Sunday, July 24, 2011

A New York City School's Chancellor? What? Is this? A NY City School Chancellor is an educator at News Corp.

In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, outgoing Chancellor of New York City Public Schools Joel Klein listens during a news conference at City Hall in New York. When Klein left his post as head of New York City schools to join Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. last year, many observers expected his new gig as senior adviser would be lower-profile and better-paid. So far, it is definitely not the former. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)


Really?


I think that is weird.  What does a New York City School Chancellor have to offer professional journalists?


No one else finds that strange?


Oh, this was a new division of Murdoch's Madcap Media.  I see.    



Former NYC Schools Chancellor In Charge Of Cleaning Up News Corp Scandal (click title to entry - thank you)

 Christopher Robbins
 
When Joel “Numbnuts” Klein  left  his position  as New York City's school chancellor last fall to become a senior VP at News Corp's reeducation eduction division, he "seemed happier than ever before." According to the Times, Klein received $4.5 million in compensation this year, gets a monthly car allowance of $1,200, and Rupert Murdoch promised to spend up to $1 billion on the newly formed educational wing of News Corp to fund Klein's visions. But thanks to the phone hacking scandal that is tearing through Murdoch's media empire, Klein is charged with conducting an internal investigation of News Corp. "I am trying to get as far away from this as I can," he reportedly told a friend….