Former prime minister Kevin Rudd dissects Rupert Murdoch’s role in creating the Trump presidency. “Donald Trump may have lit the match that detonated his country’s turmoil but it was Rupert Murdoch who diligently crammed the joint full of explosives.”
“Murdoch’s systematic manipulation of American politics at large and the Republican Party in particular should ring alarm bells throughout our nation as well.”
James Murdoch resigned in disgust, saying that New Corporation was in the business of legitimising disinformation. “Yet not a word of James Murdoch’s withering critique was carried in any of Rupert Murdoch-owned Australian media outlets.”
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John Menadue is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Pearls and Irritations. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser, Ambassador to Japan, Secretary of the Department of Immigration and CEO of Qantas.
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2 responses to “Murdoch and his role in the Trump Presidency”
If the News Corp papers were owned by, say, Chinese or even US interests, would anyone be scrutinising their content for “foreign interference”? Is anyone scrutinising them now?
Rudd urging the Washington swamp to devour Murdoch is partly personal vendetta. One monster devouring another will bring only temporary relief. We will then be flooded with foreign-policy lies by the New York Times, Washington Post, British Gutter Press, BBC and ABC.