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Is Rupert Murdoch already back-channelling Biden?

How intriguing that Jerry Hall, wife of conservative media proprietor Rupert Murdoch, donated $500 to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign last month. According to recent filings with the US Federal Election Commission, she also donated $1000 to Pete Buttigieg’s campaign in February.

These are token contributions, and Hall has a mind of her own, yet the temptation to conceive of these as wily Murdoch machinations is nigh-on overwhelming.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news

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