“24″ is a television show hosted on Fox that portrays a former Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) agent Jack Bauer pursuing terrorists and other rogue operatives in the country and protecting the nation. 24’s main audience is consistently made up of both an age group and a demographic that leans quite heavily to the right wing of American politics. Fox also runs news channels which, most critics contend, lean to the right wing.

Rupert Murdoch in spite of all this, donated heavily to Hillary Clinton and supported Barack Obama. To add insult to injury, Rupert is now beginning a green campaign with his networks. “24″ is the first to become “carbon-neutral”, which is slang for paying a bunch of money to “carbon credit” companies which allow companies that put out carbon to pretend that they are not. To announce the move, Rupert had one of the “24″ actresses, Cherry Jones (who plays the president) announce the move before the return from commercials, and the dangers of “climate change” and reducing their “carbon footprint”, all the while perhaps forgetting that CO2 is emitted from the breath out of her mouth.

One can imagine if Rupert Murdoch were to make this full scale move on the news networks. Imagine Glenn Beck, the conservative radio show host who moved to Fox News recently, railing against the global warming hoax, only to have Fox running a public service announcement ramming it down his listener’s throats. Will the myth of Fox News’ supposed right wing nature be dispelled by Rupert’s ever aggressive progressive agenda?

Regardless of anyone’s political leanings, the idea that Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, is not only espousing and pushing a global warming agenda, but has run the first “carbon neutral” television show, is bitterly ironic. Fox News has been portrayed as the right wing arm of the media, and thanks to Rupert Murdoch, the veil is being lifted. Perhaps there is no left or right. Only the collective versus the individual. The elite versus the common man.

Will Fox News ultimately embrace Rupert Murdoch’s green agenda? What will happen when climate change skeptics on his news programs are confronted with Murdoch’s agenda? It could certainly lead to the more right wing personalities on the show who question their bosses’s agendas and could lead to a falling out. This type of a “green initiative” was to be expected of say, MSNBC, but to see Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch pushing it is all too surreal. Only time will show the consequences of the Murdoch agenda.