Dan Rather: I felt a shudder down my spine yesterday watching Donald Trump

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35. Pandora's Box Courtesy of Rupert Murdoch

I hold Rupert Murdoch and his ilk primarily responsible for the rise of Trump and the right wings descent into madness. You can't prime the pump of anger, racism, xenophobia, and authoritarianism day after day for the last 15 years on Fox News and hate filled radio and expect a civil result. There was bound to be an explosion at some point, and we're starting to witness the final stages of what a continuous diet of right wing propaganda does to people's ability to reason. Just look at the number of actual physical assaults happening against immigrants and the LBGT community across the country in Trumps name. Murdoch and his minions have unleashed the ugly, ignorant American on steroids, for all the world to see. And to most people who still have critical thinking skills it's a very disturbing site. Rupert is a pox on any country he establishes himself in. A sorrier excuse for a human would be hard to find.