Tag Archives: Rupert Murdoch

Murdoch Roasts Trump For Obsessing On 2020 Election

The Guardian reports: Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch has said Donald Trump should stop focusing “on the past” in a rare public rebuke of the former US president. On Wednesday addressing the annual meeting of stockholders for News Corp Murdoch said: “The current American political debate is profound, whether about education or welfare or economic opportunity. “It is crucial that …

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WSJ Board Defends Running Trump’s “Bananas” Letter

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter that we published a letter to the editor Thursday from former President Trump, objecting to our editorial pointing out that he lost Pennsylvania last year by 80,555 votes. We trust our readers to make up their own minds about his statement. And we think it’s …

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Fox News Hires Piers Morgan For New Nightly Show

Fox News reports: Veteran broadcaster Piers Morgan will join News Corp and FOX News Media in a global deal that includes content across a variety of platforms, including FOX Nation and the New York Post. “Piers is the broadcaster every channel wants but is too afraid to hire,” News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch said. “Piers is a brilliant presenter, …

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Anti-Mask NY Post Requires Employees To Be Masked

CNN Business reports: The New York Post, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid that has peddled a high volume of anti-mask rhetoric during the pandemic, informed employees this month that they are required to wear a mask while at the office, according to a memo obtained by CNN Business. The New York Post’s mask mandate is the latest example of the brazen …

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YouTube Suspends Australian Network For COVID Lies

Reuters reports: Sky News Australia said on Sunday it has been temporarily suspended by the video-sharing site YouTube following the platform’s review of content for compliance with its COVID-19 policies. The 24-hour cable and television channel, which claims to have 1.85 million YouTube subscribers, is operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd and is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. …

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Murdoch Drops Plans For British Version Of Fox News

The Guardian reports: Rupert Murdoch has drastically scaled backed plans for a new opinionated television service in the UK, after concluding that it is not financially viable to launch a fully fledged rolling news channel in the style of Fox News. Rebekah Brooks, the chief executive of his News UK company, told staff the enormous cost of getting a television …

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Murdoch’s New York Post Backs Biden On Gun Control

From the editorial board of the New York Post: President Joe Biden called Tuesday for Congress to move immediately to “ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.” It’s a start, though he’ll have to reach across party lines for real this time, since some Democrats are as anti-gun-control as the bulk of today’s GOP. The New York Post does not see …

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Britain To Be Afflicted With Two Fox News Wannabees

The New York Times reports: Beset by declining ratings, upheaval in its on-air ranks and a multibillion-dollar defamation suit related to its election coverage, Fox News is staggering out of the Trump era — blamed by many for seeding the poisonous political culture that brought a violent mob into the halls of the United States Capitol. Yet in Britain, where …

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Fox Owner Murdoch Denounces “Woke Orthodoxy”

The New York Times reports: The media mogul Rupert Murdoch denounced an “awful woke orthodoxy” and declared, “I’m far from done,” while accepting a lifetime achievement award this weekend. Mr. Murdoch, 89, made the remarks in a prerecorded video shown on Saturday during a virtual event for the United Kingdom nonprofit that honored him, the Australia Day Foundation. The video …

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Fox Owner Rupert Murdoch Gets COVID Vax In UK

The Guardian reports: Rupert Murdoch has become the latest public figure to have the coronavirus vaccine, visiting his local GP’s surgery late on Wednesday to receive his first dose. A convoy of Range Rovers delivered the 89-year-old billionaire to a dedicated vaccine centre in Henley, Oxfordshire, where normal hours are understood to have been extended at the last minute. An …

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New York “Hunter Biden’s Laptop” Post Turns On “Downcast” Trump For “Baseless Election Fraud Claims”

From the New York Post: President Trump repeated his unfounded claim that his political opponents were trying to steal the election from him during a briefing on Thursday evening as he trailed his opponent and remaining swing states were leaning toward a Joe Biden presidency. The president railed against what he called “illegal votes,” not acknowledging that the US election …

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Trump Called Fox Owner To Rage About Arizona Call

Vanity Fair reports: A civil war is raging between Fox News and Donald Trump over Fox’s controversial decision to be the first media outlet to call Arizona for Joe Biden just before 11:30 p.m. last night. According to a source, Trump phoned Fox owner Rupert Murdoch to scream about the call and demand a retraction. Murdoch refused, and the call …

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Rupert Murdoch Thinks Biden Will Win in Landslide

The Daily Beast reports: President Trump’s influential supporter Rupert Murdoch is telling close associates he believes Joe Biden will win the election in a landslide. The Australian-born billionaire is disgusted by Trump’s handling of COVID-19, remarking that the president is his own worst enemy, that he is not listening to advice about how best to handle the pandemic, and that …

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Murdoch Gives Up Bonus As Fox Parent Posts $1B Loss

Reuters reports: News Corp Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch is forgoing his cash bonus for the year after the media company posted a $1 billion quarterly loss due to a write-down in the value of its Australian pay TV unit and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its businesses. The company’s chief executive officer, Robert Thomson, who is giving up …

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Fox News Sued Over “False, Deceptive” Virus Reporting

The Times Of San Diego reports: A Washington state group has become the first in the nation to sue Fox News over its coronavirus coverage, asking a state court to keep the cable network from airing false information about the pandemic. The 10-page complaint — filed Thursday in King County — also names as defendants Fox News Corp., owner Rupert …

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Dem Rep Wants Probe Of Barr/Murdoch Meeting

Mediaite reports: California Democratic Congressman Harley Rouda — who sits on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform — told SiriusXM host Dean Obeidallah that his committee should investigate the meeting between Trump Attorney General Bill Barr and Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch, which was followed quickly by the resignation of anchor Shepard Smith. Rouda said, “What the hell is the …

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Murdoch’s New York Post: Ban Assault Weapons Now

From the editorial board of the New York Post: The NRA is falling apart at the seams these days — with insiders profiteering from hysteria-driven fundraising finally exposed. Far wiser to appeal now to the (much more numerous) Americans who hunt or keep guns for self-defense but are appalled by the endless string of mass shootings. Come up with answers. …

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Murdoch Flack Scrubs Trump/Rape Story From NY Post

Slate reports: The New York Post tabloid has reportedly scrubbed the conservative news site of any mention of E. Jean Carroll’s recent rape allegation made against President Donald Trump last week in New York magazine. The Post’s website had carried two posts about the bombshell, one by a New York Post reporter and another Associated Press wire story about the …

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Major New York Times Exposé Rips Lid Off Fox News

The New York Times reports: Rupert Murdoch, the founder of a global media empire that includes Fox News, has said he “never asked a prime minister for anything.” But that empire has given him influence over world affairs in a way few private citizens ever have, granting the Murdoch family enormous sway over not just the United States, but English-speaking …

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Fox News Spiked 2016 Stormy Story To Help Trump

Raw Story reports: An explosive new report from The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer claims that Fox News spiked a story about Donald Trump paying off former adult film star Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election because it didn’t want to hurt his candidacy. According to Mayer’s sources, reporter Diana Falzone had obtained documentation showing that former Trump “fixer” had …

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