Rupert Murdoch is Beating his Manipulative Mass Media War Drums Again
The 94 Year Old, Life-Long War Monger, is Again Pushing the U.S. to get into Another Mid East War - this time with Iran - because Wars Generate Higher Profits for the Billionaire's TV & Print News Outlets
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Murdoch may be guilty of inciting numerous wars, but it's the American people who must pay for them ...
... with the lives of their loved ones, increased public debt, and the loss of friends and allies around the world, because of the incredible abuse of American power made by this generation, repeated over and over again. Murdoch never admits nor pays for his mistakes.
Was Murdoch's visit to the Trump Oval Office in Winter of 2025, shortly after Trump won the election, to get Trump moving on a War with Iran?
Once again, the Murdoch Ministry of Mass Manipulation is providing their audiences with distorted reports about what's happening in the Middle East, to pressure another American president [in this case Trump] into taking America into another war in the Middle East again. At least twice before, the Murdoch Ministry of propaganda convinced enough of the Fox News fools - by which I mean those who don't augment what the 'news' they obtain from the Murdoch Ministry of Mass Manipulation - with other news sources. Murdoch controls Fox News, the NY Post, the Wall St. Journal, the London Times and the Sun [also U.K.] and the Australian. And they all report stories about people and issues pretty much the same way - which is whatever way - Murdoch tells them to say.
Murdoch famously uses the same old tired rhetoric, that this will be a 'just' war and it's really a war on terror, even though it is not. It's really a war for higher ratings and more newspaper sales.
Note that the Lachlan Murdoch visit to Netanyahu in Israel was in January 2024.
These above mentioned narratives are the same as those used by Murdoch mass media to get us to go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq it was 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' that were never found [remember that?], in Afghanistan it was more of the same fear mongering about terrorism. Now it's Iranian Nukes that - that like the WMD - don't currently exist. Notice that ONLY Fox News polls show Americans favoring going to war with Iran, when nobody else's polls do. Not even the Times of Israel. Now, isn't that's a coincidence?
If you're a subscriber or buyer of the Wall Street Journal, the NY Post or an avid, single source viewer of Fox TV News, you're supporting Murdoch and his mendacious mass media, and indirectly helping him undermine the foundations of our nation, which it seems he's been doing for the past five decades. On numerous occasions, Murdoch has used his mass media outlets to urge America to - squander it's resources, throw away its once good reputation, and destroy the lives of its soldiers and their families. It's time to look yourself in the eye, in the mirror, and honestly ask yourself, "Am I contributing to our nation's problems by not doing more to seek the truth and properly inform myself? & Is there a good reason why I can't do a better job of informing myself by making better use of the internet?".
I keep wondering why a significant portion of the public is, SO SLOW TO LEARN, NOT TO TRUST THE MEDIA OUTLETS, OF SUCH A DECEITFUL MAN. And how long will it take them to learn to turn a deaf ear to the incessant beat of his blood-thirsty, ratings-chasing, mass media war drums? Here are a few reports we filed: 1) billionaire Rupert Murdoch's manipulative mass media distortions via TV and Print News , 2) Murdoch owns part of Genie Energy located in the Syrian Golan Heights illegally taken by Israelis & paid for by U.S. Taxpayers - not Israelis complements of Murdoch's mass media manipulations, and 3) Rupert Murdoch's dishonest media outlets manipulate voters perceptions to provide Murdoch with windfall profits paid for by the [people he] fools along with the rest of us.
Israel Ranks 18th in Billionaires Worldwide Even though it is a Small Nation, is the 10th Wealthiest Nation Per Capita on the Planet & the Largest Recipient of U.S. Aid; While Trump Cuts Government Aid to his Fellow Americans' Healthcare and Education. Is this America First? And how Stupid does Trump Think Republicans Are?
A related story that billionaire TV News isn't reporting, is how U.S. taxpayers have racked up over a quarter Trillion dollars in debt, funding Israel's Imperialist expansionism in the Middle East. Netanyahu uses the U.S. as a free ATM machine, so Israel can provide its citizens with universal healthcare, which the U.S. doesn't have. And Israel is also able to heavily fund access to higher education, while in the U.S. Trump is trying to heavily cut the funding currently provided for Americans to access to higher education, as well as to cut Americans' access to healthcare services - https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts
The Per Capita GDP for Israel is 10x Higher than Ukraine & Yet Trump Makes Ukraine Pay for U.S. Aid, While Giving Israel a 79 Year Free Ride & Counting
So far this year [2025], Trump has expedited $11 billion in new weapon 'sales' to Israel which were primarily or completely paid for by U.S. taxpayers through 'aid' packages. Unlike Trump approval of aid to Ukraine, which included a rare earth minerals deal for the U.S., Israel has not been asked for any sort of payment in kind. Since 1946 Israel has received far more aid from the U.S. [$305 billion for 9.4 million people - $32,400 / person] than Ukraine [about $178 billion for 36 million people but in a two year time period - $4,900 / person]. And they have received far more aid than any other U.S. aid recipient. And this is in spite of the fact that Israel is a very wealthy nation. Is Netanyahu playing Trump and America for fools? Or has Netanyahu been making deposits into Trump's crypto currency accounts?
