Owen Jones Tells The TRUTH About Rupert Murdoch

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[@omaha2pt]

Aaron doesn't need to apologize, I agree 100% with him. I think Rupert Murdock was the most destructive person to ever walk this earth. His toxic legacy will last for decades.

[@sheezle3]

Milton Friedman and few others might disagree 😂 But yeah, Fox news has become a cancer for the world, especially when you consider how many right wing grifters from many, many countries have tried to recreate that blueprint

[@ordohereticus3427]

100%

[@tbang81]

Him and Maggie Thatcher standing shoulder to shoulder still give me goosebumps

[@andrewmeiklem5098]

Expensive bottle chilling as we all speak. Can't wait... its been on ice for 20 years!

[@michaelhibbert2907]

Haha deluded to believe he’s been the most destructive. A very bad man yea but the worst.. get a grip!

[@klystrom]

Mr Murdoch was to my mind one of the worst things ever to happen to the UK

[@klystrom]

On reflection he was one of the worst things to happen to the planet

[@adrien5834]

To the world...

[@gillscorner794]

To humanity

[@geoffvalero3516]

yes and Australian society has been morally corrupted by his poison

[@therealrobertbirchall]

Satan comes in many forms

[@PaulEleftheriou-we7vr]

Owen Jones always comes with the facts, kèep going Owen!

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

Brilliant Owen saying it how it is 👏👏

[@nickw6025]

When Murdoch dies the devil will put up a sign on the gates of hell. The position is already taken.

[@roboi2241]

The infernal host will start muttering "this neighborhood's really starting to go down hill" with some of the 20th century's unsung monsters due to take up their residency imminently.

[@geoffvalero3516]

yes the devil will have to be careful...

[@kiwitrainguy]

To paraphrase Churchill "If he were to invade Hell I would make a favourable comment about the Devil".

[@maggiepie8810]

Without the Iraq war, there would've been no ISIS. Good job, George W Bush and Tony Blair.

[@flowerpower7288]

War is always about profiteering. No sane/decent human would EVER chose war when they have had to live with the consequences 😢

[@vooyas.mp4]

The title points to Owen, but both Michael and Aaron had incredible takes as well. Beautifully said!

[@thestevenjaywaymusic7775]

Power corrupts, ultimate power corrupts ultimately. The truth!

[@toby81tube]

For ref: I think the phrase is "... absolute power corrupts absolutely"

[@kiwitrainguy]

I'm surprised that the 38 likers of the comment didn't pick that up.@@toby81tube

[@tonymurphy2624]

Disagree with Aaron on one point. We absolutely should say it will be a great day, because it's prosocial to celebrate the removal of harm from society.

[@sam3317]

"removal of harm from society" Murdoch's already done the harm mate, he won and now he's bowing out. There's no point focusing on old school villains like Murdoch, when there's new school ones like Peter Thiel running about.

[@tonymurphy2624]

@sam3317 So naïve. If you think that means he's done, I have a beachfront property in Kathmandu you might be interested in.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@tonymurphy2624 The point is that the OP was claiming Murdoch's passing will "remove harm from society", which is an extremely naive viewpoint. What Murdoch created is here to stay.

[@tonymurphy2624]

@zippymufo9765 The point is that Murdoch's harm comes in more than one form, one of which is his person, and it will be a removal of harm. The OP makes no mention of scale. Keep digging, though. The antipodes beckons.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@tonymurphy2624 Sounds like pure desperate wishful thinking. But if I were wallowing in impotent seething rage like yourself, I guess I would enjoy any empty symbolic "victory" that I could.

[@titovalasques]

When he dies his son Lachlan will have already taken over and he seems pretty much the same as his dear dad.

[@kathrinedavey3080]

Yes, it looks like he wants to make it a dynasty, so his influence will live on

[@michaelnorth3666]

Dynastic succession all ways fails the 3rd generation...that's Lachlan Murdoch...!

[@korolev-musictodriveby6583]

@@michaelnorth3666- Hope so , he's even more hard line than his dad !

[@kiwitrainguy]

Just like North Korea.@@kathrinedavey3080

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Rupert Murdoch is ultimate Bond villain

[@TequilaToothpick]

Elliott Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies was based on him.

[@Matthew_Rushton]

@@TequilaToothpick “You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! Give the people what they want!” - Still rings true today

[@RankinMsP]

If only he'd go the same way.

[@martinmurphy9679]

@@Matthew_Rushton Or tell them what they want then give it them.

[@helveticaification]

Well, let's hope he comes to an appropriately horrible end - ASAP.

