David Petraeus has been engulfed in
scandal again, only weeks after the details of his affair destroyed his career.
The scandal only came to light when the Washington Post released a tape that
had been leaked to it, the tape consists of David Petraeus speaking ‘off the
record’ to Fox News contributor, Kathleen McFarland in early 2011.
In the tape McFarland is passing on
some information from her boss, chairman of Fox News Roger Ailes. She explains
to Petraeus that Ailes wants him not
to accept any position the Obama administration offers him, except chairman of
the joint chiefs, resign in six months and run for President (as a Republican).
As the conversation continues Petraeus reveals that this is not really new
information, the owner of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch, had already approached Petraeus
about running for President against Obama and promised him to ‘bankroll’ Petraeus’
campaign! At one point McFarland says the following:
“The
big boss [Murdoch] is bankrolling it. Roger’s going to run it. And the rest of
us are going to be your in-house.”
This should prove to everyone, what
many people already believe, that Fox News is a media wing of the Republican
Party. Simple as. You can argue whether that is good, bad or it doesn’t matter,
but you can’t argue whether it is a wing of the party.
Regardless of the fallout from this
case, we should take note of this in the UK. When speaking to Lord Justice
Leveson Murdoch claimed he never asked a politician anywhere for anything, anyone
could tell that he was lying. This proves it, Murdoch meddles in politics wherever
he is, he is dangerous and he must be stopped, he simply has too much power.
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