'Murdocracy': ; the Hawk Mentality

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NEWSPAPERS have a dual role. Editorial and op-ed pages are partisan, crusading for political beliefs and desired social goals. But news columns are nonpartisan and unbiased to the greatest extent possible.

Traditionally, television news had only a single role: straight news, with no political slant, remaining purely factual. But the arrival of right-winger Rupert Murdoch and his creation of the Fox News network brought a conspicuous change. Murdoch loaded his news staff with far-right Republican speechwriters and other conservatives - even retaining former felon Oliver North as a military analyst.

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'Murdocracy': ; the Hawk Mentality

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