Nicole Kidman gives Murdoch an award for being nice to Israel

[donsu]

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17804871%255E663,00.html


Rupert Murdoch feted


FOR once, there was no sign of Nicole Kidman's constant companion. But Keith Urban's ring was clearly visible on the actor's left hand in New York last night, as she presented News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch with a humanitarian award.

"As you are probably aware we are both from a place we call "Down Under", said Kidman, explaining why she had been chosen to present the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Humanitarian Laureate Award to Mr Murdoch.

The award recognises Mr Murdoch's support for Israel. Mr Murdoch thanked "his real friend and great sport" for agreeing to present the award.
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[Missy M]

1. I guess Nicole Kidman is not very discerning when it comes...

to her choice of friends.

[WhereThereIsFire]

2. I always liked her ... maybe should reconsider ... but ...

maybe she did it as a complete political bubblehead being used by the media?

[Missy M]

3. I think you're right about her being a complete political...

bubblehead and she probably takes any publicity she can get.

[no_more_rhyming]

5. Nichole

Just say no.

[joefree1]

4. While we're on the subject of Rupert Murdoch

MURDOCH THE DEFENDER OF REPRESSIVE REGIMES: The last governor of Hong Kong before it was handed back to China, Chris Patten, signed a contract to write his memoirs with Murdoch's publishing company, HarperCollins. But according to the Evening Standard, when "Murdoch heard that the book, East and West, would say unflattering things about the Chinese leadership, with whom he was doing satellite TV business, the contract was cancelled. It caused a furor in the press - except, of course, in the Murdoch papers, which barely mentioned the story." According to BusinessWeek, internal memos surfaced suggesting the canceling of the contract was motivated by "corporate worries about friction with China, where HarperCollins' boss, Rupert Murdoch, has many business interests."

MURDOCH THE APOLOGIST FOR DICTATORSHIPS: Time Magazine reported that while Murdoch is supposedly "a devout anti-Soviet and anti-communist" he "became bewitched by China in the early '90s." In an effort to persuade Chinese dictators that he would never challenge their behavior, Murdoch "threw the BBC off Star TV" (his satellite network operating in China) after BBC aired reports about Chinese human rights violations. Murdoch argued the BBC "was gratuitously attacking the regime, playing film of the massacre in Tiananmen Square over and over again." In 1998 Chinese President Jiang Zemin praised Murdoch for the "objective" way in which his papers and television covered China.

More
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=122948

[JDPriestly]

6. Nicole Kidman -- a spokesperson for Israel? Did I miss something?

[madrchsod]

7. ya-she`s a catholic

i missed it too....

[spanone]

8. Does she have no clue who Murdoch is?????

God Almighty.

[EuroObserver]

10. Who is Murdoch?

I'd like to see a thread documenting this.

[enki23]

9. because nothing says "israel" like nicole fucking kidman

:eyes:

[orwell]

11. Can I get...

..."down under" Nicole? :evilgrin: