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More on Murdoch and Anzar

Posted: July 3rd, 2006 | Author: Aaron | Filed under: europe, media, middle east, scandal |

The plot thickens…

From Al-Jazeerah:

Aznar’s family firm, Famaztella S. L. (a composite of his and his wife’s last names – Aznar and Botella), has been receiving 120,000 euros a year since September 2004 from News Corp. as consulting fees. Aznar, who has been a member of Spain’s National Council since April 2005, never declared this income to the proper government agency since he felt the company was only engaged in family business. The situation is currently under investigation according to the Spanish press.

Thanks to RWS for the link

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5 Comments on “More on Murdoch and Anzar”

  1. 1 Richard W. Symonds said at 10:22 pm on July 3rd, 2006:

    “The Rupert Murdoch Empire is the most powerful and reactionary representative of the boss class on the planet” (Tommy Sheridan of Scotland)

  2. 2 Jose said at 7:55 am on July 4th, 2006:

    I see it this way. Aznar says his company gave occasional services to Murdoch, for which it received €12,000 a month. If the State Council had not warned Aznar he would still be there. Now that he has gone from the government Murdoch has engaged him to the Board of Directors. I suppose those €12,000 be cancelled from now on. Even for Murdoch two salaries is too much.

  3. 3 tyger said at 10:38 am on July 4th, 2006:

    The whole episode reeks of the gutter.

  4. 4 Jose said at 7:14 am on July 5th, 2006:

    Politics reeks nowadays, Tyger. Perhaps electors are so used to that stench that they cannot make out where it comes from.

  5. 5 Jose said at 11:55 am on July 5th, 2006:

    This may interest you. It’s from Michael at Respect and points to Blair’s dark contacts with Murdoch:

    http://groups.msn.com/Respectpoliticalparty/humor.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=39106&LastModified=4675579623266045903&all_topics=1