Too Often TV News Completely Ignores the Real News Stories [like the one above] & Too Often TV News Omits Some of the Key Facts of a Story. Recognize that the World has Changed, and that this is not the Same TV News your Parents & Grandparents Trusted - And Contrary to Republican Claims - Very Few People in this Country are Truly Awake
Billionaire TV News is only telling their viewers what the billionaires want them to know. Viewers need to start educating themselves by making better use of the internet. Too often the half truths that TV News tells its viewers, end up being pretty close to outright lies. The saddest part of this report, is that based on my own informal anecdotal surveys, most TV News viewers aren't even remotely aware of how badly informed they are.
Republicans accuse the Democrats of being 'woke'. I could easily argue that point, as I think both Democrats and Republicans are still asleep ... but with the TV on.
How Indisputable is the Integrity of Murdoch, Trump & Israel?
The graphic at right was created during the first Trump Administration venture into the Middle East with the U.S. military, for what seemed like political profit by his supporters. This time Trump might be cashing in on U.S. military aid himself, by getting Netanyahu to divert some of American taxpayer funds to his crypto currency company accounts.
Israel played funny with American taxpayer money in the Iran Contra Affair which broke during the Reagan Administration's second term. In that scandal [look it up], the Israelis acted as illegal intermediaries of arms and cash to Iran, in order to help the Reagan Administration subvert the Sandinistas in Central America, while Murdoch's NY Post and subsequent purchase of the MetroMedia TV station group in 1985 [forerunner to Fox News] provided propaganda cover for the Reagan Administration.
Would you have to be a Fool to Doubt Donald Trump's Integrity?
But that said, you must know that I'm just kidding about Donald J. Trump pocketing some of the money for himself. Trump supporters tell me that Donald J. Trump has an unassailable reputation for lifelong honesty and integrity.
But they implore me to ignore the following roles he played as the: 1) CEO of a money laundering N.J. casino, 2) CEO of a airline company that failed its investors, 3) CEO of an alleged money laundering real estate development company, that 4) allegedly didn't pay many of its bills to small businesses and contractors, 5) Founder of Trump University which allegedly defrauded its students, and 6) as a faithful husband who, for days at a time, did not have sex with any other women. No, Donald J. Trump would never even consider such dishonest, self-dealing. Would he?
This is perhaps the most significant universal blind spot of MAGA voters. They continually ignore the real person behind the public persona. And they have never honestly assessed the kind of human being to whom they have entrusted - not just the keys to the kingdom - but to the entire federal government executive apparatus including legal, organizational, economic, media and military functions.
The graphic above or at right, shows mega moocher, Rupert Murdoch, quietly sitting in the corner in the Trump Oval Office, with his hands out, shortly after Trump took possession of the presidency. Murdoch, like many billionaires, appears to have come begging to Trump, looking for what appears one of many Trump Quid Pro Quos of the American people's public power and funding. Murdoch provided Trump with years of favorable propagandistic mass media coverage using Fox News, the Wall St Journal and the NY Post, including during the 2024 election, so historically he's almost always come a knocking for a big payday. Ask the Australians and ask the Brits.
Exactly what Murdoch wanted at this sitting is a bit of a guess, but let me take a shot at it - a) help Murdoch and Larry Ellison acquire Tik Tok, b) defund PBS and NPR so Murdoch can take more share of the TV / radio universe, c) hire Fox News employees into high ranking government positions so Fox can wield enormous influence within the federal government *, d) appoint a Murdoch favored FCC Chief, so Murdoch can continue to unwind FCC regulations regarding TV and radio stations, e) lower or at least keep billionaire tax breaks and f) I'm sure I'm missing a few of the asked for handouts since they didn't invite me to cover this meeting.
Murdoch & Fox News Take Over Key Federal Government Positions More Quietly and Permanently than Elon Musk's DOGE - Makes One Wonder Who's Really in Charge of the U.S. Federal Government?
* Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, Dan Bongino Deputy Director FBI, Sean Duffy Secretary of Transportation, Tulsi Gabard, Director of National Intelligence, Janine Pirro Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., Tom Homan Director of Border Czar, Mike Huckabee Ambassador to Israel, also in the FDA, State Department, Sebastian Gorka in Counter Terrorism Unit, Anti Trust Division, Special Envoy to Ukraine & Russia, UN Ambassador and EPA.