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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Joel Klein's job with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. a sellout of everything he supposedly stood for

Joel Klein's job with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. a sellout of everything he supposedly stood for

Joel Klein's job with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. a sellout of everything he supposedly stood for

Thursday, November 11th 2010, 4:00 AM

Joel Klein has stepped down as schools chancellor to take a job with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. He will be replaced by magazine exec Cathie Black.
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Joel Klein has stepped down as schools chancellor to take a job with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. He will be replaced by magazine exec Cathie Black.

Say it ain't so, Joel!

Tell me you're not really stepping down as schools chancellor in the middle of the academic year to become a token Democrat in what truly is a vast right-wing conspiracy.

Tell me you are not signing on with a corporation that contributed $1.25 million to Republicans who consider school-funding cuts only necessary and tax cuts for the rich vital.

In taking the job with News Corp., Klein actually said, "I've long admired News Corporation's entrepreneurial spirit and Rupert Murdoch's fearless commitment to innovation."

What is Klein talking about, entrepreneurial spirit such as peddling the conservative agenda, at times with willful ignorance? Fearless commitment such as giving that $1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association? The association's poster boy is New

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New chancellor Cathie Black hits the ground running

New schools chancellor Cathie Black says you have to make a strong impression in the first 30 days of any new job - and on Wednesday she got started.