How Rupert Murdoch’s Money for John Kasich is Putting Ohio Back Play for Obama
If you attempt to take the political temperature of a state and want to make a serious assessment of the climate, you often have to consider the source. AlterNet would admit to being leftward leaning and to being biased toward Democrats. But AlterNet, like parallel rightward leaning sites report news even while engaging in it’s genre. In a piece focused on Ohio governor John Kasich’s growing, organized opposition from labor, Sarah Jaffe reveals how much financial support that Kasich has received from media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
One Kasich supporter who is well-known is Rupert
Murdoch; before he took office, Kasich had a weekend show on Fox News, “From
the Heartland,” and he’s been a frequent guest on the network as a candidate and
as governor. Additionally, Murdoch personally donated $10,000 to Kasich’s
campaign, and Murdoch’s News Corp donated $1 million to the Republican Governors