WTVT, a Fox television station in Tampa, Florida/GW Bush elected first told by Fox News by Bush cousin. hmmmmm

Australian Rain
http://www.australianrain.com.au/index.html

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread310843/pg1
Excerpt:
The Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the grant to the Australian Rain Corporation, a company part-owned by Rupert Murdoch's nephew, Matt Handbury.

But researchers commissioned by the National Water Commission to investigate the technology have questioned whether the $10-million grant should have been awarded now, saying a more careful evaluation of the science is needed first.

Mr Handbury himself agrees the science is in no way conclusive, but denies his family connections have helped him secure the federal money.

Tanya Nolan has our report.

TANYA NOLAN: It's a technique developed in Russia in the last decade, and it involves sending electrical charges into the atmosphere to make clouds and ultimately rain.

But the problem with it, says Neville Fletcher, a visiting fellow at ANU and emeritus professor of physics at the University of New England, is that it hasn't ever been examined in a thorough scientific way, nor has it been peer reviewed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull
Excerpt:
Although Turnbull claimed that Australian Rain Corporation is Australian-based, investigations have shown that it is in fact 75 per cent Swiss-owned. It was also revealed that a prominent stakeholder in the Australian Rain Corporation, Matt Handbury, is a nephew of Rupert Murdoch. Turnbull has refused to answer questions regarding Matt Handbury's contribution to the Wentworth Forum, the main fund-raising organisation for Turnbull's 2007 election campaign.^[23]
In 2007, Turnbull promised that his government, if elected, would grant same-sex couples death benefits in Commonwealth superannuation schemes, a similar promise to which was made three years prior during the 2004 Federal election campaign.^[24]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Magazines
Excerpt:
Pacific Magazines is a magazine publisher operating in Australia and New Zealand, owned by Seven Media Group. It has it roots in the Southdown Press, the publishers of New Idea and long owned by the Murdoch family. When News Limited acquired the Herald and Weekly Times in 1987, the Australasian and Argus titles (Australasian Post, Home Beautiful, Your Garden) were added.

http://pacificmagazines.com.au/Pages/Magazines/Magazine.aspx?mid=32075d1c-3915-455c-ab41-fd85f7645d02
Excerpt:

Quick Facts

Frequency: Monthly

Australian Circulation: 384,512 (ABC Dec10)

Readership: 1,955,000 (RMR April 10 - March 11 )

Core Market: Women 30+

Content: Homes & Lifestyle

Editor: Julia Zaetta

Sales Director Home Titles: Donna Hodges

THE CORPORATION [17/23] Unsettling Accounts
http://www.youtube/
.com/watch?v=eZkDikRLQrw

17. Journalists Jane Akre and Steve Wilson were fired by the Fox News television station they work for after refusing to change their investigative report on Posilac, a Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) made by Monsanto. Their research documents potential health and safety problems of drinking milk treated with the synthetic hormone, but threatened with legal action from Monsanto, Fox wants the negative effects played down. The court eventually throws out Akre's whistle blower lawsuit after deciding that the media is allowed to lie.

For a playlist of all 23 chapters in order: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FA50FBC214A6CE87

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-smith/monsanto-forced-fox-tv-to_b_186428.html
 The world's leading consumer advocate promoting healthier non-GMO choices.

Posted: April 13, 2009 06:06 PM

Fox TV to Censor Coverage of Dangerous Milk Drug

Excerpt:
The two worked at WTVT, a Fox television station in Tampa, Florida, and were described as a "television dream team." Akre was a former CNN anchorwoman and reporter, Wilson a three-time Emmy Award winner whom Penthouse described as "one of the most famous and feared journalists in America." Their four-part news series on rbGH was scheduled to begin on February 24, 1997. It was going to expose Monsanto's lies to the world, and show how the milk from treated cows was dangerously linked to cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTVT
Excerpts:
1) WTVT, channel 13, is a television station in Tampa, Florida. It is an owned and operated station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the News Corporation. WTVT's studios are located in Tampa, and its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.

2)  As a CBS affiliate
The station first started broadcasting on April 1, 1955 as a CBS affiliate. It was the third station in Tampa Bay, behind WSUN-TV (channel 38, frequency now occupied by WTTA) and WFLA-TV (channel 8). WTVT is also the second-oldest surviving station, behind WFLA. WTVT's call letters stand for the initials of its founding owner, Tampa Bay radio veteran Walter Tison and his wife, Virginia Tison. Like many other stations located on "unlucky" channel 13, WTVT used a black cat as its mascot for several years.

