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2021-01-26 -Land of the Free
Rupert Murdoch Condemns ‘Awful Woke Orthodoxy' and Social Media ‘Censorship' in Speech
[MEDIAite] Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp. and Fox Corporation, said that media organizations are facing widespread "censorship" that seeks to "stop individuals and societies from realizing their potential."

Murdoch made the statement in his pre-taped acceptance of a lifetime achievement award from the Australia Day Foundation, the New York Times reports. Murdoch, whose News Corp. Australia properties reach more than 17 million Australians monthly, and whose Fox News Twitter account has 20 million followers, also referred in the video to "rigidly enforced conformity, aided and abetted by so-called social media" as being a "straitjacket on sensibility."

"For those of us in media," Murdoch says in the video, "there’s a real challenge to confront: a wave of censorship that seeks to silence conversation, to stifle debate, to ultimately stop individuals and societies from realizing their potential. This rigidly enforced conformity, aided and abetted by so-called social media, is a straitjacket on sensibility. Too many people have fought too hard in too many places for freedom of speech to be suppressed by this awful woke orthodoxy."

The Australia Day Foundation is a non-profit organization for Australian-born leaders in business, entertainment, sports, and other areas living in the United Kingdom. The Australia Day Awards are given to "those in our community you have made a significant contribution to Australian-UK relations."

Murdoch is from Australia, and is also a U.S. citizen, but has been spending the coronavirus pandemic in his home in England, where he received the coronavirus vaccine.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-01-26 06:07|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Does this explain the changes after Fox’s awful Election Day behaviour — that Daddy Murdoch spoke firmly to his lads about how they’ve been mishandling his legacy?
Posted by trailing wife 2021-01-26 11:02||   2021-01-26 11:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Tonight on Fox, Rupert Murdock starring in King Lear. XD
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-01-26 11:21||   2021-01-26 11:21|| Front Page Top

#3 This about Twitter Accounts, dated but accurate:

Oct 30, 2018 Now that the limit is 280 characters, the most common length of a tweet is 33 characters. Historically, only 9% of tweets hit Twitter's 140-character limit, now it's 1%.

To me it illustrates the "limited" capacity of communications between communicators and perhaps the limited intellectual capability of the communicators. 1% of ________ <-- fill in the blank
Posted by Ulusort Omailing4897 2021-01-26 17:06||   2021-01-26 17:06|| Front Page Top

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