Monday, July 25, 2011

''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

''Michelle Rhee and Rupert Murdoch– thick as thieves?''

Written by karoli for Crooks and Liars. Read the original post here.

“When Rupert Murdoch gave his testimony earlier this week in London, former New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein was sitting directly behind him. After a stormy tenure in New York City where he fought teachers unions and closed schools according to the Michelle Rhee School Destruction Model, he left and took what looked to be a cushy job at News Corp helping Murdoch launch his for-profit education products.

Getting in the middle of another public dustup was the last thing on his agenda when he joined Murdoch’s media empire last November as a $2 million-a-year executive vice president, leaving his