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JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social
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A source familiar with the trip told The Independent that the vice president spoke to both Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as a group of executives from the right-wing network

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[–] Envy@fedia.io 60 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Cope: Trump's days are numbered and are preparing for his transition, catheter and braces mean he's fucked up enough in his dementia that his body is failing

Tinfoil: Preparing for martial law and things are just escalating with a possible reichstag/false flag being planned

Joke: They lured him there with promises of couches to fuck

[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

Is it really a joke though?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Your tinfoil seems fairly likely. The whole point of Trump right now is to be a fall guy that the new regime can blame for the worst of what they're about to do. So they'll want some things signed before the switch out.

[–] daniel_callahan@jlai.lu 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Rupert Murdoch is the most powerful Billionaire in the United States.

He owns Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post

He was spotted at the Republican Convention in Milwaukee:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rupert-murdoch-talks-with-his-wife-elena-zhukova-on-the-news-photo/2162470512

Yet most americans have never heard of him... 😔

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

How big of a rock do you have to live under to NOT know who Rupert Murdock is? He has been in the news pretty much every week for months, if not longer.

[–] Devmapall@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I work with blue collar people. Vast majority of them definitely have no idea who Murdoch is. Those same people don't know the bias of the wsj or probably what the New York post is.

Some of them vote. They never ever check sources or try to understand forces behind it.

It's fun though seeing how talking points get filtered down through sources they see.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

if they dont know who rupert is, they wont know who lachlan who is currently the one controlling fox(and not NEWS CORP). Its funny i only ever see them qoute the fox and right wing talking head out of context.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know who he is, but I can’t say that information has ever provided me any benefit.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

his voters dont know, rupert or lachlan i bet.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

he looks like a mummy here thats been ressurected by his russian necromancer.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just played Deathloop, a game where you have to kill 8 people in a single day that repeats until you get it right. So I read this and thought, "Shit, they all get together for a meeting? Well that's easy."

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

On behalf of the regime or in conspiracy against the regime?

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Only against if he doesn't get his cut

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

This is really horrifying but also not surprising.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Murdoch hates Trump, but maybe he’s ok with project 2025 and the actual administration of Miller and Vance?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

murdoch has to play nice with trump, because Putin works with murdoch(they have been seen together) to disseminate which kind of propaganda of the week.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lachlan is more extreme than murdoch by the way. hence why rupert is trying to give his inheritence to him instead of the other children, who do not like his far-right wing views.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well. Not all of the views.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

So basically, a heads up on where propaganda will need to go.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

i can't tell if his face is edited here too or if he actually looks like that.

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

the d quit talking to faux in previous episodes. script glitch.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_media