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It may be anything by safe to say, but it is nonetheless true, that Rupert Murdoch has done more damage to Western Democracy than the Communist Party, Al Qaeda and the Medellin Cartel combined. He's been pouring poison in our ears for years.

It would be really nice if the hacking scandal led to his demise and to that of his underlings. But soon enough the New York Times will be running a story about how he weathered this crisis like a real pro and came out smelling like a rose. Because that's how degraded our discourse has become -- in no small part due to Rupert Murdoch.