Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer. As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... - ThreadSky

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jamespwest.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Murdoch once enjoyed kingmaker status in Aussie politics. No longer.

As I watch Murdoch newscasters lose their shit, great to reread our 2024 piece by Sean Kelly about how the mogul's downunder empire is increasingly out of touch with... actual Australians.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/01/rupert-lachlan-murdoch-australia-empire-rudd-turnbull-fox-dominion/

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donutjudgeme.bsky.social•2 days ago

Frankly he needs to be tried for treason and executed for decades of Russian propaganda without disclosure.

coconutlizard.bsky.social•2 days ago

Disgusting “Around the world, Murdoch’s publications are known for maliciously pursuing their enemies. The technique is known as “monstering,” and the British journalist Nick Davies has likened it to the way “muggers in back alleys use their boots, to kick a victim to pulp.”

coconutlizard.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes our turn!

coconutlizard.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gross! He did so much damage to the US!

boycottpro.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's good to read the whole article because at the end it says his influence may not be declining and instead in some ways worse because they make horrible videos that go viral on YouTube. We really need media literacy classes like what they do in Finland and regulations on media to combat lies.

lnygranny.bsky.social•2 days ago

Australia Strong! 💪
❤️❤️❤️🔥👍👏👏👏

jamespwest.bsky.social•3 days ago

The electorate keeps ignoring Murdoch's hard rightwing papers and broadcasters... it was already doing so when Sean reported this piece.

execrable.bsky.social•2 days ago

Time is long overdue for him to drop dead, anyway. Will people party?

You can just imagine the eulogies that will flow for him when he does. Sickening. Obscene.

highlylogical1.bsky.social•2 days ago

News Corpse. Excellent.

rob-montague.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does he ever actually return to Australia? If he does, kindly feed him to the

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