[@marcoroma2863]

There are a handful of people whose passing I would definitely celebrate, Murdoch is definitely one of them 🫡

[@lagringa7518]

Indeed, it's waayyy overdue for still a lot of these die hard Neocons to kick the bucket. Doddering or lucid they refuse to give up their 50+ year reigns that have completely destroyed the peace and tranquility of an entire planet!

[@zippymufo9765]

Nothing is going to change even if he passes.

[@marcoroma2863]

@@zippymufo9765it is nevertheless a good start!

[@lycettewatson4713]

Maybe being a Bond villain is his fantasy

[@LightingJedi]

Love Novara and Michael , Ash, Owen, Aaron and the team! My superhero’s fighting to reveal the truth

[@EddieFye3414]

Aaron is quickly becoming one of the best journalists in the UK.

[@mosin949]

Aaron is a powerful Persian tiger 🐅 👏 🙌 😊

[@HollyOak]

Rudd wasn't going to introduce a carbon tax. It was a carbon offset programme. Murdock called it a tax in his papers because he knew the average Aussie didn't understand climate change, tax or politics. He knew the idea of 'another tax' would be frowned upon so HE called it that.

[@warrenerickson4159]

He turned three great counties into banana republics.

[@StephenGoodfellow]

As a gaggle, the British adore their oligarchic owned media. Proof? Brexit.

[@brianpark8758]

And our so called "social betters," which begins with the royal family from top down. Karl Marx once said, "the British are too stupid for revolution." I believe he was referring to the class structure, where the poorest in society love the royal family & the class system. I wouldn't call it stupid, I would call it indoctrination to the point of insanity.

[@dianastevenson131]

48% of us didn't fall for Brexit.

[@brianpark8758]

@@dianastevenson131 Your right, 48% didn`t vote for Brexit but 52% did!

[@camdencobain1460]

What about Guardianista credulity apropos of the AS witchhhunt against Corbynistas & now the USkraine war?

[@brianpark8758]

@@camdencobain1460 Controlled opposition. There's an interesting interview with Noam Chomsky & Andrew Marr doing the interviewing, that's worth checking out. Chomsky has written extensively on the subject from 'The Manufacture of Consent' with Edward S. Herman (you may already know this) to other books, papers & lectures.

[@themsmloveswar3985]

The Larry Lamb episode is jaw dropping. As Aaron calls it "The fusion of politics and media..was rare in Britain.....is now the norm".

[@paullee3009]

Every wakening moment he was awake was about power Every decision he made was about power he had it severed for breakfast lunch and dinner Power over everything. He had it in spades but he soon will be gone …

[@jamesprivet]

Very articulate and well said Owen.

[@JHS270694]

Joseph Geobbels would be proud of Murdock.

[@neilblackburn6869]

George Michael was on the BBC twenty years aGo saying he would never take on Murdoch as he'd never have a careEr again

[@wilfredsterling2124]

I find it incredulous that big sections of the media are defending Murdoch

[@footbru]

I'd like to echo the observation about the 2000 election. Murdoch prematurely and illegally declared Bush the winner, and after that Gore was always the supplicant. How different would the world be if Gore had been President???

[@kiwitrainguy]

The 2000 election was stolen and the 2016 & 2020 elections were "stolen".

[@user-jw8mn7oi7x]

He played a huge role in ‘brexit’.

[@maltesetony9030]

Owen Jones bang-on the money - as ever.

[@mauromatos3124]

Completely agreed , the man has bought nothing but chaos and misery to this world. And for what freaking purpose , power and ego. Hope he meets some justice still here in earth.

[@kiwitrainguy]

Justice for Murdoch would be an emphatic Labour victory in the Commons.

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

The Press has never been free

[@davidtracey5471]

He wasn’t wrong about the intelligence of most Sun readers.

[@aidanjohnkelly]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

[@kiwitrainguy]

Mushroom existence: Kept in the dark and fed on BS.@@aidanjohnkelly

[@alanmiller9054]

Totally right, excellent reporting

[@sirtristram8297]

It was a clever idea to put politics on page 2 of the Sun, opposite the bare-breasted beauty on page 3. What a great way to get your readers to look at your political coverage.

[@Henbot]

The Murdoch papers in Australia and Sky News AU got in trouble for climate denial

[@alisonreid9927]

Owen jones is so right

[@thesunreport]

Australia don't need to heat their homes as much as the UK, but I bet they have a thriving air-conditoning industry. I wonder if making hot air hotter through air-conditioning has more of an impact than making cold air warmer through heating leakage. 🤔

[@geraldbutler5484]

Air cons running on solar panels is the way to go in Australia. The Murdoch/ Sky News/ Liberal(?) government is gone and now Australia will accelerate its decarbonisation. We are already no1 in rooftop solar and the sky is the limit! The petition against Murdoch’s News Ltd achieved the highest number of signatures for any such endeavour.

