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Kid Berwyn

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6. Mike Royko called him "The Alien."

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:11 PM

Dec 2019

Rupert had just bought the Chicago Sun-Times In 1984. Royko knew what monstrosities Murdoch visited upon the papers in almost all of Australia and later the U.K. and quit his job as a columnist. Royko made plain the newly citizen Murdoch’s threat to American democracy — truth and trust.

“No self-respecting fish would want to be wrapped in one of Murdoch’s publications,” Royko said. “He puts out trash.”

https://www.al.com/news/2019/08/seeking-refuge-from-the-alien-invasion.html

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These bastards [View all] PCIntern Dec 2019 OP

Never has IOKIYAR been more true. Funtatlaguy Dec 2019 #1

True enuf PCIntern Dec 2019 #2

Rupert Murdoch is a powerful thing. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #3

An Australian brings down America and Great Britain. Funtatlaguy Dec 2019 #4

Profound malaise Dec 2019 #5

Mike Royko called him "The Alien." Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #6