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Edwards is not a fan of Murdoch
CONWAY, N.H. -- Responding to a question about media consolidation, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said that consolidation is a problem because it is "about different voices".
"I am not particularly interested in seeing Rupert Murdoch own every newspaper in America," Edwards said about the owner of the Fox News Channel and the News Corporation that is completing a purchase of the Wall Street Journal.
He said media consolidation was "very damaging" to American democracy and that a consolidated media give a "distorted view" of events.
It should be noted that Edwards received nearly $800,000 in a book contract from one of Murdoch's companies, HarperCollins.
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