Carlyle Group ready to buy stakes in major newspapers

[RBHam]

Many of us who were amazed but hopeful that Conrad Black and his far right cronies at Hollinger were going to get their come-uppance.
Now it seems that Lord Black and his buddies were skimming funds because they knew they had a sugar daddy to bail them out.

Oh, how this fits so well into the BFEE's plans! An international newspaper empire already well versed in spreading the poison of the Neo-Con agenda, just sitting there waiting to serve its new masters.

And you wonder why I'm so cynical? THIS is how they win.

From the London Observer

Excerpt:
Carlyle - which employs former Prime Minister John Major as a director, boasts George Bush Snr and his Secretary of State, James Baker, as advisers, and is headed by Frank Carlucci, Ronald Reagan's Defence Secretary - has invested in media firms previously. The group once owned 40 per cent of France's Le Figaro, and more recently acquired part of French conglomerate Vivendi's publishing assets.

It also part-owns Qinetiq, the Government's privatised defence research laboratories, and CSX Lines, a logistics firm that specialises in shipping heavy equipment for the military. In the past, Carlyle has owned Vinnell, a company that trained the Saudi army.

If Carlyle - which, despite being only 15 years old, manages more than $14 billion in funds on behalf of investors such as George Soros and the Bin Laden family (who are estranged from their son Osama) - does take a stake in Hollinger, questions are bound to be asked over the links between the two firms, both of which have powerful links to the military.

Leading foreign policy hawks Richard Perle and Henry Kissinger sit on the Hollinger board. Black himself is a member of the secretive Bilderberg group, an organisation comprising the world's leading businessmen and politicians, which some have accused of being an alternative world government.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/112403carlylegroup.html

[izzie]

1. Well that is good as they drum up the wars for the rest of their business.

Will make the 'Remember the Maine' took tame.

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. I'm sure they see this has a win win.

More control of the sheeple and at the same time save Richard Perle's ass from the fire again.

[prolesunited]

6. Look at what happened in Venezuala

where you had a corporate-controlled media elite almost help stage a coup. It will be interesting to see the reaction once Dems start taking control.

[dusty64]

3. You mean it will be possible

that the media is going to get even worse. I really didn't think that possible.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

4. instead of one Pravda

We will have hundreds, all repeating the government line. Amazing isn't it?

[prolesunited]

5. That would make perfect sense for them to do

You can't control the world without first controlling the media. :scared:

Thanks for posting this. Definitely something to watch.