Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll

Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by intended on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:53AM (#34049284)

Murdoch has been near single handedly the force that moved western news media and set us on the path we see today.

Many would happily dance on his grave, and raise a toast to his departure from this realm.

To say that he has a hands off approach to his editorial board, because of his handling of Theranos, is an unkindness to the harm he has caused to the fabric of decent society.

If any lesson is to be learned from Murdoch’s, it would be on silencing detractors, and holding the levers of political power.

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Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by foepys on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:00AM (#34049321)

Murdoch has little to no influence in the non-English speaking world. "The West" is a lot more than just USA, UK, and Australia.

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Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by sph on Monday December 19, 2022 @03:43AM (#34049882)

Oh right, I guess one that was able to influence three of the richest countries in the world just isn't worth thinking about.

That's the worst kind of pedantic whataboutism.

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Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by intended on Monday December 19, 2022 @12:45PM (#34055025)

Nor is it true.

The first world had the resources to fight issues of speech/civil liberties and courts which were not utterly corrupt.

The impact of Murdoch’s success in the hardest environment available, has been the long ringing death knell of many ideas we hold as intrinsic to civilized society.

The fact that Rupert Murdoch’s model worked, has not been lost on hundreds of tyrants around the world.

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