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I’m hoping things will change. Things will not change.
His son Lachlan Murdoch is taking over. Lachlan has been co-chair of News Corp since 2014, and a director before that. Given that Rupert is 92, I’m sure that Lachlan has already been calling the shots for a long time. This is not really a change.
Unfortunately his other son who was against his dad’s ways publicly attacked him so he’s got put aside while the smart move would have been to play his game, take over the company and change it.
Why would that have been the smart move? If given the choice of having money and no obligations or having money and inheriting a dumpster fire while lying about what you belief for decades which would you pick? Maybe he doesnt want to be king of the shit pile.
Is that Kendall or Roman?
Is Lachlan a Kendall, a Roman, or a Connor?
Hopefully a Greg.
‘I love you but you are not a serious people.’
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Surely the child of a billionaire conservative who was given control over his daddy’s media empire will have more reasonable and nuanced beliefs that don’t further destroy the world like his father did…right?
I’m assuming he’s still running he company and this is just for appearances or financial reasons. There’s no way he won’t have control of what they do or say
Despair is the enemy of progress.
So is Robert Murdoch and he is almost a 100
Things always change. They just never get “perfect” because a new problem is always around the corner. Life is certainly no utopia though, nor will it be any time soon. We will not live to see the end of problems.
That’s what it seems like people are hoping for anyway, some kind of problem-free world. It is unrealistic.
… I think you’re pretty ignorant to how murdoch has been spitting up the same problems for 40 years…
No, I just see 40 years on a scale bigger than my own lifetime. Again, I don’t expect to live to see the end of these problems. I will probably die of old age before they are all completely solved. Just like many other problems were actually solved before I was ever born.
You sound like someone at a book club talking about the book they didn’t read. Murdoch was the one causing the problems. His son will likely continue to use his father’s media empire to lie and manipulate.
They sound like someone using AI to write their responses. Profile is interesting too.
No, he’s not a cause. He’s a symptom. This is an example of “great man history”, where Murdoch is seen as somehow special, and if we had prevented him from fucking shit up, things would be fine.
I would argue that if he didn’t do it, someone else would’ve, because it’s a systemic problem, and he is just one example of it, just like Trump. They are not the cause of illness, but a symptom of illness.
Dude literally created the 24 hour news cycle and the dogshit that has been destroying the US for the last few decades. You think all those people would have gathered on January 6th without Faux News telling them the election was stolen?
Murdoch was responsible for a lot of horrible shit, Jan 6th for sure, but he did not create the 24 hr news cycle.
Why is everyone suddenly trying to pretend I’m defending Rupert Murdoch? I said things do change. That is not the same as liking Rupert Murdoch. I’m not in a kids sub, so wtf is going on…?
So what’s the illness? You’re frustratingly vague.
I’m not really confident enough to say. Like all things with society, its very complex, an equation with dozens or hundreds of variables, not just a few.
There’s a lot of theories though, income inequality and expanding corporate influence are commonly attributed factors. It’s really the rise of populism that we’re looking at, and that’s ultimately rooted in citizen dissatisfaction. That’s what opens the door for people like Murdoch and Trump in the first place.
And none of these problems have been solved sense you were born. That’s the issue.
We’ve solved a lot of problems in the past few decades, just not all of them, and we added new ones on top.
Stop hoping for a problem-free world. Your children, if you choose to have some, will see problems of their own. Some will be those we’ve failed to address. Others will be brand new.
“well things can’t be perfect so fuck it, why bother”
-Your stupid ass
I’d be happy to see a world where people don’t actively create problems for others due to greed, ignorance, or bigotry.
We got enough problems from natural disasters, disease, accidents, etc. If people could just not be dicks and not fuck each other over constantly that would be cool.
Hear hear.
The gall to respond like that after all the your comments in this thread is insane
These are fake progressives. Real progressives don’t espouse such hopeless narratives.
The only fake progrssive i see here is you
Can he step down into a wood chipper next?
Murdoch announces Titanic sub trip
Alright I am making a deal right now. If Murdoch goes on a submarine and what I really hope happens does happen I am going to seriously reconsider my atheism.
Come on deity I am pretty sure doesn’t exist. Return me to the fold.
I have some nice aquatical themed gods if you’re interested. You want a squid or a crab?
Ya dont need to worship the Old Ones when the Old Gods are right there, like look at Jormangander he’s even an Oroboris!
Maybe, as long as it isn’t Cthulhu since I am pretty confident that if he has a hand in this it is because he wants the man for some reason. Plus I am sorry but I don’t trust anything that sleeps for strange aeons but doesn’t die.
I’ll give you the crab then
I’m running some sightseeing trips there using my newly designed submersible called the Schmoceangate Schmiton.
I’ve got a special helicopter pilot appointed!
I’m waiting on him to step down from this plane of existence.
Upsettingly, he and Kissinger seem to be eternal
Gotta be a shitty person to become a Lich
Fuck, I forgot he was still staining this earth.
Kissinger is 100. He can’t last that much longer… can he?
Maybe it is all the Cambodian children he eats that gives him eternal life.
Even if he does, it doesn’t really matter. He already caused immeasurable damage to the world, destroyed who-knows-how-many lives and got to live well into his 90s in unimaginable opulence.
Plus he’s stepping down on his own terms, nobody ousted him. None of his enemies ever managed to take him down, and he’s got his legacy all set up. When he does eventually die, it’ll most likely be in a comfortable hospital bed surrounded by some the best doctors in the world making sure it goes as well as it possibly can.
He dedicated his entire life to being an evil bastard and he completely, utterly won. I don’t think there’s anything much that could even hurt him at this point.
That’s fucking depressing
Why do the evil always live long lives? Is it because they’re pickled in poisonous thoughts?
His son is also a giant piece of shit but that is not exactly surprising.
Which son? James doesn’t seem too bad.
It’s Lachlan. He’s at least as bad as the old man.
Oof yeah that’s still bad then.
What a blight on humanity.
“Rupert Murdoch created all of this and so much more across America and the globe,” Hemmer said. “His life’s work has left an indelible imprint on the global media landscape. His contributions are both innumerable and extraordinary and we thank him for letting us be a part of it all.”
- anchor Dana Perino
I love how nothing in this paragraph says that he was a good person, good leader, or contributed anything beneficial to anybody, ever.
I saw his name and was looking forward to reading an obituary. Unfortunately he’s still going to be pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Hopefully he steps in front of a bus next.
This is one of the most dangerous men to ever live.
Die
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Maybe he was visited by three ghosts during the night… and that’s why he’s stepping down. I doubt he learned his lesson though.
When you think of evil men, he’s gotta be on the list.
I’ve seen this episode of Succession
I thought >!he died and did not step down.!<
Enjoy that lengthy retirement, Rupert. You’ve earned every hour of it.
Edit: Minute? Second?
Shocked to see that from Rupert.
