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The Other Loser In Britain's Election
Failure to secure a May victory highlights the decline of an industry.
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It's a bad day to be a U.K. press baron. Fleet Street's finest had lined up to endorse Theresa May ahead of an election that backfired badly for her.
Rupert Murdoch's tabloid Sun, credited for swinging elections in the past, had called on Brits to keep Jeremy Corbyn's "sinister Marxist gang" from power. Given the result could also jeopardize his effort to take over Sky Plc, there's little wonder he was said to have done this: