
Originally Posted by
Sharphorse
Murdoch does control our government like a puppeteer though. I do think Rudd and Turnbull are hypocrites though because they were fine with it until Murdoch helped sink them with his media outlets. I would have to double check this but I think Julia Gillard might be the only prime minster we’ve had since the 80s who didn’t have an organised dinner with Murdoch on the campaign trail and her only victory in 2010 was barely one at all. I’m sure if a lot of people were as rich as Murdoch they’d use their media companies to influence elections. What good is power if you can’t abuse it, right?