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I bet Murdoch has his own definition of the words “improve” and “we”. What he means is “make me richer”. By this definition, he certainly did.
Exactly. The same way that Trump uses “America” to talk about himself. Anything that’s “bad for America” is bad for squarely one person.
The use of "Improve" is highly variable/subjective, depending on the person. To some, "Universal Healthcare" would "Improve" society. To others, "Creating Gilead" would "Improve" society.
Fox News was created to "Improve" society in Murdoch/Ailes own twisted view.
Exactly .... the words and definitions spoken by one person are relative to that individual depending on their lifestyle, beliefs and actions.
What do you think the definition of the word "improve" mean to Murdoch, to you, to Martin Luther King Jr, to Joseph Stalin, to John Lennon, to Adolph Hitler.
His definition of "improve" is very different than ours. What he means by "improve" is to kick the fox propaganda machine into an even higher gear than it already is.
"The anger-tainment ecosystem that Fox News, above all, has created in the U.S. has left America angrier and more divided than it’s been at any time since the Civil War. In order to keep its ratings up it has sought to enrage Americans, divide Americans… and it has knowingly—and Murdoch had a personal hand in this, as we know—it has knowingly spread lies, most consequentially the one where Donald Trump claimed to have won the 2020 election. And of course that created the environment that made the January 6 insurrection possible… Trump would never have been president without the platform that Fox News created.”
— Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, quoted by ABC.
It's much worse now than the civil rights area. Thanks Fox!
I know how he can improve the world we live in.
Today IS a good day to die
...for Rupert.
"Improve the world we live in [for rich white people]"
By we he means him and his wife
This is some real "from my point of view the Jedi are evil" shit
His definition of “improve” doesn’t align with the definition that most people are accustomed to.
He turned the company over to his corrupt ultra right wing (fascist) son. Things won't be better.
Maybe the son will be incompetent and fuck it all up.
Ahhh the classic failson
Murdoch is the most damaging person in western history.
He spent his entire life making literally everything worse; why would he change now?
Sadly he believes he did.
Everyone is the hero of their own story.
And the lengths they will go to paint themselves that way despite the realities of their actions is kinda scary.
Everyone is the hero of their own story.
Naw. I'm fully aware I suck.
But you don't have the money to pay people to tell you otherwise.
Wandering spider found in bananas at a Tesco after biting six; quoted saying "I sure hope these peels get composted."
Money, power, and control.
The quote about elites is missing punctuation. When a fascist says it, it’s properly spelled “(((elites)))”.
The same as with Murdoch but with a different Murdoch in charge seems the most likely currently unless the new Murdoch has drastically different views on "Improving the world we live in."
The timing of his decision to step down, or rather “transition” into an emeritus role in his words, cannot be coincidental. It will be minutely analysed over the weeks ahead..
Whoever is minutely analysing it needs to touch grass.
Or smoke it!
Illuminati maannnn
This is the best summary I could come up with:
After a lifetime spent transforming the relatively small Australian print newspaper business he inherited from his father into a global corporation, which spans one of the biggest newspaper businesses in the UK and one of the most controversial television channels in the US, he stands down ahead of two hugely important elections in both his adopted homelands, Britain and the US.
If the old man gets his way, it will be more of the same and there will always be a Murdoch in charge of the news organisations most connected to those in power, whether that be Fox TV in the US or the Times and the Sun newspaper groups in the UK.
In a letter to all staff published today, surprising in the warmth of its tone, Murdoch made it clear that there should be no guessing who his successor should be, placing his third child and oldest son as the obvious heir.
“My father firmly believed in freedom, and Lachlan is absolutely committed to the cause,” he wrote about the new chairman of his media empire.
Witness the delusion of a multibillionaire who bragged of “going in through the back door” of No 10 and a man courted by every political leader railing against the “elite”.
He ends his letter by urging his thousands of staff to “make the most of this great opportunity to improve the world we live in”.
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