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hooroousa.bsky.social @hooroousa.bsky.social · 55m

When Fox Spews was sued and lost, they admitted they weren't a news organisation but rather provided "entertainment". After paying $787 million they continued as usual. MSM is the biggest threat to Australia's democracy.

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Meagrebones @meagrebones.bsky.social · 1h

G'day Stuart, wishing you, Jennifer and your families the same.

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virgotweet @virgotweet.bsky.social · 1h

Good Morning
Murdoch's News Corporation is a Conservative misinformation propaganda outlet for their Liberal, National and Conservative Political Party mates aren't they?

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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 2h

People need to understand that Murdoch's News Corporation is not actually a news organisation.

It's a political organisation.

So its aim is not telling the truth. Its aim is to change how people vote, and influence elections.

#auspol

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virgotweet @virgotweet.bsky.social · 1h

Good Morning to all family, friends and others on Bluesky this Sunday, take care, stay safe and have an awesome day.
🖤💛❤️

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From Independent australia
24th April 2023

Murdoch media manipulated by misinformation monster

The mighty Murdoch media empire is now facing the consequences of spreading false narratives and costly political lies.

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From Independent Australia
11th April 2023

News Corp condemned for malicious lies and attacks against minorities

Australia’s official media watchdog has found three-quarters of recent complaints upheld for violations of media ethical principles were against News Corp.

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The secret history of News Corp: a media empire built on spreading propaganda
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From The conversation
16th May 2019

The secret history of News Corp: a media empire built on spreading propaganda

New research reveals how News Limited was secretly established in the early 1900s by a mining company for the express purpose of disseminating ‘propaganda’.

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From Independent australia
14th December 2023

News Corp has no shame in having no standards

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp relies on underhand news-gathering practices that present a lack of journalistic integrity.

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From Independent Australia
23rd January 2024

Murdoch article drums up hysteria with factual errors

Blatant factual errors in an article published by The Australian on the Government's immigration strategy could have been avoided with simple fact-checking.

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From Independent australia
13th March 2023

Murdoch presenters and executives admit they lie to you routinely

The latest court documents provide damning proof of News Corp’s intentional malice and mendacity.

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From independent Australia
13th September 2017

Scullion sends Indigenous Advancement funding to Australia Day celebrations

Why were next year’s Australia Day celebrations going to be funded via the Government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy?

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virgotweet @virgotweet.bsky.social · 4h

Robo-debt’s potential toll www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2019/03/02/r... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

From the Saturday Paper
2nd March 2019

Robo-debt’s potential toll

Revelations that more than 2000 people died after receiving a Centrelink robo-debt notice highlight the failings of an already flawed system that continues to target the vulnerable.

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From Independent Australia
3rd May 2022

Morrison and the secret Pentecostal plan for world domination

Let me tell you about the most brazen assault on Australia’s secular democracy you have probably never heard about.

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From Independent Australia
26th September 2025

Brethren and Pentecostal cults and the 'quid pro quo' for Australia's democracy

As the links between extreme religious cults and Liberal Party politicians pile up, managing editor Michelle Pini considers the 'quid pro quo'.

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bystander1.bsky.social @bystander1.bsky.social · 2d

20+ hate groups as at 2022 - and growing...

"The authors further note that the list, and the accompanying descriptions of each of the twenty hate groups, is far from exhaustive, adding that both local and international neo-Nazi and racist skinhead groups have long had a presence in this country."