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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: SqueakyVoice on September 22, 2023, 01:59:37 PM

Title: Badbye to Badriddance
Post by: SqueakyVoice on September 22, 2023, 01:59:37 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/22/former-australian-pm-malcolm-turnbull-comments-rupert-murdoch

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Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Rupert Murdoch’s ‘anger-tainment’ damaged the democratic world

I haven't  read anything about it, but I agree with this headline.

Title: Re: Badbye to Badriddance
Post by: jeremyp on September 22, 2023, 02:16:07 PM

Quote from: SqueakyVoice on September 22, 2023, 01:59:37 PM

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/22/former-australian-pm-malcolm-turnbull-comments-rupert-murdochI haven't  read anything about it, but I agree with this headline.

I think it's a fair summary. I think, even in Britain, aspects of News Corp. have been corrosive to democracy.

I don't think his media outlets are alone, but there's a question about whether other media outlets would be as bad as they are without him.