Posted on 08/08/2018 3:07:40 AM PDT by markomalley
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) is slamming conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Fox News, saying that “we would be a more unified country" without their influence.
“If you could remove News Corp from the last 25 years of American history, we would be in an entirely different place," de Blasio told The Guardian last week before he spoke at an event in New Orleans, adding that he believes Murdoch is responsible for President Trump's election in 2016.
De Blasio said if it weren't for Murdoch and Fox News, "we would not be suffering a lot of the negativity and divisiveness we’re going through right now."
In the interview with The Guardian, de Blasio discussed a range of topics, from his vision for progressive politics to the midterm elections this November.
He also voiced strong disapproval for Trump's rhetoric regarding the media, saying "there is no comparison between a progressive critique of the media — and overwhelmingly corporate media, by the way — and a president who does not believe in free speech and is trying to undermine the norms of democracy."
"If you see a steady decline in democracy, we’re going to have to vividly defend a lot of media we don’t agree with," de Blasio added. "But I don’t want to give them a free pass on what they have done to all of us.”
Fox News isn't the only entity owned by Murdoch that de Blasio has gone after this year. The mayor said in May that The New York Post is "divisive" and that he wouldn't "shed a tear if that newspaper is no longer here.”
Fox News, which was once again the most-watched cable news network in July, is known for its supportive coverage of Trump, with hosts such as Sean Hannity consistently defending the president. Hannity has also echoed Trump's charge that much of the media is "fake news."
The Liberal push for a ‘statist’ system and a one party politics never ends.... despite all their criminal tactics!
How the hell is he upset about Fux News, who has veered wildly leftward?
Yes, the three hours mentioned here already.
De Blasio is going to get journalists hurt by criticizing Fox News.
At least an hour of that 3 hours and also 3 in the morning on FOX is spent on the hosts constant book promotions and bullshit nonsense.
What’s that 71 year old carp faced hag Andrea Mitchell doing with a bunch of starry eyed 20 somethings? She should have hung up her cleats years ago.
Another radical leftist who firmly believes the radical left should be the ONLY voice.
Let’s hope there’s a “steady decline in democracy”. We are a representative republic
DeBlasio we are watching you and your ilk. We see you for what kind of threat you are. We will have a more unified country which will not include you and all of your commie scum.
“Billy is a closet dictator that would likely be fine with internment camps for Christian, conservative, patriot leaders.”
New York and DiBlowsio deserve each other.
Sounds like DeBlasio just discovered that things would be much, much better if everyone simply agreed with him.
Communists HATE independent opinion.
We would be a more unified country without a platform to show how wrong DeBlasio is.
...until it just plain broke.
Yes, I suppose if we were all lockstep, leftist zombies without an independent thought in our heads like the Herr Buergermeister Fuehrer Wilhelm of NYC would want, it would be a less divided society...
If you did come across a liberal who watches Fox....it’s likely he has a drug dependency problem, or simply passed out from excessive drinking. Do the guy a favor and flip the channel to the around-the-clock-Barney-Channel.
Good! I'm glad to hear that you're 'suffering". There's much more of it, coming your way.
I just turned Fox News OFF the minute they gave Rosie the Pig airtime to spew her Marxist propaganda. I turn Fox off during almost every show now because of the Marxists they parade through every show spewing their hate.
Next time I see that grinning douche Chris Hahan, I’m going to hurl.
Kommrade De Blasio should run in a small rural town.
Controlling the peasants is difficult when you don’t control the media.
“Next time I see that grinning douche Chris Hahan, I’m going to hurl.”
Yeah, he’s a real “prince,” isn’t he! Even his “five o’clock shadow” beard is an improvement. Then there’s Richard Goodstein (whom I refer to as Richard Dickstein, a double negative) in honor of the character Moe Dickstein that was played by Joe Piscopo in the movie “Wise Guys!”
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