[@thesunreport]

@@geraldbutler5484 Thanks for the reply. My point was about the hot air that air-cons push out to create the cool air inside the home. I think there is probably some scientific formula for air heating, and my guess is that it might show relatively that hot air is heated quicker than cold air. In that sense it doesn't matter where the electricity comes from as air-con units physically heat the outside air themselves.

[@kiwitrainguy]

It's like running a fridge while its door is left open. The heat removed one place is transferred to another. The net heat gain comes from running the equipment (compressor) itself.@@thesunreport

[@thesunreport]

@@kiwitrainguy Thanks, yes that makes sense.

[@stuartjackson01]

Thanks

[@franklettering]

Having worked on building sites during the Murdoch/Thatcher years taught me what the right-wing bollox was all about. ........the amount of working class sun reading numpties i had to associate with was horrendous . ......then the Brexitbollox appeared.!!!!! Is there ANY hope left.????

[@72rmboyd]

Murdoch is a fascist..... Every country where he has access to power, they all back Trump/Johnson type politics and economics. "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." 32nd US President Franklin D Roosevelt 1938

[@helenswan705]

brave Owen. On Sky of all places. But let us not kid ourselves anything is going to change.

[@mnjraman]

I can't agree more with such a resounding conclusion by the Noble Owen Jones!

[@harryturner8701]

I think Murdoch should be sent prison

[@ML6103]

I'm australian and I'm so, so sorry that my country has spawned this vile rectal wart.

[@malfy8369]

Thanks Owen

[@luketomnay916]

I am thinking that I would donate to this organisation but as a new watcher/listener, I want to know what the message or ambition of it is. I've probably missed it however I would like to know what you want to do. Is it to create awareness for more equal wealth for all? Is it complete socialism? Is it mainly about justice? What is Novara? I truly enjoy and embrace mostly everything I've heard here however if I understood what the aim you had was I would be more likely to put money into it. These are just thoughts I'm jotting down in a comment section and don't expect much reply. Cheers, really appreciate what's going on on the channel!

[@daveuk1324]

Murdoch is the original architect of state capture.

[@SelfIndulgentGamer]

I never understood the stance of the Sun newspaper, but now I know why. :O

[@anibalfernando3027]

No doubt ....the Man is 200 hundred years Old with so much Power

[@jamieashton3835]

Murdoch is the devils advocate there is a special place in hell waiting for him !!! I for one will be celebrating

[@RobbinFlowers]

The devil? Really? Do you mean you are the devil? You are what you think he is?

[@ronpepoli37]

Shame the kidnappers got the wrong wife 😬

[@Paul-Revere54]

I also think another notable point is that for the majority of its life span, Murdoch also owned 20th century fox. When talking about freedom of press, should we also question the implicit ideological messaging in the movies and tv it disseminates? When looking at animated shows such as American dad and family guy, there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind it’s pure propaganda; the kid’s teddy is called Rupert, come on ahahah

[@jakeblair4215]

Oz uk and usa = most hard right = newscorp dominance. Simple.

[@robertmclaren2892]

Well said owen love it mate saying it as it is. your the man.

[@mawkernewek]

1:27 watch as the interviewer starts waving the piece of card around. Is there a particular gesture being made in order for the producers of the program to intervene and terminate the interview?

[@midnightcowboy3611]

He’s right about Murdock being too powerful, and pretty unpleasant. But it’s too easy to pin every bad deed on him. Just a big cog in the wheels.

[@DrMontague]

The working class of Liverpool even loved Murdoch until he called them scum after Hillsborough disaster. The scouse sun readers loved it when murdoch was calling black people scum.

[@peterlpool1387]

What are you on about? Scousers never loved Murdoch or the s*n. Some might have bought it before hillsborough but it wasn’t widely loved. It was a Tory paper from 1980’s onwards.

[@DrMontague]

@@peterlpool1387 The Sun was popular in all working class cities and areas and LIVERPOOL

[@peterlpool1387]

@@DrMontague didn’t say it wasn’t. I said it wasn’t loved by people in Liverpool as it was a Tory paper. People may have bought it but it wasn’t a majority.

[@DrMontague]

@@peterlpool1387 The working classes bought the sun and mirror and swapped them over at work. At one time I worked in engineering in factories that employed up 3000 people, everyone read the Sun and the mirror. They used to queue up to buy them off the paper lad standing outside the factory gates. The Socialist Worker paper , the guy couldn't give them away never mind sell them.

[@GordonPavilion]

News Corp, Sky News and the rest of the Murdoch bundle is a cancer upon modern politics.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Murdoch has been more of a head of state in this country than our late queen

[@deedeepuffs951]

Owen better be careful, he will be next with comments like that.

[@kevindodds9434]

If I had a copy of The Sun. I'd check the date., never mind the content

[@sparkvideos77]

I keep thinking he’s died, only to be disappointed.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

You only have until march to get those 5,000 before they call a snap election.

[@aptorres01]

Great video

[@davecampbellknowledgeleader]

the catastrophe today is that subsidies that were put in place that enrich corporations without actually addressing the climate issues. the ideal is to allow the people to solve the issues through project development and leverage the public trust to enrich the investments that actually solve the trouble. see my spinning engine origianally introduced the concept in 2010 but that is when corporations decided to abuse shareholder value as a business model. egads. we need WE THE PEOPLE now, more than ever. thanks!

[@strangetrip837]

Well said, Owen, I agree completely

[@paulstewart6293]

Owen Jones has the same accent as my nephew and looks like him too. Both of them please me. Funny old game.

[@johnmact5548]

Perfect realization

[@Matt-vo1ge]

Ah, seems a distant memory when Aaron was interviewing two of Murdoch's hitmen about Corbyn's demise. Capital fellow!

[@Etheoma]

They don't have to heat their homes, but espeically for the elderly they do have to cool them.

[@sirtristram8297]

Imagine a chain of UK schools/acadamies owned by Murdoch or Rothermere. How would they teach climate change? Sex education? History? Literature?

[@theofungi6562]

What does 'Steps down' actually mean? So powerful they don't need a title? Is this actually a promotion?

[@johnappleyard1244]

Murdoch isn't retiring, He's just avoiding being a executive so that in the upcoming court case he won't have to take the stand.

[@drepachi77]

He's on the RUN

[@psnaris]

It's not like it wasn't pretty venomous before.

[@tonylloyd9285]

Totally agree, corrupt.

[@theoracle7148]

He’s always spot on us Owen

[@Kicklighter.A]

I agree with Owen Jones about very little. But he is spot on about this.

[@bob23301]

Satan has a special place in hell for Murdoch.

[@kiwitrainguy]

From Dad's Army: FRASER - "Joe Walker, you'll burn in the Devils own private furnace."

[@Krazy6ix]

if we didnt have stringent tv media laws for most news shows (outsid eif the bbc) then we'd have sky news Australia esque news shows. openly facist tv with no restriction

[@josefschiltz2192]

I believe that's pretty transparent really. One reason why I haven't read any 'news'papers in many decades. 'News' notably in scare quotes. Noisepapers? I'm sure a more apt terminology can be used to describe these garbage sheets.

[@timcomley5948]

If old Rupert had suggested voting labour you’d be all over him , up your game

[@lakivamcghee157]

I agree with u.😮😮😮

[@justadam1917]

I'm not a supporter of Rupert Murdoch you cannot blame him for printing it if people keep purchasing it

[@mikehutchison4892]

The Murdoch empire isn’t finished……take a look at your television and broadband suppliers.

[@enkaan1676]

Murdoch the creator of the real world matrix.

[@bendaniel2271]

Larold Lamb

[@harrisonj0679]

Why didn’t they get a booster seat for Owen he’s lost in that chair😂❤

[@ikke2757]

Kanye was right!

[@smsheard]

Whats his son like though. It can be worse.

[@healingprotectioncreation7117]

Sky is an official SDG Media Compact member and pushes the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to United Nations Agenda 2030 and Agenda 21.

[@michaelcoyle9262]

Anyone going to ask Owen Jones about his time touring with Russel brand soon? 😂

[@mariahardy2971]

They didn't have to follow esp with that vicious anti semitic campain

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Like deployed 👍

[@colinfuidge8660]

Aaron is on the fence about Rupert.

[@plyjhny]

IMO Brittian just out sources its carbon emissions

[@philsophkenny]

💯

[@shadowofmyfutureself]

Murdoch should be in prison. From the day he bought into UK newspapers he's been nothing but poison

[@owenrichards1418]

Looking at the history of Brexit, thinking that the public are idiots has got them pretty far. Sorry to say.

[@larfermor]

You cant overly dramatise the number of deaths already, and those to come, from climate change & Murdochs actions. Murdoch may have enjoyed this effluent human destroying life of his, but once he leaves it for the afterlife, the shame, embarrassment & regret will weigh on & overwhelm him until he reincarnates with intentions and acts that right these wrongs. That is, If the powers that be are kind enough to give him such an opportunity.

[@telsutton]

Please don't refer to it as, 'Lady Thatcher'. 'Thatch' will do.

[@kiwitrainguy]

In the timeframe they were referring to she wasn't a "Lady" anyway, or was she?🤔

[@paulrudgley1682]

Is Rupert Murdoch's metaphysical belief system in Ensoulment?

[@jamesherron6545]

the apple doesnt fall far from the tree