The Worlds Biggest Problem Is Rupert Murdoch

[DanieRains]

Thousands die every day directly because of the lies and propaganda spewed by his employees at Fox and elsewhere. All while the planet burns.

He created Trumpism, by brainwashing Trumps cult with lies and propaganda. Fear, fear, and more fear. All simply for profit.

We get to die so Rupert can sell advertising to the brainwashed.

Money = The Root Of All Evil

[UTUSN]

1. Careful, proportional accountability can lead to being lambasted!1

[DanieRains]

2. I Watched Sean Hannity Say We Found WMD's In Iraq

The lies are deadly.

Ask the families of our soldiers lost in Iraq.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

33. Yes, and their "news team" did the same.

In case any lurking Republicans try to use the old excuse that Hannity is just an opinion show.

And I never heard of any of them apologizing for being wrong either, unlike a more truth-concerned reporter like Dan Rather.

It's indeed the constant LIES that are the main problem with Fox. They've played a big role in making it nearly impossible to even have a civil debate with many Republicans, because their so-called "truth" (lies) doesn't even match our truth anymore.

[Midnight Writer]

36. Yes, and he kept it up for years. Just baldfaced lies.

[still_one]

3. Unfortunately, all except one of his children will be taking over to continue the "tradition"

[not_the_one]

11. If the authorities do as the law requires them to do, all except one will be in jail.

But there hasn't been REAL political law (political law without an agenda) since Clinton was president. He took his lumps and still came out on top. The fact that he did pissed the republicans off so much they vowed to let NOTHING stand between them and power. Their lies and their supreme court gave us W. And things got worse. 9/11. A fake war, based on lies, a country destroyed, and so much more.

Obama was a anomaly. They didn't anticipate the power of the black vote aligned with progressives. But they announced on day one that they would allow him to accomplish nothing. And for the most part, they were successful. Yet he is now the most popular president in history.

IF our "so-called" "rule of law" means what it is supposed to mean, all except Tiffany are guilty of massive financial fraud, or being a party to it. They would spend most of their remaining lives behind bars. They may be nice bars, but bars nonetheless.

Let's sit back and see what happens. I would suggest not holding your breath.

[BComplex]

4. I SO totally agree. Every time I watch mainstream media treat fox propaganda as if it's

a legitimate news agency, I just cringe. The entire media empire (all five corporations other than fox) need to start attacking fox for all the harm they've caused this country. Sure, it might start a shit-storm, but that, in itself might sell if they do it right.

Fox IS the reason this country is so divided. Hate radio and fox together are the enemy of the USA. Over 6% of Fox newscorp stock is owned OUTRIGHT by the Saudis, and god only knows how much more of it is owned by shell companies and LLC's that are further owned by those who want to see "the great satan" brought down.

Until the focus turns to who the actual enemy of the state is, we are going to keep going round and round in this propaganda cess pool that fox and hate radio has created.

[pandr32]

22. +1

[Mike 03]

5. I don't understand people like Murdoch.

The guy is 89 years old and rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. According to that NYT profile, he's got no moral compass but a thirst for power that never dies. His news outlets are contributing to the destruction of democracies across the globe, including ours. Many people blame his newspapers for the passage of Brexit. He's revolting.

[DanieRains]

6. And Funding Climate Change Denying Politicians

His wealth and lust for power is literslly destroying the planet.

[moose65]

16. I'm right there with you

He’s not going to last too many more years. If I was in my 80’s and had more money than I could spend in 100 lifetimes, I’d be out enjoying my life.

Same thing with Charles Koch. He’ll be 85 soon. David Koch found out last year that you can’t take it with you. And Sheldon Adelson is 87.

Of course, they all think that George Soros at 90 is ruling the world, so there’s that 😝😝

[GeoWilliam750]

45. Rupert's mother lived to 103

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Murdoch_(philanthropist)

[GeoWilliam750]

46. Has anyone been able to explain why Rupert and Vlad seem to never disagree?

[Thekaspervote]

7. +1000

[zentrum]

8. Master of faux reality.

EVIL.

