Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and Fox News He abandons the information empire and hands it over to his first-born son, Lachlan Murdoch. He thus ‘retires’ after more than seven decades at the head of the more than 200 media outlets (The Sun, The Wall Street, Times…) that he has championed.
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Murdoch managed to convert some newspapers Australians in an entire media empire with great political influence; influence of which he himself has boasted. For example, he supported the Iraq war, implicitly acknowledging years later that he had “supported George Bush’s policies.”
Another of the controversies in which the magnate has been involved is “having been cornered by justice” for having supported his confessed friend. donald trump in the electoral fraud that he announced.
Also due to the voracious sensationalism of some of its media, its reputation in the United Kingdom was affected when a scandal was uncovered in which several of its publications were accused of wiretapping the Royal Family, politicians and celebrities. “It is the most humiliating day of my life,” he confessed at the trial.
After these and other controversies, the “owner of the news” gives up the world and passes over to his first-born son, Lachlan Murdoch.
Source: Lasexta
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