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Rupert Murdoch Slams ‘Woke Orthodoxy’ and Social Media’s ‘Rigidly Enforced Conformity’

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorRupert Murdoch has been silent on Twitter for nearly five years, but the media baron has come out swinging against social media and what he described as the prevalence of a “woke orthodoxy” in the online realm.Murdoch,89, created a stir with a two-minute video message that was released in connection with his receiving the Australia Day Foundation’s lifetime achievement award.

The video was posted on the website of Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper, which News Corp. owns.Murdoch’s remarks veer from a conventional thank-you for a lifetime achievement honor and kind words about his “undying love” for his native country to a deliberate swipe at social media.

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