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Easy question, maybe - AussieMick - 06-12-2023 08:44 PM

How is Rupert Murdoch connected (or similar) to Abraham Lincoln?


RE: Easy question, maybe - Steve - 06-12-2023 11:54 PM

They both own/ed newspapers. Murdoch has a newspaper empire; Lincoln bought an Illinois German language newspaper in 1859 to try and make appeals directly to that bloc of voters.


RE: Easy question, maybe - AussieMick - 06-13-2023 03:39 AM

100% perfect , Steve.