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The Murdoch JournalJack Shafer takes on Rupert Murdoch and his bid for the Wall Street Journal.


Updated Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 5:17 PM ET

"Let Murdoch Be Murdoch: Abolish the powerless Wall Street Journal Special Committee." Posted, April 30, 2008.

"Rupert Murdoch's Favorite Lie: As long as he insists on telling it, I'll keep calling it out." Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008.

"Don Corleone Murdoch?: In which Newsweek alleges that Norm Pearlstine and John Huey kissed the godfather's ring." Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008.

"Rupert Murdoch Is Not the Antichrist: Proof revealed at Georgetown University." Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008.

"Bloggy Monday: Murdoch gets beat; a Portfolio blog item mysteriously vanishes; and do TV minutes matter?" Posted Monday, March 24, 2008.

"Murdoch Minion Spikes Review of Murdoch Book: Anticipatory compliance at the Far Eastern Economic Review." Posted Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.

"The Political Re-Education of Rupert Murdoch: A new book by the mogul's former right-hand man in China tells nearly all." Posted Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008.

"A Test for the Murdoch Street Journal: How will it cover a new book alleging Rupert Murdoch's kowtowing to the Chinese?" Posted Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.

"Reading the Murdoch Street Journal: Where is the rotten old bastard taking his latest acquisition?" Posted Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.

"In Defense of Rupert Murdoch: A brief word in support of the genocidal tyrant." Posted Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.

"Rupert Murdoch, Closet Liberal: Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes outs his boss as a Republican-hater." Posted Monday, Oct. 8, 2007.

"The Rupert Murdoch Film Festival (Transcript): Hollywood's view of the global media baron." Posted Sept. 26, 2007.

"Rupert Murdoch Film Fest: The media baron everyone loves to hate has been an endless source of fascination and inspiration for filmmakers." (Slate V) Posted Sept. 25, 2007.

"Why the WSJ Exodus Is Good for Murdoch: Three additional Wall Street Journal journalists quit." Posted Friday, Sept. 14, 2007.

"Murdoch Journal Watch—New York Post Edition." Posted Aug. 17, 2007.

"The Murdoch Journal Watch: Having bagged his trophy, how long will it take Rupert to bugger it?" Posted Tuesday, July 31, 2007.

"Homer Simpson Has What the Bancrofts Want: Editorial independence." Posted Friday, July 13, 2007.

"Composing Murdoch's Disclosure: It's almost as long as the Manhattan telephone book." Posted Wednesday, July 11, 2007.

"Murdoch: The Filth and the Fury: How Low He'll Stoop." Posted Friday, June 22, 2007.

"If the Peach Stole the Journal Cream: What if the Financial Times raided Murdoch's Wall Street Journal newsroom?" Posted June 5, 2007.

"More Murdoch Malefaction: The Bancrofts can't possibly trust this guy with the Wall Street Journal." Posted June 1, 2007.

"Can Murdoch Pass the Stink Test? Assessing the mogul against the standards of the Dow Jones code of conduct." Posted May 29, 2007.

"Murdoch Lies to the Financial Times: Do we really want this guy owning the Wall Street Journal?" Posted May 24, 2007.

"Meet Mrs. Murdoch: Who had a critical profile of Rupert's wife, Wendi Deng, spiked?" Posted May 10, 2007.

"Eight More Reasons To Distrust Murdoch: The man has a terrible track record, you know." Posted May 8, 2007.

"The Murdoch Street Journal: Not for me, thanks." Posted May 7, 2007.

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