1/ Steve Bannon went to Rupert Murdoch's Sky News Australia to plant #disinformation about Hunter Biden.

NY Times last year: "Murdoch and his children have toppled governments on two continents and destabilized the most important democracy on Earth."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/rupert-murdoch-fox-news-trump.html
2/ Murdoch is executive chairman of @newscorp, parent company of Sky News Australia, as well as several prominent U.S. media brands, including the New York Post. https://twitter.com/DrDinD/status/1317829962901061632?s=20
3/ Murdoch-owned @nypost is ground zero of the Trump team's #disinformation smear campaign against Hunter Biden.

@washingtonpost reported: "The New York Post said it obtained the material from former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, a personal lawyer to President Trump."
4/ The @FBI is investigating provenance of the material published by the Murdoch-owned NY Post.

"The Post has published a series of stories based on emails the conservative tabloid said it obtained from President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/feds-examining-if-alleged-hunter-biden-emails-are-linked-foreign-n1243620
Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation

One email, which has not been confirmed to be authentic, suggested a meeting between Joe Biden and a rep from a Ukraine firm that once paid his son Hunter.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/feds-examining-if-alleged-hunter-biden-emails-are-linked-foreign-n1243620
5/ "Since Inauguration Day, Mr. Murdoch has talked regularly with Mr. Trump, often bypassing the White House chief of staff, Gen. John F. Kelly, who screens incoming calls," the @nytimes reported in 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/murdoch-trump-relationship.html
Rupert Murdoch and President Trump: A Friendship of Convenience (Published 2017)

After decades of mutual wariness, the two titans now have a close relationship — just in time for Disney’s proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/murdoch-trump-relationship.html
6/ Rupert Murdoch is also Chairman of Fox Corp, parent company of @FoxNews. Trump uses Fox News as his bully pulpit to broadcast #disinformation, appearing regularly on @seanhannity's show, and compulsively retweeting Fox hosts.
7/ Last week, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched a petition calling for a royal commission into News Corp’s conduct in Australia and its “overwhelming control” of the print media. The petition has more than 280,000 signatures. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/17/culture-of-fear-why-kevin-rudd-is-determined-to-see-an-end-to-murdochs-media-dominance
'Culture of fear': why Kevin Rudd is determined to see an end to Murdoch's media dominance

The former Australian PM admits he once courted the mogul’s mastheads but now says democracy is at stake

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/17/culture-of-fear-why-kevin-rudd-is-determined-to-see-an-end-to-murdochs-media-dominance
8/ How to hold Murdoch accountable for disseminating #disinformation, destabilizing democracy:

Boycott all Murdoch-owned brands. List of Fox News advertisers via @mmfa: https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/these-are-fox-news-leading-advertisers

Boycott News Corp entities. Some are guilty, all are responsible. #BoycottMurdoch
9/ Institutional shareholders of Murdoch's News Corp and Fox Corp should DIVEST from $NWSA and $FOX.

BlackRock holds both. @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, 2018: Contribute to society, or risk losing our support, @andrewrsorkin @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/dealbook/blackrock-laurence-fink-letter.html

#ESG #ImpactInvesting
9/ Institutional shareholders of Murdoch's News Corp and Fox Corp should DIVEST from $NWSA and $FOX. BlackRock holds both. @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, 2018: Contribute to society, or risk losing our support, @andrewrsorkin @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/dealbook/blackrock-laurence-fink-letter.html #ESG #ImpactInvesting
9/ Institutional shareholders of Murdoch's News Corp and Fox Corp should DIVEST from $NWSA and $FOX. BlackRock holds both. @BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, 2018: Contribute to society, or risk losing our support, @andrewrsorkin @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/business/dealbook/blackrock-laurence-fink-letter.html #ESG #ImpactInvesting
10/ Despite Murdoch's efforts to interfere in our elections and destabilize democracy by disseminating #disinformation, he predicts a landslide victory for @JoeBiden.

Prove him right. #VOTE #Biden https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-owner-rupert-murdoch-predicts-a-landslide-win-for-biden
Exclusive: Fox News Owner Rupert Murdoch Predicts a Landslide Win for Biden

The Australian mogul is disgusted by Trump’s handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy and telling associates “people are ready for Sleepy Joe.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-owner-rupert-murdoch-predicts-a-landslide-win-for-biden
11/ NEW: "Bruce Golding, a reporter at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid since 2007, did not allow his byline to be used because he had concerns over the article’s credibility, the two [NY] Post employees said" about the NY Post's article on Hunter Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html
New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts

Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloid’s front page on Wednesday.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/business/media/new-york-post-hunter-biden.html
12/ “Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch made their decision. They chose money and ideology over responsibility. And a lot of Americans are dead because of it.” By @MattGertz @mmfa #BoycottMurdoch https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/murdochs-have-blood-their-hands
The Murdochs have blood on their hands

https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/murdochs-have-blood-their-hands
13/ DNI Ratcliffe, who lied on his resumé, was dispatched to Murdoch-owned Fox News to propagandize about the Murdoch-owned New York Post story about Hunter Biden that was planted by Rudy Giuliani.
#Vote #Biden #BoycottMurdoch https://twitter.com/joelockhart/status/1318194604009754625?s=20
14/ New York Post insider tells @oliverdarcy: "All this Hunter Biden shit is being done in its own bubble. It's happening on an island within an island.” #BoycottMurdoch https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1318181219557920768?s=20
15/ "Could the decision to publish these dubious claims that have serious credibility questions hanging over them be linked to the close relationship between Rupert Murdoch, who owns the New York Post, and Donald Trump?" by @EdwardTHardy @RanttMedia https://rantt.com/debunking-hunter-biden-corruption-claims
How Trump’s Hunter Biden Disinformation Campaign Failed | Rantt Media

President Trump was already impeached for pursuing this same discredited narrative. Outside of the right-wing bubble, it's seen as a farce.

https://rantt.com/debunking-hunter-biden-corruption-claims
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