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no_hypocrisy

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2. This ruse, this charade will also fail if his objective is to get

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:26 AM

Jul 19

a hefty settlement from Murdoch and avoid trial altogether.

Rupert Murdoch admittedly is a slug, but a savvy businessman too. He's not going to throw money at TSF like a university or corporate media to make him go away.

Plus, inadvertently, TSF will help Murdoch sell more papers, although I wonder how FOX News will spin this, dual loyalty, y'know?

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