Maybe he's doing his homework.
As for the topic, News Corp and Fox News are not the same thing. News Corp owns Fox News as well as over a hundred other entities. In many countries. It is a global corporation.
http://www.newscorp.com/index.htmlCorporate Profile
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of June 30, 2010 of approximately US$54 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$33 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global media company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; integrated marketing services; newspapers and information services; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America.
Board of Directors
* Rupert Murdoch
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
News Corporation
* José María Aznar
Former President of Spain
President
FAES - Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis
* Natalie Bancroft
Director
News Corporation
* Peter Barnes
Chairman
Ansell Limited
* Chase Carey
Deputy Chairman
President and Chief Operating Officer
News Corporation
* Kenneth E. Cowley
Chairman
R.M. Williams Holdings Pty. Limited
* David F. DeVoe
Chief Financial Officer
News Corporation
* Viet Dinh
Professor of Law
Georgetown University
* Rod Eddington
Non-Executive Chairman for
Australia and New Zealand
J.P. Morgan
* Andrew S.B. Knight
Chairman
J. Rothschild Capital Management Limited
* James Murdoch
Chairman and Chief Executive
Europe and Asia
News Corporation
* Executive Chairman
News International
* Lachlan Murdoch
Executive Chairman
Illyria Pty Ltd
* Thomas J. Perkins
Partner
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
* Arthur M. Siskind
Senior Advisor to the Chairman
News Corporation
* John L. Thornton
Professor and Director of Global Leadership
Tsinghua University of Beijing
* Stanley S. Shuman (Director Emeritus)
Managing Director
Allen & Company LLC