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By now you may have heard that Rupert Murdoch recently turned his ink-stained goons at the New York Post loose on (gasp!) Donald Trump:
...You had every right to investigate the election. But let’s be clear: Those efforts have found nothing. To take just two examples: Your campaign paid $3 million for a recount in two Wisconsin counties, and you lost by 87 more votes. Georgia did two recounts of the state, each time affirming Biden’s win. These ballots were counted by hand, which alone debunks the claims of a Venezuelan vote-manipulating Kraken conspiracy.
Sidney Powell is a crazy person. Michael Flynn suggesting martial law is tantamount to treason. It is shameful...
By now you may have heard that Rupert Murdoch recently turned his ink-stained goons at the New York Post loose on (gasp!) Donald Trump:
...You had every right to investigate the election. But let’s be clear: Those efforts have found nothing. To take just two examples: Your campaign paid $3 million for a recount in two Wisconsin counties, and you lost by 87 more votes. Georgia did two recounts of the state, each time affirming Biden’s win. These ballots were counted by hand, which alone debunks the claims of a Venezuelan vote-manipulating Kraken conspiracy.
Sidney Powell is a crazy person. Michael Flynn suggesting martial law is tantamount to treason. It is shameful...
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Now, ostensibly, this is all about saving the Georgia senate run-off seats for Republicans or some such thing:
...Stop thinking about Jan. 6. Start thinking about Jan. 5.
If Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win, they will prevent Biden from rolling back what you have accomplished. A Republican Senate can pressure Biden against returning to the old, failed Iran deal, can stop him from throwing open our southern border, will prevent him from packing the Supreme Court...
...Stop thinking about Jan. 6. Start thinking about Jan. 5.
If Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win, they will prevent Biden from rolling back what you have accomplished. A Republican Senate can pressure Biden against returning to the old, failed Iran deal, can stop him from throwing open our southern border, will prevent him from packing the Supreme Court...
Which is all fine and good for the political grift, I suppose.
But one can only wonder if there is another dollar-driven motive that is contributing to the apparent madness of going after the insane cash cow clown posse that is king Don and his court.
But one can only wonder if there is another dollar-driven motive that is contributing to the apparent madness of going after the insane cash cow clown posse that is king Don and his court.
Specifically, have the Murdochs come to the conclusion that is now time to fish and cut the base* loose from the king's train before he takes them from Fox News to, say, O.A.N.?
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*Also known as the Murdochs' carefully trained and RAiles 'educated' audience share?
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Not only do the Murdochs have to be concerned about O.A.N. , but also Newsmax owned by Don’s pal and often defender on the usual stations, Chris Ruddy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/27/fox-news-viewers-switch-to-newsmax/
Also with 74 million voting for trump, there is the opportunity to keep fleecing the sheep via post presidency media/grift, which will further add to the bleeding at fox.
https://www.axios.com/trump-fox-news-digital-media-competitor-25afddee-144d-4820-8ed4-9eb0ffa42420.html
Fox wanted him, they got him.
Keith--
Indeed, Fox wanted and got him.
But....So, too, did Jeff Zucker and CNN.
(good point about Newsmax)
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As it is a rule of humanity that the upright and well-intentioned are comparatively passive, while the designing, dishonest, and selfish are the most untiring in their efforts, the danger of public opinion’s getting a false direction is four-fold, since few men think for themselves.” -James Fenimore Cooper
Murdoch and his, may simply know that there is nothing further Trump can do for them. They have their tax cuts, time to get on the next train because it leaves the station shortly. I'm sure Murdoch and friends don't want a couple of more Democratic Senators. who knows the Dems. might role back those tax cuts for the 1%ers or implement a higher tax rate for the .01%ers. Some of them have made a lot of money during the COVID "experience". Some of Biden/Harris's plans will cost money and to keep the country afloat, programs will be needed. When you think 50M Americans are food insecure, you have a problem. Murdoch most likely doesn't want to be seen as a really, really bad guy when that gets worse. Dump Donnie would be a first step.
e.a.f.--
An excellent point, especially from a raw politics point of view. If that is the case one would have to assume that the Murdochs (and those like them?) have also made the calculation that Mr. Trump will not be willing to part with any of his 'hard earned' war chest to mount primary challenges agains Republicans he deems disloyal.
Regarding the latter calculation, I would be willing to take short odds on a bet that they are correct given how unwilling Mr. Trump appears to be to part with 'his' money that he has wrangle from he pockets of the rubes that have fallen for his 'stop the steal' gambit.
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