The Tabloidization of Country

Rupert Murdoch is the quintessential militant corporatist, thinking primarily of profit and power and secondarily of the social impact that his greed, politic, and insatiable hunger causes.

He could have made a buck creating institutions that challenged higher thinking but instead aimed at the not-too-particular and reactionary sectors for a bigger market share, bringing civilization a step closer to the uniformity that globalists of his kind desire. Murdoch dumbs down his audience by offering tacky, sexually derivative, and empty content-stuff suitable for sheep but not for thinking humans.

Now, he wants to dumb down America's financial district starting at it's top and make a mockery of one of our nation's landmarks of conservatism, the Wall Street Journal. There simply will be no chance of his not tainting it's pages and bringing it in line with his starkly shallow ideals.

Shame on the Bancroft family for even letting this vulgar little creature cross the threshold into their dignified world. It would be a sign of a cheapened spirit by those who once held our nation's dignity to a higher standard. If they were to sign on the dotted line they would surrender to tabloidization and render their beloved Journal dead.


It's not a bad thing, really, that civilization evolves, refines itself, and adjusts to change by becoming a better a place for humanity. But when powerful people work to devolve it, our ideals suffer and effect, over time, the integrity and depth of an entire people. Our collective pride among nations takes a monumental hit.


When one of our government's most aberrant personalities, Vice President Cheney, demands that Murdoch's Fox News be the sole purveyor of information heard and seen within it's walls, it's time to soberly consider all of the characters involved who would effect in a most negative way, our nation's future.