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Roger Cohen uses the example of the News Corporation scandal to hold a mirror up to the society that enabled a criminal enterprise to feed garbage to its audience and hold governments hostage to its ability to shape public opinion. Rupert Murdoch is a product of Anglo Saxon social systems that have put everything up for sale on the market. Murdoch explained his success very simply. He told us that he gives the people what they want, just as any business does. In doing so he corrupts them as well as the governments that take advantage of his power to influence elections.
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