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Miles Archer

(20,070 posts)
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 07:59 AM Jul 19

Trump thinks Murdoch is gonna blink and just cut him a check for $20 billion so he'll stop saying mean things about Fox

ABC, FOLDED, $15 million to Trump, cha-CHING!

CBS, FOLDED, $16 million to Trump, cha-CHING!

FOX NEWS, DOMINION, $787 million to Dominion, cha-CHING!

IF THIS GOES TO COURT, we're going to hear about Trump and Epstein and underaged girls 24/7. There will be a "discovery process."

Trump's looking at the Dominion settlement. Trump's looking at ABC and CBS just GIVING HIM a COMBINED TOTAL of $31 MILLION so that he'd stop stamping his tiny little feet and saying mean things about them in his social media echo chamber.

I can't predict if Murdoch will blink and cave, or if he would actually give Trump $20 BILLION simply because he "demanded" it.

I think Murdoch's attorneys might orchestrate a little irreparable damage in the midst of this shit show.

I could be wrong. Trump might just "win" again, with minimal effort. Just his big fucking mouth and a team of attorneys without morals or scruples, chasing ambulances for their 79 year old adjudicated rapist & convicted felon client.

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Trump thinks Murdoch is gonna blink and just cut him a check for $20 billion so he'll stop saying mean things about Fox (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 19 OP
I dont think Murdoch would publish johnnyfins Jul 19 #1
That's the logical analysis Miles Archer Jul 19 #3
It had to have come from DOJ documents. He likely has the full JCMach1 Jul 19 #7
Hmmm... GiqueCee Jul 19 #2
Trump is more of a truffle-hunting pig, a heat seeking missile Miles Archer Jul 19 #4
It's the bully pulpit effect................. Lovie777 Jul 19 #5
It seems Murdoch has gotten into Pro Wrestling C_U_L8R Jul 19 #6
Expecting a good thumping by the Murdoch clan, being not long for this world, why invest more in a losing hand? Brainfodder Jul 19 #8

johnnyfins

(2,718 posts)
1. I dont think Murdoch would publish
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:07 AM
Jul 19

this story, knowing he will have to pay TSF off. There is more to this whole thing. I still cant help but feel like WSJ will be dropping more bombs in the near future.

Miles Archer

(20,070 posts)
3. That's the logical analysis
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:36 AM
Jul 19

Rupe's already been burned in the Dominion suit. He's got to be holding at least a few cards in this one.

JCMach1

(28,906 posts)
7. It had to have come from DOJ documents. He likely has the full
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:39 AM
Jul 19

Files related to TSF. Or, at least the embarrassing and incriminating ones.

GiqueCee

(2,756 posts)
2. Hmmm...
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:08 AM
Jul 19

... I think maybe Trump has more than met his match in Murdoch. Ol' Rupert wrote the book on fuckin' with people, and Trump is just a hors d'oeuvre. If Murdoch decides to sink his fangs into Trump's fat, pimply ass. it's all over but the crying cheering.
As much as I detest Murdoch, I would love to see him chop Chump into chum, though I doubt that even the sharks would eat such offal.

Miles Archer

(20,070 posts)
4. Trump is more of a truffle-hunting pig, a heat seeking missile
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 08:37 AM
Jul 19

I've always seen Trump as a predator, led around by what his nose sniffs out.

Murdoch, on the other hand...they threw away an entire James Bond movie mythologizing Murdoch's evil media empire.

Lovie777

(19,941 posts)
5. It's the bully pulpit effect.................
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 09:12 AM
Jul 19

Opinion: Murdoch doesn't want to be pushed around like shithole is doing to other medias, be it corporate or private.

I guess they feel that they helped the republicans by falsifying, lying, cheating, stealing, and spouting outrages conspiracies that fake news is entitled.

Whose the boss, at this point in time it's Murdoch.

C_U_L8R

(47,947 posts)
6. It seems Murdoch has gotten into Pro Wrestling
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 10:04 AM
Jul 19

And this little fight may be just as phony and scripted.
Either way, it's an old hat diversion for Trump.

Brainfodder

(7,670 posts)
8. Expecting a good thumping by the Murdoch clan, being not long for this world, why invest more in a losing hand?
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 11:44 AM
Jul 19

Public sentiment.

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