[certainot]

9. fox is merely visual icing on the lie turd pie of talk radio. the cartoon cliff notes

for talk radio and blaming fox does not recognize or help solve the real problem. it's a distraction

the record partisanship started in the early 90s before fox in 96. ALEX was suddenly sucessfull in the early 90s - before fox.

fox can't call biden and harris "joe and the ho" or say half the shit rw radio hosts can or 1000th as many times.

fox cannot be coordinated on the local level to distort local issues and attack local dems

unlike political talk radio fox has alternatives a click away

this disaster is largely the result of letting 1500 think tank coordinated radio stations blast the country with coordinated propaganda the last 30 years

democrats and liberals have done NOTHING in response while blaming fox, money, deregulation and other symptoms of that unchallenged repetition, believing idiotic rw talking points that a 95% monopoly that spews lies and hate all day is somehow an expression of free speech and the 'market' demand of americans.

political talk radio is the ONLY major medium without challenge and alternatives a click or page-turn away. it is the only unique advantage republicans have

at $1000/hr 1200 radio stations doing 15 hrs/day are worth $90M/week and about $5BIL/YEAR FREE to our corporate masters.

the influence of the kremlin on RW radio has increased since 2008 at least

yet democrats and the left continue to ignore talk radio, analyzing politics and blaming symptoms as if studying fish without water

how fucking sad that the whole thing gets better when limbaugh croaks and the monopoly falls apart without its main rudder (the captains are probably in russia now) without the progressive orgs having never done anything to identify and challenge what's been kicking our ass for 30 fucking years, especially now that artificial intelligence would allow us to digitize and monitor a lot of the repetition and neutralize it before it can create the alternative realities that make it impossible for democracy and the national fact based debate that democracy depends on

[Duppers]

14. I hear you.

👍

[yonder]

20. +1.

[h2ebits]

23. +1000 K&R

[tblue37]

26. +a brazillion! nt

[pandr32]

30. I disagree that Fox News is not a monster

It is.
Before we moved to Hawaii we had an RV and went on road trips every chance we got towing a motorcycle.
We pulled up in many remote places and would plug the RV into whatever cable programming the park offered for their guests.
Outside major cities and nearby towns Fox is the only choice for news. Murdoch and News Corp managed to get his propaganda bundled into the most basic systems across the country--all that small townships could afford. There was no "a click away." The news people get all across the country is filtered through the deliberate distortion of Fox News.
Our daughter served two tours in Iraq and has been to many bases. The only news they stream is Fox.
Yes, hate radio is a monster, but the default news of way too much of this country is Fox.

[certainot]

38. i agree it's a problem, especially in the sense you describe

and a lot of people do good work exposing and criticizing it

i am pretty sure though that it will cease to have shits like hannity, ingram, and carlson if talk radio wasn't there to do the groundwork repetition for their alternate reality

when they go on they know their bullshit already has or will soon have been pounded into the earholes of 5o mil a week - that the wind in their sails . without it they wouldn't have a job

[pandr32]

43. Hate radio dovetails nicely with Fox News

When ordinary people sit home eating their pork chops and peas in front of Fox News (getting what they think is accurate reporting of the state of things in the country and world) and then flip on the radio to hear those views amplified further--they're indoctrinated and have no idea. They think they are the default regular American people.
Murdoch's villainous cunning was to buy 20th Century Fox and bundle Fox News into the most basic cable packages all over the country. Like it or not, Fox was always part of the deal. He has been a scourge over much of the world as he manipulated everything and everyone he could.
He then winds up with Jerry Hall. Go figure.

[certainot]

47. rw radio and fox have produced trillions in global warming, deregulation, war,

supremes, tax breaks, elections, etc

like rw radio fox was heavily subsidized to start. now fox makes money and rw radio barely or is in debt. and they don't cost the cons a bit - paid for by national and local advertisers

[pandr32]

49. Disgusting and true

[Sneederbunk]

10. What happens when Murdoch is gone?

[KS Toronado]

15. Another right wing nut will take his place.

[Auggie]

17. AKA profiteer, because there's money in wing nuts

[KS Toronado]

29. EXACTLY.....You nailed it.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Rupert has one foot in the grave.

He's not long for this world. Jerry Hall and the rest of us sane people will all be very happy when he has finally kicked the bucket. Hopefully it won't be much longer.

