Quote to Note from News Corp. Executive
May 27, 2013
My New York Times arrived late in Harrod’s Creek, Kentucky today. I did read “News Corp. Says It Was Not Told of Subpoena for Reporter’s Phone Records.” You may be able to find the story online. The hard copy in my had ran the item on Page B3.
I don’t know too much about News Corp. I recall that the firm had some push back with regard to allegedly improper access to some folks’ telephone messages. I also know that the company is planning on splitting into different parts. I am not sure if Fox News is journalism like the Wall Street Journal or TV like the “great wasteland.”
Here’s the quote I circled:
In e-mail to employees on Thursday, Roger Ailes, chairman and chief executive of Fox News, rejected the validity of the investigation, “We will not allow a climate of press intimidation, unseen since the McCarthy era, to frighten any of us away from the truth,”Mr. Ailes said.
Fascinating stuff. Invocation of McCarthy, a reference to intimidation by the US government, and the truth. I wonder how “truth” factors into the information in the NPR story at http://goo.gl/RzJwS.
Stephen E Arnold, May 27, 2013
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