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0 pointsjacques_chester12y ago0 comments

Does this conspiracy theory that Turnbull is doing Murdoch's bidding have any ... you know ... evidence?

The cui bono is just stupidly thin. Murdoch makes bugger all on his Australian operations. If he divested the lot Wall Street would cheer, holler and stamp its feet.

Edit: "quo vadis" indeed. What's the Latin for malapropism?

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cam_l12y ago· 1 in thread

I never mentioned murdoch. I think FTTN benefits all established media. I was also was having a go at smh reporting, so whatever..

But since you ask, I would say the reason why people think there was a conspiracy is the rabid anti-NBN propaganda by murdoch during the election.

A better explanation perhaps.. http://theconversation.com/news-corp-australia-vs-the-nbn-is...

jacques_chesterOP12y ago

Sorry, I was reading my own pet peeve about conspiracy theories into your remarks. I've seen all the arguments given before, but honestly, Foxtel just doesn't make very much money for Newscorp.

And given the huge bargaining power Foxtel has to alter content agreements, switching to an NBN-based streaming model just isn't the contractual minefield that it is in the USA (where there are far more cable providers).

I think that most papers came out against Rudd because they were ... against Rudd.

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