[KS Toronado]

13. Thought it was "The Love of Money is The Root of All Evil"?

[Lonestarblue]

18. Murdoch has caused disaster everywhere he has media.

He did a lot to create the anti-immigrant beliefs that led to Brexit, with help from Russia. I believe the citizens of Great Britain will rue the day they chose to leave the EU.

Australia, Murdoch’s birth country, has its own problems with right-wing nationalism. And the US is now full of misinformation and ignorance championed by Fox. Murdoch and at least one of his spawn are disgusting examples of the human race. I don’t know how we satisfy the demands of free speech and rein in the lies in media, but we are losing our country to the worst sort of propaganda.

[Martin Eden]

19. The World's OTHER BIGGEST PROBLEM

A citizenry too poorly educated and bereft of critical thinking skills to realize they've been played for fools with hateful lies and propaganda.

[Warpy]

21. Oh, he had a hand in starting it but shares equal blame with Limbaugh

Right now our biggest problem is Facebook. More bot activity, trolling, disinformation, and conspiracy is being peddled there than anyplace else and it makes the two grandpas of wingnutism pale in comparison.

Were I stuck with the job of cleaning this country up, Zuckerberg would get an ultimatum: clean it up or have your charter withdrawn and give up the US part of your service.

[scarletwoman]

28. Hear, hear! What you said!

[dlk]

24. Rupert's son, Lachlan, now at the helm. is even more extreme than his father

With the past help of Roger Ailes, they have gone far in dividing and seriously damaging our democracy with their propaganda. Fox is propaganda central. When the Reagan administration repealed the Fairness Doctrine, they knew exactly what they were doing.

[StarryNite]

25. Yes, he gave tRump a stage.

He enabled and empowered agent orange. We are all paying the price.

[marmar]

27. Yep. He's like the twisted media mogul in Tomorrow Never Dies.

[Trumpocalypse]

31. That character was based on Murdoch

and Ted Turner.

[PatrickforO]

32. The lust for wealth and power are two of the biggest illusions that

plague humankind. And the third? Lust for immortality. Look at what has happened to Murdoch. His son actually left Fox, citing ideological differences with his dad.

And how old is Rupert? 150? The guy is fragile-old, bad-old, yet he still clings to this 'empire' of power and wealth he has created. In the end, though, when he dies, he will leave this earth naked and alone, with all his wealth and all his power meaning less than nothing.

It's kind of a sick waste, really. A life spent in service to humanity is far better. Salvation is collective, not individual - our whole species has to grow up. We have to evolve toward taking care of each other and ensuring the habitability of this planet for all life is preserved and enhanced through wise and moral policies.

[AllaN01Bear]

34. bring back the fairness doctrine now.

[dware]

41. The Fairness Doctrine wouldn't have any effect on Faux News,

Faux is on cable, of which the Fairness Doctrine didn't apply to, along with satellite.

In fact, cable nor satellite channels don't require a license to operate, the FCC has zero authority over those spectrums.

[moose65]

48. Would have no effect on Fox News

However, it WOULD apply to the AM radio stations that now blare 100% right-wing hate all day long. In many rural areas, this is all that is on the radio.

I wonder why left-wing (or hell, even centrist) radio never caught on? The few times I've heard a snippet of right-wing radio, I felt like I was hearing a sermon from one of those hardshell Baptist churches around here.

[Pluvious]

35. We will never be a United country again with the likes of Murdoch and his ilk left unfettered

If you want to learn more, watch Jen Senko's documentary
The Brainwashing of my Dad
http://www.thebrainwashingofmydad.com

[Blue Owl]

37. They're like a drug cartel

Pushing hatred, intolerance, racism, and lies

[DSandra]

39. Fox News and Right Wing Radio deserve to burn in hell

These propaganda masters combined are destroying this country. Both of them flourished after the repeal of the fairness doctrine.

[moondust]

40. He'll spend eternity in Hell.

Down there in the darkest corner with his soulmate Goebbels.

[Kaleva]

42. The Murdoch's tapped into a market that as already there

People are going to watch or listen to what reinforces their world view.

Hitler didn't create the conditions that enabled his rise to power. There was an audience in inter-war Germany that wanted to hear and believe what someone like Hitler had to say. That audience didn't exist in Imperial Germany or post-WWII Germany.

[lindysalsagal]

44. If the gop didn't have him, they'd make one.

the gop ia always the real problem.