• Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    From what I read Murdoch was actually super anti-Trump, which is hilarious (in a really depressing way) because Fox News not only essentially got the guy elected, but created and then exploited a culture that leans into populism in the first place, which is a perfect breeding ground for Trump-type personalities.

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      From what I read Murdoch was actually super anti-Trump,

      Really?

      I believe you, but seems rather counterintuitive. Although he is Australian born, so perhaps he just lacks the shortsightedness of his American peers?

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      was actually super anti-Trump

      my understanding was he became super-anti-trump towards the end of trump’s administration due to the constant fuckups and idiocy. was not that way originally.

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      Why wouldn’t he hate Trump. Trump stole his whole movement and handed it to white supremacists. Not that he’s not a white supremacist but it was his hate platform first.