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'The time is right': Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to c/worldnews@aussie.zone

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[–] Wiggles@aussie.zone 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wonder if it has anything to do with this: https://www.businessinsider.com/smartmatic-lawyer-compares-murdoch-mafia-boss-fox-news-defamation-case-2023-9?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He thinks that is his organisation champions free speech and freedom of thought. It is very difficult to have freedom of thought when almost every source of news is one of his. He's met with many world leaders, he likes the power, now it's starting to catch up with him

[–] Wiggles@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah these quotes from your article really got me

"Self-serving bureaucracies are seeking to silence those who would question their provenance and purpose," the memo read.

"Elites have open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class. Most of the media is in cahoots with those elites, peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth."

Utter madness