Calling Rupert Murdoch. "A New York Post Page Six staffer solicited $220,000 from a high-profile billionaire in return for a year's "protection" agai
April 6, 2006

Calling Rupert Murdoch.

"A New York Post Page Six staffer solicited $220,000 from a high-profile billionaire in return for a year's "protection" against inaccurate and unflattering items about him in the gossip page, the Daily News has learned. In two 90-minute meetings, characterized by a shocking breach of ethics, Jared Paul Stern, a fixture on the city's gossip scene who also edited Page Six The Magazine, asked for a series of payments from Ron Burkle, the managing partner of Yucaipa Cos., a conglomerate with interests in supermarkets, celebrity clothing lines, and media."

Someone email Deborah Orrin, one of Chris Matthews favorite pundits and ask her for her thoughts. Maybe the Podman too.

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