3)  Monsanto controversy
In 1997, Steve Wilson and Jane Akre began work on a story regarding the agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto and recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), a milk additive that had been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration but also blamed for a number of health issues. Wilson and Akre planned a four part investigative report on Monsanto's use of rBGH, which prompted Monsanto to write to Roger Ailes, president of Fox News Channel in an attempt to have the report reviewed for bias and because of the "enormous damage that can be done" as a result of the report.^[6]
WTVT did not run the report, and later argued in court that the report was not "breakthrough journalism." Wilson and Akre then claimed that Monsanto's actions constituted the news broadcast telling lies, while WTVT countered looking only for fairness. According to Wilson and Akre, they rewrote the report over 80 times over the course of 1997, and WTVT decided to exercise "its option to terminate their employment contracts without cause,"^[7] and did not renew their contracts in 1998. WTVT later ran a report about Monsanto and rBGH in 1998, and the report included defenses from Monsanto.^[8]
After Wilson and Akre's contracts were not renewed, they filed a lawsuit concerning WTVT's "news distortion" under Florida's whistleblower laws, claiming their termination was retaliation for "resisting WTVT's attempts to distort or suppress the BGH story."^[9] In a joint statement, Wilson claimed that he and Akre "were repeatedly ordered to go forward and broadcast demonstrably inaccurate and dishonest versions of the story," and "were given those instructions after some very high-level corporate lobbying by Monsanto (the powerful drug company that makes the hormone) and also ... by members of Florida’s dairy and grocery industries."^[10] The trial commenced in summer 2000 with a jury dismissing all of the claims brought to trial by Wilson, but siding with one aspect of Akre's complaint, awarding Akre $425000 and agreeing that Akre was a whistleblower because she believed there were violations of the 1934 Federal Communications Act and because she planned on reporting WTVT to the Federal Communications Commission. Reason magazine, referring to the case, noted that Akre's argument in the trial was that Akre and Wilson believed news distortion occurred, but that they did not have to prove this was the case.^[8]
An appeal was filed, and a ruling in February 2003 came down in favor of WTVT, who successfully argued that the FCC policy against falsification was not a "law, rule, or regulation", and so the whistle-blower law did not qualify as the required "law, rule, or regulation" under section 448.102.... Because the FCC's news distortion policy is not a "law, rule, or regulation" under section 448.102, Akre has failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute."^[9] The appeal did not address any falsification claims, noting that "as a threshold matter... Akre failed to state a claim under the whistle-blower's statute," but noted that the lower court ruled against all of Wilson's charges and all of Akre's claims with the exception of the whistleblower claim that was overturned.^[9]

Many cultures have superstitions about black cats, often ascribing either "good luck" or "bad luck" to them.

The black cat of the Industrial Workers of the World, also adopted as a symbol by anarcho-syndicalists

http://www.mediastudy.com/articles/jellis.html
Excerpt:
The genesis of this call, and in particular the chronology of the ensuing echos are telling. The story began on election night at 2:16 AM. Fox News projected George W. Bush as winner of the Florida primary and the Presidential election. In a classic case of pack journalism that college professors will no doubt cite for years to come, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN all followed Fox’s lead during the next four minutes, calling the election for Bush.
The telling part of this story is that the call was made by John Ellis, a freelance political advisor contracted by Fox News to head their election night "decision desk." Ellis is also first cousin to George W. Bush and Florida governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush.

http://www.slate.com/id/93999/  (I, as a dyslexic, can see the 93999 as 63666 hmmmmmm)  ...cal

Excerpt:

Fox News Channel

It's not fair. It's not balanced. So what?

By David PlotzPosted Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000, at 2:30 AM ET

In the past few weeks, Fox News Channel has behaved with all the guile and grandstanding sleaziness we've come to expect from a Rupert Murdoch operation. First, Fox put George W. Bush cousin John Ellis in charge of its Election Night vote-counting operation: Ellis made Fox the first network to declare Bush the victor and, as The New Yorker reported, spent the evening gabbing with Dubya and Jeb Bush—thus confirming every Democrat's belief that Fox is an arm of the GOP.

Place the election, Fox has run a newspaper ad boasting that it attracted 6.8 million viewers Election Night, making it the "Number 1" news network for election coverage. The ad has rightly enraged rival networks CNN and MSNBC: Fox is cheating by counting not only the 2.4 million who watched its cable channel Election Night, but also the 4.4 million who tuned into its network broadcast.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/james-murdoch-named-deputy-c-o-o/
Excerpt:

March 30, 2011, 10:25 am Mergers & Acquisitions | Revolving Door

James Murdoch Is Moving Up at News Corp.

