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kentuck

(111,078 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:24 AM Oct 2021

Would Rupert Murdoch ever sell FOX News?

Or is it too valuable to ever part with?

There are a lot of billionaires out there. Which would make a good owner?

It could make a huge difference on the discourse in this country.

First order of business: Get rid of Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham. And work down from there. They are enemies of the truth and democracy.

As the old saying goes, one can wish in one hand...

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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
1. He'll be gone in a couple of years. The kids seem to have
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:29 AM
Oct 2021

Different values. The business model may not be viable for too much longer: charging cable companies enormous fees for the right to carry it. Cable is in the process of dying off.

dlk

(11,548 posts)
2. Rupter's son, Lachlan, is reported to be even more extreme than his father
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:35 AM
Oct 2021

I’m afraid Fox, as it is or worse, is here to stay.

bucolic_frolic

(43,126 posts)
3. No, because it's a ready-made, cookie cutter Pravda, waiting for a State to serve
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 10:36 AM
Oct 2021

Rupe's waiting on the political puzzle piece to this opportunity.

Soviet State was led by elites and when it crashed they privatized it to oligarchs.

We are consolidating power into elites who are buying up the politicians. We too will be owned by oligarchs.

So I'd say Murdo's got it all going according to plan.

brooklynite

(94,499 posts)
4. What do you imagine would be achieved by selling it?
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 11:06 AM
Oct 2021

It’s a right wing news source that people tune in to because it reinforces their opinion. It can’t become something else. If it did, the audience would gravitate to Newsmax or OAN.

Tribetime

(4,684 posts)
5. 👍 I had nightmares last night about those two senators
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 11:18 AM
Oct 2021

Not working with us again and using schirmer's statement as a crutch. I still come back to you how is anything ever going to get better with Fox News around and I just don't see it happening as long as they're there I think this country is screwed

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