I had no idea Sheldon Adelson was a lil Murdoch.

[salvorhardin]

He owns Israel's most popular daily newspaper, Israel HaYom. Unsurprisingly, it's "aggressively pro-Netanyahu." Somewhat surprising, it's free, which might help explain how it has become so popular.

Good segment in this week's On The Media.

Turns out Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate and, as of late, Mitt Romney supporter, also owns Israel’s most popular daily newspaper, Israel HaYom. Freelance Jerusalem-based journalist Matthew Kalman says the free, aggressively pro-Netanyahu paper has quickly come to dominate the market while its competitors downsize and slash staff.
Link: http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/aug/31/citizen-adelson

Also not to be missed on this week's On The Media is John Sununu literally yelling at Brooke Gladstone. Talk about surreal. When did Sununu become such an angry, partisan hack? I remember him as one of the sane ones in the GOP of yore.

This week, a Romney pollster responded to several critical fact-checks of a campaign ad by saying "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers." Brooke talks to former New Hampshire governor and former White House Chief of Staff John Sununu about the ad and the institution of fact-checking.
Link: http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/aug/31/were-not-going-let-our-campaign-be-dictated-fact-checkers