Interesting thinking, Joe. But, having rather undeliberately ;-) put the cat among the pigeons apropos of left-right definitions, I feel that we first have to agree on whether Rupert is actually right-wing. It's been suggested that Hitler, Stalin et al. are actually not really that right-wing at all. Next to them, Murdoch, much as I hate the bugger, is actually a bit of a pussycat! The other thing about right-wingers, though maybe not so much the Mudcat right, is that they will often deny that they read the Murdoch press or watch Fox. You do have to wonder where they get their prejudices from in that case, no?