Yesterday I made a snarky post commenting on Rupert Murdoch’s new News site just launched on MySpace. I am a little perturbed that my friends in the left blogosphere don’t seem to see it as a problem, at least not yet. The left blogosphere ranted and railed against a Presidential debate that was going to be hosted by Fox News. I credit the left blogosphere with derailing what was sure to be a one evening Democratic fiasco.

However, I think we have a much bigger problem on our hands. MySpace users are reporting that Rupert is muzzling their freedom of expression, something that right wingers like Rupert are wont to do.

“Why shouldn’t they call it FoxSpace? Or RupertSpace?’ Mr. Goldberg said, referring to the News Corporation’s chief, Rupert Murdoch.

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In the past, MySpace executives have said that the service failed to block companies like YouTube that began successful businesses from MySpace’s pages.

“We probably should have stopped YouTube,” Michael Barrett, chief revenue officer for Fox Interactive Media, a part of the News Corporation, said in an interview in late February. “YouTube wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for MySpace. We’ve created companies on our back.”

That’s not exactly the problem I’m referring to. But letting Rupert Murdoch host your political site is like letting my cat take care of your baby rabbit .

The Rupert Murchoch MySpace “News” and the new Presidential Coverage on MySpace is something Democrats should find troubling.