Beware of the promises of Murdoch

BEWARE OF THE PROMISES OF MURDOCH
[SOURCE: New York Observor, AUTHOR: Joe Conason]
[Commentary] After decades of observing the old buccaneer and his deceptions, we know -- and, of course, he knows we know -- that promises he makes are not the kind that will be honored. They merely serve as a temporary gloss covering the sellout of journalistic ideals to Mammon, the company also known as News Corp. What Mr. Murdoch usually guarantees, as he prepares to sack and burn an institution like Dow Jones, is editorial independence and freedom from political or commercial manipulation by him and his operatives. Such promises are -- as Mr. Murdoch reportedly told an editor at The Times of London, who had listened to similar assurances from him about that august publication -- “not worth the paper they are printed on.”
http://www.observer.com/2007/beware-promises-murdoch