By EVELYN M. RUSLI

Miguel Villagran/Getty Images James Murdoch

8:35 p.m. | Updated
In a move that appears to pave the way for James Murdoch to succeed his father as the head of the News Corporation, Mr. Murdoch has been named the company’s deputy chief operating officer and chairman and chief executive of the News Corporation International.
As part of the promotion to the third highest post at the company, the 38-year-old Mr. Murdoch, who was previously the company’s chief executive of Europe and Asia businesses, will move from London to New York, where his father, Rupert Murdoch, resides. The move, announced on Wednesday, was not a surprise to those who work closely with the Murdoch family.

http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/christine-jones-new-md-of-murdoch-books.html
Excerpt:
Christine Jones new m.d. of Murdoch Books UK

The Bookseller - 09.06.11 | Charlotte Williams

Murdoch Books has further restructured its workforce following owner Matt Handbury's move into the role of c.e.o. last week.
Christine Jones will become managing director of Murdoch Books UK, which has its UK offices in Putney, south-west London, moving from her role as sales and marketing director, with the role of sales manager now created.

http://www.marlerblog.com/ (please click the link and read more of the comments)  ...cal
Excerpt:

European E. coli O104:H4 Update - Is the United States willing to pay to to prevent it from happening here?

July 07, 2011

The European Union reports 50 European deaths, 4,236 Ill with 898 suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome: The World Health Organization reports similar numbers of The...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins
Excerpt:
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation
Excerpt:
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NASDAQ: NWSA, ASX: NWS, ASX: NWSLV), often abbreviated to News Corp., is the world's second-largest media conglomerate (behind The Walt Disney Company) as of 2010 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009.^[5][6][7][8] The company's Chairman & Chief Executive Officer is Rupert Murdoch.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/news-corps-murdoch-and-ges-immelts-attempt-at-news-channel-peace.html
Excerpt:

July 31, 2009 |  1:59 pm

 

The on-screen and behind-the-scenes feuding between cable news rivals MSNBC, owned by General Electric Co., and News Corp.'s Fox News has become so ugly that the chief executives of their respective parent companies recently held a hush-hush meeting to try to broker a peace treaty.

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch and General Electric chief Jeffrey Immelt met up at -- appropriately enough -- the Microsoft CEO summit in Redmond, Wash., to figure out how to diffuse tensions between the two channels, Company Town has learned. The primary focus of the chit-chat was the back-and-forth sniping between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Fox's Bill O'Reilly. The two often exchange insults, Olbermann by name, O'Reilly by insinuation. 

http://seekingalpha.com/article/132744-understanding-the-msnbc-fox-and-ge-triangle-how-markets-work

Understanding the MSNBC-FOX and GE Triangle and how markets work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Books 

Excerpt:

Murdoch Books is an Australian publisher, mainly of gardening and cook books.

[edit] History

The company had its beginnings when The Advertiser of Adelaide started printing magazines. Advertiser Magazines was renamed Murdoch Magazines in 1988. It published Australian editions of such magazines as Better Homes and Gardens and Marie Claire.
Matt Handbury, a nephew of Rupert Murdoch, purchased Murdoch Magazines in 1991. Murdoch Magazines was sold to Pacific Magazines in 2004. Murdoch Books began as a subsidiary of Murdoch Magazines.

http://criticalbelievers.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ssgovs&action=display&thread=3687&page=1

Except:

bb. Helen Murdoch. Born 1929. Died November 2004. Married Geoff Handbury.
1. Matt Handbury. 2. Paul Handbury.
3. Paddy Handbury.
4. Judy Handbury.


Read more: http://criticalbelievers.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ssgovs&action=display&thread=3687&page=1#ixzz1RV0qMoFm

http://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/totals.asp?thisContractor=General%20Electric

Excerpt:

Defense Contract Values Per Company (since 10/30/2006)
(Listed by Contract Value Descending)

