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A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network

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[–] Envy@fedia.io 58 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Cope: Trump's days are numbered and are preparing for his transition, catheter and braces mean he's fucked up enough in his dementia that his body is failing

Tinfoil: Preparing for martial law and things are just escalating with a possible reichstag/false flag being planned

Joke: They lured him there with promises of couches to fuck

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago

Is it really a joke though?

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Your tinfoil seems fairly likely. The whole point of Trump right now is to be a fall guy that the new regime can blame for the worst of what they're about to do. So they'll want some things signed before the switch out.

[–] daniel_callahan@jlai.lu 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Rupert Murdoch is the most powerful Billionaire in the United States.

He owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post

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He was spotted at the Republican Convention in Milwaukee:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rupert-murdoch-talks-with-his-wife-elena-zhukova-on-the-news-photo/2162470512

Yet most americans have never heard of him... 😔

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (4 children)

How big of a rock do you have to live under to NOT know who Rupert Murdock is? He has been in the news pretty much every week for months, if not longer.

[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I work with blue collar people. Vast majority of them definitely have no idea who Murdoch is. Those same people don't know the bias of the wsj or probably what the New York post is.

Some of them vote. They never ever check sources or try to understand forces behind it.

It's fun though seeing how talking points get filtered down through sources they see.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

if they dont know who rupert is, they wont know who lachlan who is currently the one controlling fox(and not NEWS CORP). Its funny i only ever see them qoute the fox and right wing talking head out of context.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago

I know who he is, but I can’t say that information has ever provided me any benefit.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

his voters dont know, rupert or lachlan i bet.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

he looks like a mummy here thats been ressurected by his russian necromancer.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

On behalf of the regime or in conspiracy against the regime?

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Only against if he doesn't get his cut

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just played Deathloop, a game where you have to kill 8 people in a single day that repeats until you get it right. So I read this and thought, "Shit, they all get together for a meeting? Well that's easy."

[–] dinren@discuss.online 2 points 6 days ago

I love being Julianna.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

This is really horrifying but also not surprising.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Murdoch hates Trump, but maybe he’s ok with project 2025 and the actual administration of Miller and Vance?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

murdoch has to play nice with trump, because Putin works with murdoch(they have been seen together) to disseminate which kind of propaganda of the week.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lachlan is more extreme than murdoch by the way. hence why rupert is trying to give his inheritence to him instead of the other children, who do not like his far-right wing views.

Well. Not all of the views.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

So basically, a heads up on where propaganda will need to go.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago
[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

i can't tell if his face is edited here too or if he actually looks like that.

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

the d quit talking to faux in previous episodes. script glitch.