FINANCIAL TIMES: Rupert Murdoch has declared his dissatisfaction with Barack Obama and the Democratic party, saying that two $1m donations by News Corp were intended to encourage change in Washington.
Pressed by a shareholder advocate about donations to the Republican Governors Association and the US Chamber of Commerce, Mr Murdoch told News Corp’s annual meeting in New York it was “in the interests of the country and all the shareholders and [. . .] prosperity that there be a fair amount of change in Washington”.
The donations before next month’s US mediterm elections had “nothing to do with the editorial policies” of News Corp’s media properties, which include Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, he added… (more)
