The mainstream left - this time in the Financial Times - wants to discuss a caricature of the debate around national identity, family and society within conservatism across the world
One irony is that what’s now labeled “conservatism” in the US owes an enormous debt (might have been impossible without) the Aussie Rupert Murdoch and tactics he developed in the U.K.
Rightwing American conservatives may not take over the British right, but Murdoch’s lowbrow, populist tabloid approach (as exemplified by Fox) routed the William F. Buckley/‘National Review’ legacy in the states.
One irony is that what’s now labeled “conservatism” in the US owes an enormous debt (might have been impossible without) the Aussie Rupert Murdoch and tactics he developed in the U.K.
Rightwing American conservatives may not take over the British right, but Murdoch’s lowbrow, populist tabloid approach (as exemplified by Fox) routed the William F. Buckley/‘National Review’ legacy in the states.
Never thought of it that way. But yes.
Bonus point: Murdoch’s ‘NY Post’ was largely responsible for Trump’s initial fame in the ‘80s & ‘90s.