This week the Mediaverse was startled by the news that Rupert Murdoch, Master of Fox News and myriad other right-wing propaganda, has retired. While this was an unexpected announcement, it is not particularly earthshattering. Murdoch had previously put his son Lachlan in charge and was not making day to day decisions.
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However, the biggest beneficiary of Murdoch’s ultra-conservative Fox News Channel in recent years has undoubtedly been Donald Trump. They featured him on the air, covered his cult rallies, defended every criticism, and attacked his political opponents. For all intents and purposes, they had become the “Trump News Network.” And what did they get for it?
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After having been the recipient of perpetual Trump-fluffing from the moment he descended on his golden escalator, Trump is now somewhat less than grateful. It took him 24 hours to even mention the retirement of Murdoch. And when he did so, he neither thanked nor praised Old Rupe. Instead, he took a backhanded slap by passively-aggressively taking credit for Murdoch stepping down…
“Many people are saying that,’You forced Rupert Murdoch into retirement!’ I do not believe this is so, but while we’re at it, how about getting rid of ‘Democrat’ Mitch McConnell, who gives the Radical Left Lunatics, together with his small band of automatic ‘yes’ votes, EVERYTHING they want. There is ZERO Republican Leadership in the United States Senate. MAGA!!!”
Don’t be fooled by Trump claiming that he doesn’t believe that he “forced Rupert Murdoch into retirement.” His cliché assertion that “Many people are saying…” is his way of pretending that it’s others – always unidentified – not him, who are giving him the credit that he so plainly doesn’t deserve.
There are other, better reasons for Murdoch retiring. For starters, he is 92 years old and has had some recent health problems. He is also likely to be seeking relief from all of the legal tribulations of Fox News. They just agreed to a 3/4 of billion dollar defamation lawsuit settlement, and more lawsuits are pending. Now he can dump all of that in Lachlan’s lap and set sail on his yacht.
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Don’t expect much change at Fox News under Lachlan’s reign. He is at least as conservative as his father. However, when Rupert passes on, his voting shares in the corporation will likely be distributed among his four eldest children. And since James and Elizabeth are more left-leaning, their combined shares could be enough to oust Lachlan and take over.
Trump’s ungrateful neglect of Murdoch was made worse by his exploiting the opportunity to lash out at a different foe. Trump has been bashing Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell for several years. And now he is openly calling for him to retire. Which isn’t much of a stretch considering McConnell’s recent cognitive glitches.
However, Trump goes further with an utterly deranged description of McConnell as a “Democrat” who “gives the Radical Left Lunatics…EVERYTHING they want.” This is the same McConnell whose knee-jerk conservativism delivered three Supreme Court justices for Trump. Then Trump closes by insulting the rest of his congressional confederates as providing “ZERO Republican Leadership in the United States Senate.” That includes reliable Trump toadies such as Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and Tommy Tuberville.
All of this is further evidence of how deeply disturbed Trump is and how rapidly his decline is accelerating. He can’t distinguish between rational Democrats and extremist Republicans. He is obsessed with even the slightest bit of perceived criticism, and he has forsaken his most adamant admirers at Fox News. He is becoming more and more isolated in his own anxieties and fantastical delusions. And yet, he remains the leading candidate for the Republication nomination for president. Which tells you all you need to know about the Republican Party, Trump, and Fox News.
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One might think TUMP would take a hint and retire himself as his mental status is rapidly declining. But, no, he will just keep on torturing us with his baseless rants on a daily basis. I hope his future is in a prison cell with no contact with the outside world. Oh what a relief that would be….
Ah yes! That would be the blessed relief that we all need! MarkNC might like a break; sometimes Chump & his GOP flunkees do so much crap that Mark ends up writing 2 posts same day!
“…All of this is further evidence of how deeply disturbed Trump is and how rapidly his decline is accelerating. He can’t distinguish between rational Democrats and extremist Republicans. ”
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” He is becoming more and more isolated in his own anxieties and fantastical delusions. And yet, he remains the leading candidate for the Republication nomination for president. Which tells you all you need to know about the Republican Party, Trump, and Fox News. ”
What scares me the most is that anyone, even in the Party of “Zombie cultists” & lying, wannabe tyrants, could find any justification for putting up a man so criminal, so delusional, so narcissistic, such a huge liar-in-chief & who THEY KNOW, LIED about election fraud & 1,000,000 other things…that they would continue to lie for & support this person who none of us would trust to be in charge of anything we own — I would not trust him to even walk my dog!
Yet, his butt-lickers in Congress & elsewhere, most of whom he has trashed or bullied publicly, for whom he has NO loyalty at all, nor any for the USA… but that Insurrectionist dam* Party will put the worst human being ever in WH, BACK IN IT to finish the destruction of democracy & the demolition of our once fine nation. We will lose our allies ~ no one is sure about trusting us anymore & another round of Trump is too much to ask the world to put up with!!
The “bad guys” who lie, cheat, steal & are insider enemies to American freedom & personal rights, are the ones supporting Trump & letting him treat them like shit. The bad people backing this bad, evil man, should go down too! They have no business being in our gov’t when they REFUSE to govern this country properly, or act like they have some manners & a little class to go with their millions in taken bribes & illegal perks. GOP has done nothing but deceive, deny, distract, falsely accuse & create constant chaos!! That is not the job of Congress! Trump & the Party he totally corrupted should all ve sent home asap in shame at what they’ve done & what they are doing to the non-wealthy people in the USA.
“Vote Blue!
For democracy!
…Or don’t vote at all!”
I fully agree with everything you said in your great reply. If it weren’t for MARK’s posts here, i would be tempted to just give up. His posts are the only thing that keeps me going now. I look forward to read his posts. I am appalled that there are so many here in the United States that continue to croon over these openly corrupt and so full of hate Fascist GQP and the King Dictator Donald TUMP. i know a few of them that have turned against TUMP and the extreme Reactionaries in the Fascist GQP Congress, but not nearly enough of them have wised up yet to see what havoc those cretins are wanting to our nation. Either that, they are too gullible, stupid and ignorant to recognize it.