OK, just a thought . . . .

[no_hypocrisy]

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What if TSF filing a defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ is another one of his financial ploys (a sham)?

Specifically, what if:

1. TSF wanted to gift/bribe Murdoch (or Murdoch "requested" a payment) to perpetuate good media on FOX,
2. But, if he did that, bad publicity and gift taxes.
3. So, fabricate a lawsuit where consequently TSF "settles" for $16 million (same # as CBS settlement),
4. Murdoch counersues, they “settle”, and
5. Murdoch gets his money; TSF gets his network; and nobody knows the bait-and-switch.

[emulatorloo]

1. Occam's Razor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor

Trump is panicking about the Epstein story. He wants it to go away.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. And the WSJ will fade and be a footnote.

And Murdoch still gets his $16 million.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. I don't see how Murdoch gets his money

when he pays Trump.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. OK. Trump "settles" the lawsuit with Murdoch.

Trump settles for $16 million (maybe more) and pays that amount to Murdoch and attorneys fees.

Murdoch gets the money. Its a transfer of wealth under the sham of "justice".

[Scrivener7]

4. Cankles isn't that smart.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. But Murdoch is.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. I like the way you think.

We had a City attorney, who I believed did just that. I met the gadfly of the city and in different conversations I learned that the City attorney covered his costs to go up against an opponent of the City, and later, "lost" to him in a private civil suit.

When you deal with Florida power-hitters, expect the worst.