Date Issued  Corporation / Divisions  Contract Value

 
10/1/2008 - General Electric $641,000,000
3/14/2003 - General Electric $621,839,915
3/14/2003 - General Electric $607,639,484
2/26/2003 - General Electric $602,190,312
2/5/2003 - General Electric $586,851,252
1/7/2011 - General Electric $576,000,000
11/27/2006 - General Electric $532,898,916
3/22/2011 - General Electric $453,102,659
7/29/2010 - General Electric $445,281,495
3/3/2009 - General Electric $438,138,755
6/30/2011 - General Electric $414,562,141
9/26/2007 - General Electric $339,759,829
3/11/2010 - General Electric $326,080,865
5/2/2008 - General Electric $321,694,248
3/22/2011 - General Electric $246,520,390
8/15/2007 - General Electric $231,215,100
8/27/2007 - General Electric $231,215,100
3/6/2009 - General Electric $214,971,549
1/31/2008 - General Electric $193,000,000
12/22/2006 - General Electric $189,177,859
11/3/2008 - General Electric $185,000,000
11/6/2008 - General Electric $185,000,000
12/15/2008 - General Electric $128,254,294
9/8/2008 - General Electric $120,188,430
9/11/2008 - General Electric $96,193,715
12/22/2009 - General Electric $85,747,320
5/10/2011 - General Electric $77,573,788
11/8/2007 - General Electric $69,696,940
12/17/2007 - General Electric $69,391,391
12/18/2008 - General Electric $68,067,563
10/5/2007 - General Electric $65,578,923
12/5/2006 - General Electric $61,244,159
1/6/2011 - General Electric $58,436,679
8/14/2009 - General Electric $52,958,405
11/24/2010 - General Electric $50,494,694
12/24/2009 - General Electric $48,769,848
9/24/2009 - General Electric $47,148,749
11/25/2009 - General Electric $44,238,381
12/20/2006 - General Electric $40,000,000
9/17/2009 - General Electric $39,725,834
1/3/2007 - General Electric $38,010,302
10/6/2008 - General Electric $33,201,530
7/6/2010 - General Electric $31,722,530
2/1/2007 - General Electric $31,358,368
7/1/2008 - General Electric $30,750,000
11/8/2006 - General Electric $30,147,369
2/28/2008 - General Electric $30,114,736
7/28/2010 - General Electric $28,202,039
12/4/2009 - General Electric $28,096,373
8/7/2007 - General Electric $27,154,954
1/23/2009 - General Electric $27,030,876
9/16/2008 - General Electric $26,013,177
12/3/2007 - General Electric $25,321,000
7/19/2010 - General Electric $24,745,185
5/12/2008 - General Electric $24,681,174
6/26/2009 - General Electric $24,524,540
4/30/2007 - General Electric $22,147,560
6/27/2008 - General Electric $21,948,825
9/8/2008 - General Electric $21,556,116
7/9/2008 - General Electric $18,447,224
5/11/2011 - General Electric $18,394,537
2/1/2007 - General Electric $18,204,911
4/22/2011 - General Electric $17,687,460
11/13/2008 - General Electric $16,422,249
2/5/2008 - General Electric $15,592,486
11/20/2007 - General Electric $15,335,100
9/23/2008 - General Electric $15,149,847
5/27/2009 - General Electric $14,428,393
2/15/2011 - General Electric $13,783,020
2/7/2008 - General Electric $13,156,300
3/31/2009 - General Electric $12,800,493
11/22/2006 - General Electric $12,500,000
8/9/2010 - General Electric $12,481,700
6/22/2009 - General Electric $11,815,213
1/10/2011 - General Electric $11,813,560
8/14/2007 - General Electric $11,688,939
5/12/2009 - General Electric $11,361,435
9/12/2008 - General Electric $11,014,053
6/1/2007 - General Electric $10,989,292
1/23/2009 - General Electric $10,680,580
3/29/2007 - General Electric $10,172,500
3/28/2011 - General Electric $9,949,990
5/12/2011 - General Electric $9,224,267
11/9/2007 - General Electric $9,200,512
5/7/2010 - General Electric $9,196,000
3/27/2007 - General Electric $8,874,083
3/31/2010 - General Electric $8,830,188
6/10/2010 - General Electric $8,807,278
6/11/2010 - General Electric $8,730,800
9/22/2009 - General Electric $8,701,464
8/10/2007 - General Electric $8,601,597
3/31/2008 - General Electric $8,513,262
4/13/2010 - General Electric $8,495,120
1/31/2011 - General Electric $7,890,519
4/9/2008 - General Electric $7,751,279
3/12/2009 - General Electric $7,587,417
5/8/2009 - General Electric $7,500,000
9/30/2009 - General Electric $7,491,350
2/16/2010 - General Electric $7,340,382
12/28/2007 - General Electric $7,337,414
2/13/2009 - General Electric $6,387,870
12/12/2008 - General Electric $6,376,123
8/19/2010 - General Electric $6,309,149
12/31/2008 - General Electric $6,091,612
3/29/2007 - General Electric $5,932,045
12/5/2007 - General Electric $5,865,922
   
Total Value of Listed Contracts: $10,834,480,571