[Marxism] Murdoch's daughter has fund-raiser for Obama in London

[Fred Feldman]

Sounds like the Murdoch money is getting ready to do business with President
Obama. By the way, is it just me, or is every fourth person in Britain names
Freud these days.
Fred Feldman

April 1, 2008, 1:20 pm 
www.nytimes.com

The Caucus: New York Times Political Blog
Murdoch's Daughter Hosts Obama Fund-Raiser
By Michael Luo



A new twist to the political parlor game that involves following the moves
of Rupert Murdoch and his clan: his daughter, Elisabeth, is hosting at her
London home a fund-raiser for Senator Barack Obama. 
Ms. Murdoch is one of a slew of "event chairs," which also includes Gwyneth
Paltrow, for the April 28 event at Ms. Murdoch's home in Notting Hill. David
Blood, who runs an investment fund with former Vice President Al Gore that
specializes in environmentally-friendly companies, is also listed as an
"event host."
A contribution of $2,300 offers access to the V.I.P. reception; attendance
to the main event only requires a $1,000 donation.

Mr. Murdoch, of course, is chairman of the News Corporation, which includes
under its umbrella Fox News and the New York Post. Mr. Murdoch had a
much-discussed rapprochement with Mrs. Clinton two years ago, when the Post
endorsed Mrs. Clinton in her Senate campaign and he held a fund-raiser for
her. Last year, he even contributed $2,300 to her presidential campaign. 
But the Post endorsed Mr. Obama just before the crush of states that voted
on Feb. 5 in a bruising editorial that excoriated Mrs. Clinton, causing
media observers to declare that the honeymoon was over for this political
odd couple.

Ms. Murdoch, 39, is Mr. Murdoch's second daughter, one of three children
from Mr. Murdoch's second marriage, who as a group represent the locus of
where the betting over who might succeed him has centered.
She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Britain and left British
Sky Broadcasting, in which News Corporation is a major investor and she was
managing director of Sky Networks, in 2000 to start her own media company,
Shine Ltd. She is married to Matthew Freud-great-grandson of Sigmund Freud-a
prominent public relations executive in London.

Reached on his boat floating in the Tobago Cays today, Mr. Freud said not
much should be read into his wife's role as a host.
"I don't think you can interpret the event as anything other than she is
enthusiastic about Obama's campaign," Mr. Freud said.