Media Critic & Humorist Marvin Kitman Shares His Insight on Investor Uprising

NEW YORK, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Newsday media critic and well-known humorist Marvin Kitman has joined Investor Uprising as a regular contributor. Kitman will share his unique perspectives on a wide range of topics, including the manipulation of the media and government by Rupert Murdoch and his son, James.

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In the second of two posts on the News Corporation phone hacking scandal, Kitman examines the implications of the dynamic duo's denials of questionable journalism practices at the News of the World. Kitman explores the Murdochs' "laudable efforts to defend the indefensible" today on Investor Uprising. Read the full story here:  http://bit.ly/nCVJfJ

Kitman predicted what the News Corp. CEO and Chairman would say when he testified about the phone hacking incident in a post published on Investor Uprising before the parliamentary select committee hearing in London. Read the full story at http://bit.ly/qsr3rA

Kitman was the media critic at Newsday from 1969 to 2005. His nine books include I Am a VCR and The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly.

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