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Rupert Murdoch responds to Trump: 'Time to calm down'
Washington Examiner ^ | February 18, 2016 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 02/18/2016 2:19:14 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose empire includes Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, is hitting back at Donald Trump for suggesting that he was using his outlets to conspire against the Republican presidential candidate.

"Trump blames me for [The Wall Street Journal] poll, fights FoxNews. Time to calm down," Murdoch said Thursday on Twitter. "If I [sic] running anti-Trump conspiracy then doing lousy job!"

>>>Trump blames me for WSJ poll, fights FoxNews. Time to calm down. If I running anti-Trump conspiracy then doing lousy job! - Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) February 18, 2016<<<

During a radio interview earlier in the day, Trump said that a WSJ-NBC News poll released this week, which showed him losing his lead nationally for the first time in several months, was "just a Rupert Murdoch hit." Other polls, including ones also released this week, have consistently shown Trump leading the GOP field by large margins.

The Journal's editorial board, though, has published several pieces against Trump, and Trump has also tangled with Fox News throughout the campaign. He even skipped a debate hosted by the network ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

Murdoch, who is known for his conservative-leaning political views, has voiced mixed opinions about Trump in the past. Most recently in December, Murdoch said that the GOP would be "mad" to think of "ganging up" on Trump.

Previously, however, Murdoch has criticized the billionaire business man for his harsh tone on immigration. "Trump wrong," Murdoch said last summer, in the heat of controversy over Trump's now-famous screed against illegal immigrants.


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1 posted on 02/18/2016 2:19:14 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

One outlier forgotten about after Cruz hit 4th in ARG


2 posted on 02/18/2016 2:21:04 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Cruz is nasty)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Good God, do a search before you posts. This is like the fourth time already. Talk about a waste of bandwidth, and air in your case.


3 posted on 02/18/2016 2:21:37 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: JoSixChip

I did a search.


4 posted on 02/18/2016 2:22:53 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Murdoch has a point. As soon as Trump crushes his opponents in SC, he needs to settle down and just cruise to the win. He’ll need his energy for the Republican Convention when they try to override the will of the people and hang some loser around our necks.


5 posted on 02/18/2016 2:26:42 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: JoSixChip; Cincinatus' Wife

I haven’t seen this one before.


6 posted on 02/18/2016 2:27:00 PM PST by livius
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Murdoch is sold out to the Bush/globalist agenda.

Completely.


7 posted on 02/18/2016 2:28:00 PM PST by cba123
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To: Cincinatus' Wife



8 posted on 02/18/2016 2:31:01 PM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Is Murdoch Australian?


9 posted on 02/18/2016 2:31:13 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
First time I've seen it...some just like to bitch.

Frankly Murdoch should just ignore the petulant little boy. Why give him more air time than he is worth?

It's not like he is going to Sue or something. lol

10 posted on 02/18/2016 2:31:25 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

WSJ 89 consecutive days of trashing Trump in their editorials. Tomorrow will be 90.


11 posted on 02/18/2016 2:32:02 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; JoSixChip

I’ll second that motion. Yes you did. The only other posting was from the Hill and this is from the Washington Examiner.


12 posted on 02/18/2016 2:32:16 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2016/02/18/fox-news-poll-south-carolina-republican-primary/

If you have a few minutes evaluate today’s new SC Fox poll.

Fox is also going to be releasing a National presidential poll at 6 Eastern tonight.

Here is the ARG poll:

http://americanresearchgroup.com/pres2016/primary/rep/screp.html


13 posted on 02/18/2016 2:34:15 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Three Strikes re WSJ/Fox poll

Three Strikes - 3rd Time This Campaign Season NBC/WSJ Caught Promoting Agenda Polls
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | 02/17/2016 | Sundance
Posted on 2/17/2016, 4:57:15 PM by PJBankard

The team of NBC and Wall Street Journal (Rupert Murdoch owned) has struck again with their latest highly coordinated and heavily manufactured latest “Agenda Poll”. We have previously revealed NBC/WSJ’s prior two constructs.......

[SNIP]

Remember, an “agenda poll” is not created to show a statistical snapshot of the presidential race. An “agenda poll” has nothing to do with the support. Agenda Polls are manufactured to create media talking points, to create media narratives.

Agenda polling is about setting out to make a story, to sell a specific narrative, by using polling as the means to justify the story you are selling. Nothing more, and nothing less.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3398474/posts


14 posted on 02/18/2016 2:35:02 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump the lying RNC/GOy Pe Open Borders elite thugs! Say hell no to their candidates!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

As I said before, yesterday’s poll targeted Cruz and not Trump.


15 posted on 02/18/2016 2:35:29 PM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch


16 posted on 02/18/2016 2:36:24 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: SubMareener
I’ll second that motion. Yes you did. The only other posting was from the Hill and this is from the Washington Examiner.

Garbage, you freaks post the same crap ove and over and over. You can find anything about cruz posted at least half a dozen times by the same half dozen people. It's disgusting.
17 posted on 02/18/2016 2:36:37 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: xzins

Is Murdoch Australian?

Yep, an Aussie for a Kanuk!

Today we had a South American Pope try to trash our candidate.


18 posted on 02/18/2016 2:37:14 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump the lying RNC/GOy Pe Open Borders elite thugs! Say hell no to their candidates!)
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To: Grampa Dave

I hope Trump rides Murdoch until he expires : )


19 posted on 02/18/2016 2:37:41 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Murdoch must be a Cruz supporter. They are all delusional.


20 posted on 02/18/2016 2:39:02 PM PST by McGruff (The end is near for Cruz 2016)
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