On a Friday night in January, Bill Maher made an off-kilter joke about mass shootings. Jesse Jackson, is a bone fide Fox News correspondent, and she sits among an increasingly prominent group of news analysts at the conservative network—those on its left wing. Otherwise they knew I would stand up and choke. The ranks of liberals welcomed one more in February, when Fox hired James Carville, formerly the left flank of Crossfire and once the lead strategist for Bill Clinton. Why would liberals in good standing risk becoming Democratic Party outcasts by going to work for Fox? And why does Fox spend good money acquiring them? The first question is easier than the second. Ratings, of course, would be the logical answer here. Since it launched inFox has grown into the largest cable news network, drawing 1. The network declined requests to participate in this piece.
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A look at some of history’s most infamous socialist and communist leaders from around the world. Socialist leaders come to power promising to equalize society. But, in the words of George Orwell’s «Animal Farm,» their followers soon learn «some are more equal than others. American democratic socialists have faced scrutiny for their own indulgences under the capitalist system — for instance, Sen. But American socialists’ luxuries pale in comparison to those of history’s most infamous socialist and communist leaders around the world. Yet his family lived in opulence even as the rest of the country has in recent years descended into starvation and violence. Roxana mentioned a common joke in her country about the rise in extreme poverty: «Socialism in Venezuela loves poor people so much, it multiplies them. According to the bodyguard, the Cuban dictator obtained more than 20 fancy properties throughout the island. Castro also frequently relaxed on a foot yacht decorated with exotic wood imported from Angola. He also had nearly endless beachfront property to himself. Castro eventually made it to No. Castro denied being so wealthy.
By James Harkin
Rupert Murdoch was lying on the floor of his cabin, unable to move. Lachlan had personally overseen the design of the foot sloop — named Sarissa after a long and especially dangerous spear used by the armies of ancient Macedonia — ensuring that it would be suitable for family vacations while also remaining competitive in superyacht regattas. The cockpit could be transformed into a swimming pool. But it was not the easiest environment for an year-old man to negotiate. Murdoch tripped on his way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Murdoch had fallen a couple of other times in recent years, once on the stairs while exiting a stage, another time on a carpet in a San Francisco hotel. The family prevented word from getting out on both occasions, but the incidents were concerning. This one seemed far more serious. Murdoch was stretchered off the Sarissa and flown to a hospital in Los Angeles. The doctors quickly spotted broken vertebrae, which required immediate surgery, as well as a spinal hematoma, increasing the risk of paralysis or even death. Hall called his adult children in a panic, urging them to come to California prepared to make peace with their father. As the head of a sprawling global media empire, he commanded multiple television networks, a global news service, a major publishing house and a Hollywood movie studio. His newspapers and television networks had been instrumental in amplifying the nativist revolt that was reshaping governments not just in the United States but also across the planet. In Britain, his London-based tabloid, The Sun, had recently led the historic Brexit crusade to drive the country out of the European Union — and, in the chaos that ensued, helped deliver Theresa May to 10 Downing Street. But control of this sprawling empire was suddenly up in the air. The four grown children had differing claims to the throne. Elisabeth 50 , Lachlan 47 and James 46 all grew up in the business. All of them had imagined that his ever-growing company might one day belong to them. It had made for fraught family dynamics, with competing ambitions and ever-shifting alliances. Murdoch was largely responsible for this state of affairs: He had long avoided naming one of his children as his successor, deferring an announcement that might create still more friction within his family, not to mention bringing into focus his own mortality. Instead, Murdoch tried to manage the tensions, arranging for group therapy with his children and their spouses with a counselor in London who specialized in working with dynastic families. There was even a therapeutic retreat to the Murdoch ranch in Australia. But these sessions provided just another forum for power games and manipulation.
By Jennifer Robison
Modern Democrats generally support these goals. There are signs, however, that most people do not…. Headquarters, New York City. Three Fox News hosts and their producers sit at a conference table in a darkened room, lit by shafts of sunlight coming through narrow vertical windows. And what have the elites ever given us in return? The Murdochs always relied on bank financing to maintain a controlling family stake in their businesses.
And Drexel Burnham Lambert, the junk-bond kings, raised the money Rupert needed to buy Fox Television stations back in the s. They did give us. But apart from financing, deregulation, and technology. Robert Thomson, the C.
Rupert, too, obviously. And frankly, we prefer eating at Oceana than, you know, the Olive Garden. I mean, most of us here graduated from elite schools. You went to St. Laura went to Dartmouth. TUCKER: All right, but apart from capital financing, deregulation, access to global markets, a stable and predictable regulatory and legal environment, I. Fair. Embarrassed silence.
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Latest entry into ellite Democratic presidential primary is running circles around the competition when it comes to cash; Peter Doocy reports. Bernie SandersI-Vt. Sanders has pitched himself as a grassroots economic populist, focusing on income inequality and higher taxes for the rich. This single family house built on and located in Burlington, Vermont, is listed to Bernard and Jane Sanders. Google Maps. Notably, he owns three houses. This is in addition to a row house in Washington D. It’s a one bedroom, one and a half bath with a brick exterior Google maps. Nrws many cars do they need? Give us a break. You can’t have it all.
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