Twenty-five years ago, Murdoch and his minions felt the other corporate-owned networks were too far to the Left and/or Liberal. Mainly in how Clinton was skating toward a second term against Dole. Obvioulsy this meant there was a “media bias,” not a failed campaign wrapped around the evergreen, turd strategy of “It’s My Turn!”
Today we all know it as Faux News and it remains the propaganda division of the mainstream GOP although the MAGAts and American Fascists have flocked to even less fact-based sources, OAN namely. Given the shitbag Aussie’s reputation of ruining newspapers across the English-speaking world, no one should be surprised he built a network staffed with mean-spirited Barbie dolls and everyone’s angry, willfully ignorant uncles. At my age, the latter is now cousins.
Despite Disney gobbling up Murdoch’s entertainment empire and its mediocre sports elements, the news branch remained untouched. There is hope though. As more and more people cut out cable/satellite TV, move to a la carte streaming, Murdoch’s fountain of lies is starved for income. Much like smoking, Faux News is heavily dependent upon an elderly, dying audience it cannot replace. Younger people may be swinging more to the Left and Liberal lately because they’re tired of being screwed via the Great Recession and Boomers, but the Right and Conservative members use other means for information, or misinformation.
I’m also curious if the network will change directions when the shitbird dies and one of his sons takes the wheel. Murdoch’s offspring are evil too, they just prefer to make money over courting controversy like all true, greedy Kapitalists.