Rupert Murdoch Has Gamed American Politics Every Bit as Thoroughly as Britain's

John Nichols @ The Nation - Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch has manipulated not just the news but the news landscape of the United States for decades. He has done so by pressuring the Federal Communications Commission and Congress to alter the laws of the land and regulatory standards in order to give his media conglomerate an unfair advantage in “competition” with more locally focused, more engaged and more responsible media.  Read more.