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Roger Ailes Signs Contract Extension
- Thread starter Oscar Madison
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Oh no, someone running a successful business is rewarded with a contract extension. The shock and horror.
And right-wingers are supposed to be better at sticking to diets. Go figure.
Maybe he will have a heart attack or stroke, god willing.
A successful company? Like tobacco companies. The mafia and the cartels. The casinos. Big pharma. Comcast. Used car dealers.
The same people so upset over poor Mexicans risking their lives for menial jobs are willing to roll out the red carpet for a vile Aussie, so he can take over TV stations and a network, supposedly a privilege reserved only for Americans. Also ironic that this Aussie panders to birthers.
Maybe he will have a heart attack or stroke, god willing.
A successful company? Like tobacco companies. The mafia and the cartels. The casinos. Big pharma. Comcast. Used car dealers.
The same people so upset over poor Mexicans risking their lives for menial jobs are willing to roll out the red carpet for a vile Aussie, so he can take over TV stations and a network, supposedly a privilege reserved only for Americans. Also ironic that this Aussie panders to birthers.
Running a network or TV station in the US has never been restricted to "Americans".
(Presuming you mean "Americans" to be folks from the USA, not folks from "The Americas")
By the way, the "vile Aussie" is in fact a US citizen. He had to renounce his Australian citizenship in order to buy all the TV stations his company owns, plus he had to completely reincorporate News Corp as a US company. Then again, some people only accept "natural born citizens." But that's not a requirement for media ownership.
Ailes, by the way, is from Ohio. Went to The Ohio University.
Ailes, by the way, is from Ohio. Went to The Ohio University.
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Ohio University doesn't take the definite article. Ohio State does.
That's the only reason he did so.
It means US Citizens. And for all his ranting against immigration, Ronnie was willing to let Rupert in, or more accurately, buy his way in.
We're one of the few countries to have this requirement. Congress has talked about removing that requirement.
What could he do to prevent it? It was legal and Constitutional.
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So it's legal for some rich right-winger to buy citizenship, but we need to keep out poor Mexican farm workers because they might do jobs Gringos won't do any way? Did you consult a lawyer before offering an opinion on immigration law and laws about political influence peddling. Ronnie seems to get free pass, even for statutory rape.
What do you mean? He applied for citizenship the old fashioned way. There isn't a question on the application asking about his politics, and his application isn't subject to political approval. He then reincorporated his company. He did things that a lot of richer companies, like Panasonic, haven't done.
Yes, actually I did consult a practicing immigration attorney. And I did so again just a few moments ago and was given further details about how persons who have a certain amount of capital to invest and who will provide jobs in certain quantities can get both residence/work visas and go immediately on a citizenship path if desired. Murdoch apparently had prior residency, and used the eb5 visa which requires $1 million or more in investments and creation of 10 jobs (The minimum for one of the two variants). After 5 years, you can apply for citizenship, and he already had that requirement filled.
A friend who had a small ad agency in Mexico City used this same procedure to move his shop to LA back in '93 and he got immediate residency and a few years later became a citizen. He had a lot less investment capital than Rupert Murdoch but was welcomed with "open arms" because he created several jobs and demonstrated with and evidentiary exposition his professional reputation and experience.
There is no influence peddling in this type of visa any more than there is on the somewhat more restrictive H1-B visa for qualified skilled or exceptional foreign workers.
Unskilled and minimally educated persons desirous of a new opportunity in the US are also willingly accepted, but there are so many such people that there is a limit on the number who will be granted "green cards" (which are actually blue now).
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Generally speaking, we have the most restrictions on foreign ownership of media. Look at the recent purchase of a station by Pandora as an example of how that is still strictly enforced.
Mexico allows up to 50% non-controlling interest in radio and TV to be in foreign hands. Argentina allows nearly 100% foreign ownership. Companies like Emmis have owned all or most of stations in Bulgaria, Holland, and Hungary. Clear Channel did the same in mexico, Australia, England and other places. I owned 100% of a couple of dozen licences in Ecuador at one time.
Yes, when Murdoch became a citizen in 1985 he had been here as a resident since 1973 and the process was normal, immediate and totally legal. It's also a matter of public record and can be searched.
Ronnie was not president in 1973 when Rupèrt Murdoch got a resident visa, based on newspaper ownership and the purchase of the NY Post. It was 12 years later that he became a citizen, and the process was completely legal.
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Or that it CAN be strictly enforced. The same issue brought up in the Pandora situation could be applied to any publicly traded company. They usually don't.
Or, going way back, the license revocation of KRLA in Los Angeles over foreign (Canadian) ownership.
Rich people with influential friends can hire lawyers, pull atrings and find loopholes. May make it legal. Doesn't make it right.
My great grandfather became a citizen the same way, and he didn't have a lawyer or money. The only difference is he came through Ellis Island.
And TTBOMK, Murdoch didn't need any loophole. He qualified, he applied, and was accepted. The big issue in his case, IIRC, is it caused problems for some of his holdings elsewhere. I think he had to turn in his knighthood, or some similar honor.
You seem to have distaste for making something legal, but you'd need a legal reason to prevent someone from becoming a citizen. It's not a private club where you can turn someone down because you don't like them or their politics. You'd have to take it to a judge, who would determine if it's "right." Which would also mean legal.
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Your great grandfather owned a chain of newspapers in several countries? Was linked to the British and Australian governments? I somehow doubt Rupert had to stand in line at whatever processing station they've been using since Ellis Island closed.
Give it up, Oscar. It's history.
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