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06-12-2023, 07:44 PM
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Easy question, maybe
How is Rupert Murdoch connected (or similar) to Abraham Lincoln?
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06-12-2023, 10:54 PM
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RE: Easy question, maybe
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.
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06-13-2023, 02:39 AM
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100% perfect , Steve.
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