2-1 over watching through satellite. so the proportions of watching by different means in this country keep changing. >> what happened to cable television in great britain? >> it struggled and it was expensive, very expensive to get launched, all the tree roots getting challenged in london when the cables were being put through. and i have cable at home but it's -- it's not the -- not the most commonly used format. >> are you on all those formats? >> yeah. >> do you have any idea of the total number of homes you go to? >> it will soon be all of them. we're probably at 90% of about 25 m

capital are the latest to show interest in a rupert murdoch owned ad agency which has been for sale since two thousand and seven previous bit is were t p g fund and french group j c d call but they dropped interest after the agency's revenues slumped to fall in two thousand and nine. and that's a business update for now but you can always find stories on our website i remind you our team dot com slash business or join me at twenty past the hour for. repairing a broken link should. tell you a construction and humanitarian aid. but as shady officials get the spoils of war it's the people who pay the price. for cheering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan and the dollar. down the official ulti application on the phone i pod touch from the. law is on the. video on demand. line calls and says feed now in the palm of your. question. live. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia. we've got the future covered. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. live. live. this is.

myspace and the wall street journal are both owned by rupert murdoch's news corpse. >>> you lose youruggage. that's about -- that's bad enough. what about a pet that was lost? we'll tell you about a tragedy for a dog owner and which airline is blamed for it. we all know it's not just the phone but soon you will be able to turn your iphone into an important medical device. [music playing ♪ it's all right, yeah! ♪ uh! ♪ yeah, all right... announcer: movement. along with weight loss, it's one of the many ways to fight osteoarthritis pain. for more information on managing pain, go to fightarthritispain.org. . >>> welcome back. a san diego woman is mourning the death of her dog that died while in the care of delta airlines. she used delta to ship her two dogs from san diego to germany. one of the dogs made it but her german shepherd a -- apparently escaped during a layover in atlanta. she said during the search for her dog, she found out the dog was fatally hit by a car not far from the airline. delta airlines apologized and promised to make a donation to an animal shelter. >>> a cat belon

we hear from a variety of reports that rupert murdoch will join steve jobs on stage. they are working on a newspaper called the daily. today in new york city, we expect verizon to announce they are getting the iphone for their network >> we want to check the morning commute. >> good morning. we have more crowd on the roadway and an update to the accident on the peninsula. the chp is closed and the slow lane approaching. an ambulance arrived on scene we need safety and stay over to the left amount of light volume to keep the traffic moving. there is stanford university. we will jump to the east bay as far as the volume. an accident and you see the blip as you approach fifth. the split someone hit the sand barrels and going across the fifth avenue off-ramp. you may want to head over towards oak. there plenty through the downtown area heading through this area. let me show you what it's like. the toll plaza is starting to build. i will show you the live look in a second. back to you >> sounds good. want to check in with christina for rain hitting the bay area. >> we're n

and the madcap genius who started it all is this man, billionaire, offered referred to as the rupert murdoch of southeast asia. >> when you turn the news into image, it's so much more impactful. it's much more sensational. like tiger woods, that was the first we put out that was all over the world. we're media people. we know, you know, what makes the sensation of news, what makes people pay attention to. >> reporter: he tapped into taiwan's video game industry turning their animation workforce into his own with more than 250 employees that work 24 hours, seven days a week, to churn out 20 minutes of animation every day. many are tied to u.s. news events. how do you decide which stories from, let's say, the united states become part of one of your animations? >> well, at the end of the day it's really the viewers that decide. of course, we have an editorial team who -- who scans the news every day and they know the topics that will do well on an animation. >> reporter: and in the interest of new-age journalism, i decided to dig deeper into the process myself. >> are you ready? >> reporter: t

several news outlets reporting that rupert murdoch will join steve jobs on stage at the san francisco museum of modern art to announce not just the latest ipad, but a tablet newspaper. the daily news ap backed by the huge media empire. the date we hear is january 19th. the social network, the movie about the creation of facebook and let's face it, a movie about lawsuits hits the scores today. it got lots of praise from the alliance of women film journalists despite criticism. not a single woman is portrayed positively except the first girl in the beginning of the story who calls mark a bad name and the story launches from there. have you seen it? >> no. >> what am i thinking? when the kids necessary high school, pop in the blu-ray. >> we see any yo gabba song at any time. >> strangely silent, crews are working to repair the roof at the metrodome. a month ago, 17 inches of heavy wet snow causes it to rip. it came pouring through on to the field in the seats inside. the damage forced the remaining home games for the minnesota vikings and 300 other college and high school events to be ca

and rupert murdoch rescued the "times" and in a sense did a great service for journalism. then proved to be i think a really awful newspaper. i think the way he has operated his communications empire, -- i suppose you could call him a caesar of something. he has had really terrible effects. particularly in flaming partnership. i think he's a man of no deep social responsibility. and i think to use somebody like roger ails who was a colleague and was a master of dirty tricks and that kind of apr

now, that's owned by news corps rupert murdoch. andy cullson has been accused of accessing the voice mail of the princes, soccer stars and other reporters. these are not new allegations but they indeed did catch up with him this morning. now, similar accusations were leveled a few years ago as the board of directors hewlett-packard authorized the hacking of journalist cell phones. we got new faces on the board this morning. five directors are out. yes, that's meg whitman. she and four replacements are in after the previous board fired ceo mark herd paid in millions to go sparking another controversy and another shareholder lawsuit. >>> as long as we are on the subject of this, we hear there's a wikileaks movie in the works. who exactly will play julian assange? we don't know, that's ironically a secret. it will be based on a book about assange called "the northeast dangerous man in the world." back to you. >>> a meeting is underway today to keep caltrain on the right financial track. the silicon leadership group is meeting at stanf

. >> suarez: earlier in the just past decade, rupert murdoch bought myspace for what was then considered a phenomenal amount of money. it was given a very gaudy valuation at the time. i don't think anybody thinks it's worth that today. how do we know this isn't just another myspace. >> it may be another my manufacture space. i should tell you goldman sachs, whatever you think of their brand and credibility they bought into a company called web band. i don't know if you remember that from the late '90s. it doesn't exist today. not all their investments work out. but i do think that facebook has more value than some people are ascribing to it. they are a profitable company. they're making $2 billion, with a b, in revenue. more importantly their tentacles are everywhere. because they have an almost email service and because they're so ubiquitous and people are on so tieded into it there's a real question as to whether a competitor, you know, two guys in a garage, can actually start something new that somehow usurps facebook all over again. >> suarez: if goldman sachs is right about what fac