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I’m no lover of Judith Regan but her allegations about how Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. worked to muzzle her re: her affair with Bernard Kerik because of how it would impact Rudy Guiliani sure are intriguing.
In December 2004, according to Regan’s complaint, when President Bush tapped Kerik, at Giuliani’s recommendation, to head the federal Department of Homeland Security, Regan was pressured to keep quiet, and asked to lie on Kerik’s behalf. “[A] senior executive in the News Corp. organization told Regan that he believed she had information about Kerik that, if disclosed, would harm Giuliani’s presidential campaign. This executive advised Regan to lie to, and to withhold information from, investigators concerning Kerik. … [D]efendants knew they would be protecting Giuliani if they could preemptively discredit her.”
How unscrupulous! (VSAS: 
But then, it is still just an allegation.
So, how about this?
This is not the first time that News Corp. has been accused of having a political agenda. Fox News is often accused of favoring Republicans. In the current presidential election cycle, however, there have also been repeated suggestions, from critics on both the right and the left, that the network prefers Giuliani over the other GOP contenders.
Eh – that’s weak, too.
So the article goes on to detail numerous other scenarios in which News Corp. is portrayed as being Guiliani’s Beowolf. Except none of his mistresses even came close to looking like this.
Oh well, anyway. We know how important the ethic of not doing anything or engaging in any arrangement that could lead to perceptions of bias is to the journalism field. I’m sure this is all made-up. News Corp. and Guiliani would never allow anything like what Regan is implying.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:20 pm November 16th, 2007 in Media, Scandal, WH2008
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I have no opinion about the validity of Judith Regan’s complaint. However, this blog entry (“Judith Regan’s bizarre complaint against News Corp.”) provides a somewhat different perspective from that of Salon.com.
Hmmm. This is one where you don’t know who to believe. As for the CNN Money story, well, its CNN vs Salon and I know who I would lean to. But for me the bottom line/preponderance of the evidence leads me to believe that there was some pressure put on Regan. Of course the owners can be as biased as they want – you have to watch those reporters though.
Jill: Hey the PD ran your letter! I guess Fingerhut is right – to an extent.
Thanks for the link, Anon.
No one’s got clean hands here. But when you think about the saying, “Perception is reality,” I’d think that Newscorp has a whole lot more motivation than Regan to clear things up, if they can.
Thanks, Keith! I’ll post an update.
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