John Edwards Still Mad At Hillary Taking $20,000 From Murdoch’s News Corp
Which is fine, I guess, in a shallow and petty sort of way. Except that the $20,000 Hillary got is about $780,000 less than what Edwards got from one of Murdoch’s book companies.
August 3, 2007—WASHINGTON - John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul’s companies.
The Edwards campaign said the multimillionaire trial lawyer would not return the hefty payout from Murdoch for the book titled “Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives.”
The campaign didn’t respond to a question from The Post about whether it was hypocritical for Edwards to take money from News Corp. while calling for other candidates not to.
Well of course it’s hypocritical. And the whole boycott of Fox News is silly anyway.
More Americans watch Fox News than any other news channel. Does Fox News lean to the right? Sure. Just as CNN leans to the left. Big deal.
If the Democrats want to ignore the largest cable news audience in the world, so be it. Their loss.
