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Murdoch has little to no influence in the non-English speaking world. "The West" is a lot more than just USA, UK, and Australia.



Oh right, I guess one that was able to influence three of the richest countries in the world just isn't worth thinking about.

That's the worst kind of pedantic whataboutism.


Nor is it true.

The first world had the resources to fight issues of speech/civil liberties and courts which were not utterly corrupt.

The impact of Murdoch’s success in the hardest environment available, has been the long ringing death knell of many ideas we hold as intrinsic to civilized society.

The fact that Rupert Murdoch’s model worked, has not been lost on hundreds of tyrants around the world.




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