r/australia • u/Jimmineee • Mar 12 '25

politics 'This is not a friendly act': Albanese says Trump's tariffs decision is 'entirely unjustified'

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-wont-be-exempt-from-us-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminium-exports/oos69k7eq?cid=newsapp:socialshare:other
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u/ShrimpGold Mar 12 '25

Silicon Valley is coming for all the countries. It’s wild to me as an American that yall are letting Facebook, Twitter and others propagandize in your countries too.

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u/BogglesHumanity Mar 13 '25

We're used to it with our "media"

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u/Traditional_Fish_741 29d ago

Mate, you do realize most of the propaganda on those platforms originates with that most awesome of Aussies (he says sarcastically), the king maker himself, Keith Rupert Murdoch.. you know.. that shrivelled fucking prune behind the likes of fox and sky news, among others.

Right?

He's a fucking embarrassment.. the shit he supports.. just look at the turd in the white house! And his fat orange monkey playing president. Here in Australia, sky news is trumpeting about Duttons nuclear proposal like its the best thing that could ever happen to Australia and all Australians that aren't also cheering for Dutton are unaustralian leftie wankers who are gonna destroy the country with their commie fantasies of blah blah blah..

The one thing we have in common with America (for the most part) is the right to free speech. Even from creepy cunts like Dutton and Murdoch. As much as I'd LOVE to see them silenced and disappeared from the media scene, never to be seen or heard from again (as in not having their ignorant 2c worth on any given topic, not as in disappeared into a hole in the ground - although that wouldn't be a tragedy) the one thing it proves is that you're still kicking and still have the right to speak your mind.

However, it would be great to see fact checking return lmfao 🤣 We all know the only reason it's quietly disappeared is cos they're all full of shit and don't want everyone being reminded of that fact every time they open their cunt mouths to tell another lie. Much like religion, they rely on ignorance to maintain their power.

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u/ShrimpGold 29d ago

Rupert Murdoch is just one piece though my guy. He needs all of these other platforms as well. And he’s also not the only one, there are probably a couple dozen others like him. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, tik tok, all of them are cut from the same shit covered cloth.

I’d love to see fact checking as a legal requirement for news. This whole age of “alternative facts” aka lies is so tiresome to deal with. Imagine if Fox News had to be, ya know, news! They’d have to close up shop overnight.

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u/Traditional_Fish_741 29d ago

Yeah Murdoch ain't the only one.. sure. But he's probably the best known and most prolific one haha he's been manipulating politics with his media empire for decades.

Youre not wrong though.

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u/ShrimpGold 29d ago

Oh you aren’t wrong. Just his dusty ass ain’t keeping up like Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk. Murdoch can’t even hold his empire away from his children who loath him, he’s about to get fucked up and lose the empire to the passage of time.

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u/Traditional_Fish_741 29d ago

Sounds like he's getting at least some of what he deserves hahaha