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no_hypocrisy

(52,349 posts) Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:28 AM Saturday

OK, just a thought . . . .

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What if TSF filing a defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ is another one of his financial ploys (a sham)?

Specifically, what if:

1. TSF wanted to gift/bribe Murdoch (or Murdoch "requested" a payment) to perpetuate good media on FOX,
2. But, if he did that, bad publicity and gift taxes.
3. So, fabricate a lawsuit where consequently TSF "settles" for $16 million (same # as CBS settlement),
4. Murdoch counersues, they “settle”, and
5. Murdoch gets his money; TSF gets his network; and nobody knows the bait-and-switch.

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OK, just a thought . . . . (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Saturday OP

Occam's Razor emulatorloo Saturday #1

And the WSJ will fade and be a footnote. no_hypocrisy Saturday #2

I don't see how Murdoch gets his money bucolic_frolic Saturday #3

OK. Trump "settles" the lawsuit with Murdoch. no_hypocrisy Saturday #5

Cankles isn't that smart. Scrivener7 Saturday #4

But Murdoch is. no_hypocrisy Saturday #7

I like the way you think. Baitball Blogger Saturday #6

emulatorloo

(46,010 posts)

1. Occam's Razor

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:40 AM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

Trump is panicking about the Epstein story. He wants it to go away.

no_hypocrisy

(52,349 posts)

2. And the WSJ will fade and be a footnote.

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:51 AM

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And Murdoch still gets his $16 million.

bucolic_frolic

(51,507 posts)

3. I don't see how Murdoch gets his money

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:53 AM

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when he pays Trump.

no_hypocrisy

(52,349 posts)

5. OK. Trump "settles" the lawsuit with Murdoch.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:09 AM

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Trump settles for $16 million (maybe more) and pays that amount to Murdoch and attorneys fees.

Murdoch gets the money. Its a transfer of wealth under the sham of "justice".

Scrivener7

(56,488 posts)

4. Cankles isn't that smart.

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Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:56 AM

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no_hypocrisy

(52,349 posts)

7. But Murdoch is.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:16 AM

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Baitball Blogger

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6. I like the way you think.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:11 AM

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We had a City attorney, who I believed did just that. I met the gadfly of the city and in different conversations I learned that the City attorney covered his costs to go up against an opponent of the City, and later, "lost" to him in a private civil suit.

When you deal with Florida power-hitters, expect the worst.

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