Edwards Hypocrisy

Today, candidate for President of the United States, John Edwards said that the government should stop the News Corp. purchase of the Dow Jones.

Today, Senator John Edwards spoke out strongly against media consolidation which threatens the health of our democracy, by calling on Democrats to openly oppose and take the necessary steps to stop the merger between News Corp and the Dow Jones Company/The Wall Street Journal.

What necessary steps to stop the merger would Mr. Edwards recommend? This is a man who wants to lead the entire nation and he doesn’t see that railing against one media source, while rallying his base (on the heals of the Kos Convention), is not a position he or the government should take. While he may perceive a bias from a given media source, it is unfair to forbid it from doing business. What would an Edwards Administration look like if this is what he advocates? What would our economy be like under his administration?

The reason Edwards cites for stopping the merger is that News Corp. is biased against Democrats.

Edwards called on Democrats to oppose the merger in light of the biased and unfair manner Fox News, and other media arms of News Corp, cover Democrats and the Democratic Party.

Edwards, attempting to take the high road, called on his Democratic comrades to return any campaign money that was donated by News Corp. This was directed directly at Senator Clinton who has raised $20,000 from the sordid company.

Of course, Mr. Edwards has a relationship of his own with News Corp. Last year, HarperCollins published Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives. HarperCollins is owned by News Corp. Edwards earned $333,334 in royalties last year for that book.

If News Corp. is so biased, biased enough to advocate the government forbid it purchasing another company, why was it good enough to line Candidate Edwards’ pocket, but not his opponents’?

Update
It looks like I mis-reported income for his book. In addition to the royalties, there was a $500,000 advance from the evil media group to presidential-hopeful John Edwards.

Hat tip to Michelle Malkin for this nugget.

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