Linda Ronstadt's 1983 warning about Rupert Murdoch's dangerous media tactics was eerily prophetic

Decades before Fox News altered the media landscape, Linda Ronstadt, a star known more for her melodies than her media critiques, delivered a powerful warning. In a 1983 Australian TV interview — 13 years before the launch of Fox News — she spoke out against Rupert Murdoch's sensationalist newspapers with astoundingly accurate foresight:

It's amazing to me that people read, you know, stuff in People Magazine or the National Enquirer. — Read the rest