Murdoch Empire Was Poised to Pocket 27M of Obama's RTTP $$.

[Smarmie Doofus]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/08/27/2011-08-27_state_hacks_ed_contract_with_murdoch_firm.html

Interesting.

NYS Comptroller pulled the plug on it. After media spilled the beans. *Competitor* media.

Interesting.

>>ALBANY - The Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal has prompted the state to kill a controversial $27 million contract with one of the media mogul's subsidiary companies.

State Controller Thomas DiNapoli this week quietly rejected the Education Department's contract with Wireless Generation, a News Corp. affiliate.

Wireless Generation was to pocket $27 million of the state's $700 million in "Race to the Top" funds to develop software to track student test scores.

News Corp.'s British tabloid "News of the World" was shuttered last month amid a phone hacking and police bribery scandal.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is reviewing whether reporters from Murdoch's media empire hacked the phones of any 9/11 victims.

The controversy proved too much for the state to stomach.>>>>


Interesting.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/08/27/2011-08-27_state_hacks_ed_contract_with_murdoch_firm.html#ixzz1Wik1P4WG

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Hah. I missed this part:

>>>Steamed state education officials slammed DiNapoli, accusing him of caving to teachers' unions - whose members opposed handing over data to Wireless Generation.

"The controller has allowed political pressure to get in the way of vital technology that would help our students," Education Department spokesman Jonathan Burman said.>>>>


It's the TEACHERS! The TEACHERS!!! And their #@#$%%$^*??"!!%%$ U N I O N S !!!!!!


Interesting.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2011/08/27/2011-08-27_state_hacks_ed_contract_with_murdoch_firm.html#ixzz1WivdhpaV

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. kick for exposure