Rupert Murdoch Steps Down, Complains Unironically About Elites Trying to Silence Him
The ancient Australian news baron and destabilizer of democracy announced this week that he would step down as day-to-day head of his media empire in favour of his son Lachlan.
Never one for inactivity, the elder Murdoch will take on the role of chairman emeritus, presumably meaning he’ll stick around the office making a nuisance of himself while maintaining plausible deniability (he also recently broke up with his latest fiancé, so keep your Tinder Superlikes handy, ladies).
Murdoch's semi-retirement is no shock. He’s 92 years old, and if his net worth of $8 billion doesn’t put him in Musk or Bezos territory, it should hold him until Hell’s dingoes drag him on his final walkabout.
What’s remarkable are the passages in his resignation letter where he rails without apparent irony against unspecified “elites” and their media allies determined “to silence those who would question their provenance and purpose”, and ultimately to squelch freedom of thought.
Coming from a basement-bound Q-Anon-er these sentiments would be unsurprising, but from the owner of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and a host of other media outlets, it’s clueless beyond comprehension.
Murdoch also accuses said elites of “peddling political narratives rather than pursuing the truth”.
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