Malcolm Turnbull, the former Australian prime minister, on the Murdochs and the 'market for crazy'

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🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This bonus podcast episode contains Brian Stelter's entire interview with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. They discuss the international influence of Rupert Murdoch's media empire; the impact of Murdoch's climate denialism; the growing family divide between brothers Lachlan and James Murdoch; Fox's "imitators in the right wing media ecosystem;" and more. Turnbull says Rupert "has to take responsibility for what he has done." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, for a bonus edition of the Reliable Sources podcast, why does a former world leader,
0:08.7	who is known Rupert Murdoch for decades, say that the Murdoch media empire has had a devastating
0:15.4	impact on democracy.
0:18.5	That's one of the questions that we're getting into here.
0:20.8	It's a bonus episode, so let's cue the music.
0:24.6	I'm Brian Stelter, and as you probably know, this is our podcast edition of Reliable
0:29.7	Sources.
0:31.2	We wanted to share with you my recent interview with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm
0:37.4	Turnbull.
0:39.2	You may have seen a few minutes of this interview on television, on our CNN TV edition of Reliable
0:45.9	Sources, but Turnbull had so much more to say, and so we thought we would share the
0:51.5	full interview with you here on the pod.
0:55.6	Turnbull ripped into Rupert Murdoch recently at a parliamentary proceeding in Australia.
1:02.1	He has been outspoken about what he believes is the damage to democracy that Fox News and
1:09.3	Murdoch's newspapers are doing in the US, the UK, and his beloved Australia.
1:16.5	It is rather rare to hear someone of Turnbull's caliber speaking out, so bluntly, against
1:23.6	the Murdoch's.
1:25.1	So without any further ado, let's get to the full interview with Malcolm Turnbull.
1:31.2	Thank you so much for joining me.
1:33.0	Great to be with you.
1:34.0	Do you perceive that world leaders and former heads of state are afraid of taking on the
1:40.0	Murdoch media empire, and if so, why is that?
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