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Honeycombe8

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33. Fox News would be mucho expensive. Does Bezos have that kind of money not tied up?

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2019, 06:01 PM

Feb 2019

That would be expensive, even for Bezos. I'm guessing, just a guess, that Fox News could go for maybe $50 Billion? $40 Billion? More?

Bezos is worth maybe $112B, I read. But much of that would be assets that are not cash. And that's not profit from income less expenses.

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This is the next level up Shit....for Jeff Bezos [View all] pbmus Feb 2019 OP

The right wing would collapse into a watery jello. Turbineguy Feb 2019 #1

He'd need to buy rightwing-radio too. But they'd be even cheaper sharedvalues Feb 2019 #16

No, they have other outlets... JHB Feb 2019 #19

Crazy for Seth elfin Feb 2019 #2

And then he could buy Twitter and extinguish Twitler's account. fierywoman Feb 2019 #3

Bezos and Steyer should get together watoos Feb 2019 #4

Why would Bezos do that? quakerboy Feb 2019 #6

+1 Kurt V. Feb 2019 #12

Yep. Trimp and hannity aside, Fox News works out swimmingly for Bezos Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #24

Catch and kill???? nt mitch96 Feb 2019 #29

Murdoch would just take the money and start another Duppers Feb 2019 #5

Still, right now it's 1 to 1 lark Feb 2019 #27

Doubt It ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #28

Indeedy. Duppers Feb 2019 #30

While he's at it.... mia Feb 2019 #7

Lost my bourbon on my new $13 keyboard. pangaia Feb 2019 #8

Screw the keyboard!! Think of the bourbon!! GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #10

MAKER'S?? No way.. pangaia Feb 2019 #11

I'm partial to wheated bourbon. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #21

Ha ha !! pangaia Feb 2019 #22

I'm saving a bottle of Wellers 12 year old. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #23

I'm saving a bottle of Blanton's Bourbon . stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #26

Just the though of Hannity being fired... Perseus Feb 2019 #9

Another "FOX" would pop up immediately. There is a market for right wing idiots. nt USALiberal Feb 2019 #13

Yah, but that market is dying off. House of Roberts Feb 2019 #15

Dropping Traildogbob Feb 2019 #17

Naw, no need. quakerboy Feb 2019 #18

Megan Kelly UpInArms Feb 2019 #25

heads would explode! Locrian Feb 2019 #14

That vast right-wing conspiracy is all-too real. summer_in_TX Feb 2019 #20

Bezos, the richest man in the world, already owns a newspaper. aidbo Feb 2019 #31

AMI may have broken the law Gothmog Feb 2019 #32

Fox News would be mucho expensive. Does Bezos have that kind of money not tied up? Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #33