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My thought for the day.... John LordJohn Lord isn't a journalist but he's is the antithesis of Andrew Bolt and represents the sense and sensitivity of what it means to be an Australian in a 'we' but not just 'me' world. His blog enlightens and doesn't just darken the path ahead read him in 2018, Merry Xmas.
“Have a great festive season. Be careful what you say and who you say it too. Be generous with your praise and moderate with your criticism less it spoil the love that’s in the air.” John Lord
Study: Trump officials appeared on Fox News over 5 times more often than on CNN and MSNBC combined
Murdochian Rule
Study: Trump officials appeared on Fox News over 5 times more often than on CNN and MSNBC combined
Four months of guests on cable news
Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump: A friendship of convenience
Media: Trump, May and Abbott the death of Democracy and the promotion of Fake News
The way CNN's parent company views it, Fox News has adopted a role similar to the one played by Murdoch's British tabloids when they helped advance the agendas of British leaders. As Blair learned, however, even a special relationship with the media baron can sour quickly. He and Murdoch - once so close that Blair was the godfather to Grace Murdoch - are no longer on speaking terms.
During the British government's 2012 inquiry into the mogul's political influence, the former prime minister described what it was like when a story subject falls out of favor with a Murdoch-controlled tabloid.
"Once they're against you, that's it," Blair said. "It's full on, full frontal, day in, day out, basically a lifetime commitment."
via Netherlands Launches Landmark Zero-Subsidy Wind Power Auction
"“The zero subsidy bid is a breakthrough for the cost competitiveness of offshore wind and it demonstrates the technology's massive global growth potential as a cornerstone in the economically viable shift to green energy systems," Samuel Leupold, the head of Denmark Dong Energy's wind power unit, one of the winning bidders, told Financial Times. "
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