Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says Rupert Murdoch’s ‘anger-tainment’ damaged the democratic world

Longstanding Murdoch critic says mogul leaves hell of a legacy', as minister suggests he will still play very big role'

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Rupert Murdoch has been accused of doing enormous damage to the democratic world" by a former Australian prime minister, as senior political figures in his country of birth greet news of the mogul stepping down as chair of his media empire with scepticism.

Malcolm Turnbull, a former Liberal prime minister and advocate for a royal commission into the Murdoch media empire, said the media mogul had created an anger-tainment ecosystem" that had left the US angrier and more divided than it's been at any time since the civil war".