MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell started his low rated show in the most vile way possible, by lashing out at Fox News founder and CEO, Rupert Murdoch. Even claiming he has blood on his hands, and has done more damage to America than any immigrant in any other country during the 21st Century.
The unhinged host seemed to take the blame off of Fox News host Tucker Carlson, and laid it squarely on Murdoch because “they [Fox News hosts] will stop the minute Rupert Murdoch tells them to stop. It is as simple as that” O’Donnell wailed before calling Murdoch “the billionaire puppeteer.”
He then referred to an opinion piece in the Boston Globe titled “with the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands, again.” Yet O’Donnell still took issue with the article, whining that it “mentioned Tucker Carlson nine times, and his predecessor Bill O’Reilly once. But the article does not mention Rupert Murdoch, under the title Fox News, has blood on its hands.”
Continuing on his deranged rant, O’Donnell claimed “white supremacist mass murders in this country who take encouragement from Fox” want to “stop immigration to this country.” This accusation gave him the opportunity to accuse Murdoch, who is an immigrant himself, of having “done more damage to this country in the 21st Century than any immigrant in the world has done to any other country in the 21st Century.”
O’Donnell ended his vile, hateful rant by sliming Murdoch one last time “it is thanks to Rupert Murdoch, as much as it is any Republican President, that America’s mass murderers are still what they have always been, the very best equipped mass murderers in the world. Rupert Murdoch has made sure of that one.”
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MSNBC’s The Last Word
5/16/2022
10:09:47 p.m. EasternLAWRENCE O’DONNELL: They will stop the minute Rupert Murdoch tells them to stop. It is as simple as that. Every minute spent, talking about the TV hosts on Fox, is a minute that hides the true villain of the piece. Rupert Murdoch is the billionaire puppeteer. In 1995, when Robert Murdoch was planning to create a cable news channel, he had never heard of any of the people who are now his most prominent hosts. But Rupert Murdoch knew what he wanted Fox to do from day one, and Fox has always done, and said exactly what Rupert Murdoch wants.
The headline of Renee Graham’s Boston globe piece says, with the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands, again. The article mentioned Tucker Carlson nine times, and his predecessor Bill O’Reilly once. But the article does not mention Rupert Murdoch, under the title Fox News, has blood on its hands. Fox News doesn’t have hands. But Rupert Murdoch does. White supremacist mass murders in this country who take encouragement from Fox, want to, among other things, stop immigration to this country, as does Fox, a company owned and operated by an immigrant, who has done more damage to this country in the 21st century than any immigrant in the world has done to any other country in the 21st century.
Rupert Murdoch built a network with the sole purpose of electing Republicans. There could be no President Trump, without Rupert Murdoch’s support. And every day that Fox has been in existence, Rupert Murdoch has supported the Republican parties abject fealty to the National Rifle Association. And so, it is thanks to Rupert Murdoch, as much as it is any Republican President, that America’s mass murderers are still what they have always been, the very best equipped mass murderers in the world. Rupert Murdoch has made sure of that one. Every American mass murderer can thank Rupert Murdoch for all the murder tools that Rupert Murdoch has made sure they are able to easily buy over-the-counter. No one should waste their breath on the men in makeup at Fox, when Rupert Murdoch is responsible for everything they say and do, that helps shape the thinking of white supremacist mass murderers.