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Wednesday, November 16th, 2022

Powerful Murdoch Media Dumps on Trump

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Source:     Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:     Thu, November 10, 2022 | 11:52 AM
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Stephan:   The Murdochs represent, to me at least, everything that has gone wrong with journalism. A billionaire and his children by careful design run a propaganda disinformation operation through multiple outlets print and electronic whose purpose is to masquerade as a journalism business and manipulate the political systems in the countries in which they operate -- Australia, UK, and US. They can exist only because of the freedom of speech laws in the countries where they have operations. In a sense the Murdochs are the cancer afflicting journalism. That said they are publicly saying they are dumping Trump and, to MAGAt world, that is going to be a big deal. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Criminal Trump talking to his worshippers

The powerful media empire of conservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch appeared to turn its back Thursday on Donald Trump, labeling the former US president a “loser” who shows “increasingly poor judgement” after the midterm elections.

Just days before he is expected to announce his 2024 White House candidacy, the Wall Street Journal, the flagship of Murdoch’s News Corp, declared in an editorial that “Trump Is the Republican Party’s Biggest Loser,” pointing to the party’s disappointing performance in Tuesday’s midterms.

Trump later Friday hit back at Murdoch, appearing to relish a scuffle, accusing News Corp media of falling in line to back a potential Republican rival of Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination, a choice he said News Corp would rue.

The cover of News Corp’s tabloid New York Post depicted Trump on a precarious wall as “Trumpty Dumpty” who “had a great fall” in the vote, blaming him for the failure of Republicans to sweep past Democratic rivals in the battle for control of Congress and governors’ mansions.

And at the hugely influential Fox News television […]

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