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Free Press : 'Robber Baron Over the Last Century' -- Dow Jones Union Head on Likely New Boss Rupert Murdoch

Free Press : 'Robber Baron Over the Last Century' -- Dow Jones Union Head on Likely New Boss Rupert Murdoch: "Besides amassing a media empire, Murdoch has repeatedly been accused of using his media holdings to advance his political agenda. In 2003, all of Murdoch’s 175 newspapers supported the Iraq invasion. Just last month it was revealed that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair personally called Murdoch three times in the week leading up to the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq."

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