That's right. Let's not forget about DeSantis influencer Tyrmand and the Project Veritas coup.
Posted on 05/20/2023 3:18:44 PM PDT by Kazan
Fox Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch has officially taken a side in the Republican race leading up to the 2024 National elections, and this time he is backing Ron DeSantis.
According to Vanity Fair, the conservative news mogul invited the Florida Governor to his Vineyard in Bel Air, California for dinner in 2020 and assured him that Fox would support his potential presidential run in 2024.
Earlier this year, signs of this sentiment became more apparent as Fox implemented a soft ban on Trump and began featuring DeSantis more frequently.
Additionally, during this time, the Dominion lawsuit loomed over the news corporation, prompting it to distance itself from the election controversy and thus steer clear of Trump.
Murdoch even expressed regret, stating that he would have preferred his anchors to be more assertive in denouncing Trump's election conspiracies that defined his campaigns. He was also quoted saying, "I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight," per the Independent.
As the situation unfolded, Knewz reported allegations of higher-ups within the company trying to shift the blame for the election denial onto its anchors. A senior producer claimed that the company was scapegoating her and her female colleagues, including Maria Bartiromo.
Perhaps the most significant move by Fox to close the door on Trump and his 2020 election denial scandal came with the dismissal of Tucker Carlson and the eyewatering settlement reached with Dominion.
On Trump's side, his decision to participate in CNN's Town Hall event, despite their previous antagonistic relationship, emphasized his falling out with Murdoch.
However, despite the influence of the heavyweight News empire and its support of DeSantis, Trump remains the favorite among Republicans as seen in recent polls by Fox News and Gallup.
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Disappointing if true.
I liked Ron better before he started vying for the nomination. He was, literally, super governor.
Now he’s looking less attractive than Ted Cruz, and he keeps the WORST friends.
We should not allow foreign owners of our media. It is bad enough as is!
DeSantisweiser? Foxweiser. Fordweiser.
The Establishment has been giddily colluding with Team DeSantis for some time- their grubby little fingers are all over some of the greatest defeats for natpop conservatism of late- the Tucker debacle (where the Board leaker is apparently the ex-wife of DeSantis’ biggest donor, Ken Griffin) and the Project Veritas coup (spearheaded by DeSantis booster and “influencer” Matthew Tymand). The GOP establishment and their donor puppeteers are vile scum- Ron is a career politician and DC denizen- he knew exactly who he was getting into bed with. Another craven DC politico- they are a dime a dozen.
Rupert Murderoch will support Ron De(praying)mantis in the primary and then support Biden in the general election.
As usual, they will rehire the sniveling Chris Stirewalt and Arnon Mishkin to call Arizona early for Puppet Biden. /spit
Fox and now DeSantis
Two things I no longer have to pay any attention to.
Groovy. Makes life that much simpler.
Roll MAGA, roll!
You are really relying on MSN as a reliable source of news?
The Murdoch/Ryan/DeSantis "we report you decide" network, where Trump, Tucker and The Steal are considered bad things and all is settled with Dominion.
RDS is the best governor in country. He is not the best president material. Career politicians don’t make best president’s.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! You can’t say that, that’s antisemitic. < /S >
Despite some DeSantis’ conservative actions I got this gut feeling that he is not what he’s trying to portray. Smells RINO.
Sounds like FOX is making a political contribution in-kind to Ronald Herbert Walker DeSantis.
The useful idiots…the veggie and his swamp animals will be laughing all the way to the WH in 2024! You could almost feel the FIX at the present and we’re a long ways from election day. Honestly I thought DeSantis was a little smarter than this. That’s too bad because the base is quickly souring on him.
Yes. It appears he is the establishment’s choice — at least for the primary. They want to knock Trump completely out of the race. Then who knows who will be their choice for president. Democrats would be foolish to run Biden. Maybe Newsom? I don’t even think they would want RFK, Jr., because he would fight against the next pandemic protocols.
worth 5 or 6 votes at least.
"We distort, you deride".
Lol. Does anyone actually believe this nonsense?
That's right. Let's not forget about DeSantis influencer Tyrmand and the Project Veritas coup.
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