Rupert Murdoch, other potential buyers eye L.A. Times

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Up until then I had read it all my life.

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I stopped reading it and it's turn into a right wing screed about at that time.

What is a community without a newspaper.. While the Times is not what it used to be- Freepers still consider the likes of Patti Morrison or Jonah Goldberg to be commies.. Murdock coming to town can't be good for democracy . will we be able to help some alternative source of news come to our rescue.. ?

And if Murdoch takes it over, there will be massive cancellations -- massive cancellations. We in Los Angeles do not want Murdoch's lies in our city.

we need inform Rupert, he'll find no profitable market here for his B.S.. Can we.?

makes me wonder why people like Soros or other well-to-do liberals don't buy these papers, radio stations, local channels? tired of having a hard time finding a reality based news source...


Get it here --->
http://www.zazzle.com/which_face_today_mitt_romney_bumper_sticker-128778323738073483?rf=238107662556833486

You guys expressed my thoughts--not only should he not be able to by law buy these places, but come on!! Can any of you other millionaires or billionaires out there buy some media to keep them all from being consumed by one guys thoughts???

...with the 1 Percenters at the top, cheering him on. "Own the media. Own the media."

If that that EVIL Bastard buys the LA Times...that's the last for us.

AND, I will do my best to get others to drop it as well.

Hey EVIL Bastard, go back to Australia...you aren't welcome in America.

for at least 25 years. We live in a very conservative suburb halfway between LA and San Diego and the Times has helped me cope over the years. Damn, our county newspaper is such a rag - no way on earth would I ever subscribe to that bird cage liner!

The last few years have been rough at the Times after the Tribune sale although they do have some good columnists like Steve Lopez and Sandy Banks (yep, I'm one of those saps who have actually teared up when reading some of their stuff). And I usually enjoy Column One. My husband is mainly into the sports and the Calendar section however he just said he'd be with me on canceling if this bullshit sale goes through. And like someone else said, LA won't take kindly to this. At all. What a cluster! How much control does this douchebag need??

I love reading newspapers (old school, I know) and when we used to travel a lot, the first thing I used to do was get a copy of the local newspaper. This is such sucky news, damn it, I didn't get a chance to read the whole paper this morning and missed this story - crazy day. Crap. Maybe I should splurge and get the NY Times?

The Right Wing has inserted itself everywhere to the point where normal Americans are getting fed up.

Seriously, go and ask normal non-political types and they will tell you they are sick of these people.

It's like they are a throwback to the Clinton Years and they expect everyone to completely FORGET the Bush Years. "Hi! Remember us? The anti-sex guys?"



"We're going to make sure everybody on that beach isn't thinking about sex and hates Mexicans."

The LA Times is one of the best papers left; Murdock will fuck it up as he's fucked everything else up. The WSJ has clearly gone downhill since he's owned it; even wingnut friends of mine have said it isn't what it was. God only knows what the Times will look like when he's done with it.

We need to roll back and regulate the purchase of all forms of broadcast and print media by large corporations. This purchase and a lot of ownership is not healthy for a democratic society.
I learned 40 years ago that democracy requires an educated electorate. This requires a free press.
It's going to take initiative for the citizenry to clean up a number of our institutions if this country is to stop morphing into some thing we don't recognize or desire.
A FREE PRESS is a cornerstone of democracy. Period

Count me out, thank you very much.

Indeed, I think the risk of one voice controlling all media is much greater if the government can decide who gets to print newspapers.

There used to be new-media ownership caps. Were those wrong?

There used to be a notion that the media should not abuse the public trust. Was that wrong?

Is keeping criminals from owning EVERY kind of access to information an unreasonable interference?

If so, why have a government at all?

Or is that your real point?

Period.

I should add, by the way, I don't think there ever was legal obligation for a newspaper not to "abuse the public trust", at least not in this country and not constitutionally.

Keep in mind, this subthread started out as, and my comments have been limited to, newspapers, not the electronic media.

It turned out to be an unfounded rumour 20th October.

Maybe someone should get into the news business against Murdoch. This guy seems to want control of the Media. So there maybe be an opening for opposite views. Look at FOX news. They just appease one certain group of people. I don't even watch FOX.

Another clueless CEO?

(Reuters) - News Corp said on Saturday reports that it is in discussions with Tribune Co or the Los Angeles Times are "wholly inaccurate."

Reuters and the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday that News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is looking to buy the Los Angeles Times.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/20/uk-newscorp-tribune-idUKBRE89J03I20121020

Must confess I was a bit surprised unless they were going to pick it up for song. These days most newspapers are sold strictly for general articles, adverts and crossword puzzles.

Hopefully it's true. I would hate to cancel my subscription; however, as I posted earlier, I would cancel in a nanosecond! Gotta get my morning fix of a good cup of java and the paper. Keeping my fingers crossed that the report is accurate!

investigating this time around

create a national cooperative paper that just reports the news. maybe add a special section in the paper for what's going in congress and what bills are on the floor and post the votes.

murdoch has aided in the creation of a shallow, (more interested what the famous are doing, than what's going on that truly impacts the plebes) fact less media.

and mega corporations gain more and more power and influence on the flow of information that the people are allowed to perceive. not good if a nation is attempting to portray itself as a free democratic republic.