Rupert Murdoch says media needs to ‘confront wave of censorship’ and slams ‘awful woke orthodoxy’

Rupert Murdoch, 89, warns that ‘awful woke orthodoxy’ is suppressing freedom of speech in a wave of censorship’ as he receives lifetime achievement award and says ‘I’m far from done’ The 89-year-old made the remarks in a prerecorded video shown on Saturday Murdoch received an award from British non-profit Australia Day Foundation He told those … Read more

James Murdoch says there will be a ‘reckoning’ for the media after Capitol riots

James Murdoch, the youngest son of billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, claimed on Friday that U.S. news outlets will be faced with a ‘reckoning’ after last week’s deadly pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol.  In an interview with the Financial Times, the younger Murdoch blamed ‘media property owners’ for unleashing ‘insidious and uncontrollable forces’ with their … Read more

Fox execs fear a shake-up as Rupert Murdoch returns to the US thanks to vaccine courtesy of NHS

Fox executives are said to be fearful a shake-up is on the cards as Rupert Murdoch is heading back to the US thanks to him getting the COVID-19 vaccine courtesy of the UK’s NHS.  The media mogul, who will turn 90 in March, got the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine in recent days, sources … Read more

Rupert Murdoch, 89, receives Covid vaccine as Fox News hosts are sceptical about jabs

Rupert Murdoch, 89, gets the Covid vaccine On the NHS at his local GP surgery in England… while his US Fox News hosts question the jabs and create doubts about whether public should be ‘nervous’  Billionaire was whisked to a dedicated centre in Henley, Oxfordshire this week Mr Murdoch said he ‘strongly encouraged’ people worldwide to … Read more

Angry Trump rang Rupert Murdoch as Fox News called Arizona for Biden

Furious Donald Trump called Rupert Murdoch to scream at him after Fox called Arizona for Joe Biden – but the media mogul refused to back down Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden before AP, CNN or NBC AP has since called Arizona, but CNN and NBC believe it is too close to call Donald … Read more

James Murdoch says he quit his father’s media empire because they were ‘legitimizing disinformation’

James Murdoch has said he quit his father’s media empire because it was ‘legitimizing disinformation’ and slammed ‘crazy’ Trump for ‘infecting the US with cruelty’ and downplaying COVID-19.   The youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his second wife Anna told the New York Times about his decision to break free from the family business, … Read more

ANTM’s Amanda Ware reflects on the moment Sarah Murdoch announced the WRONG winner

‘I still cringe to this day’: Australia’s Next Top Model star Amanda Ware reflects on the moment host Sarah Murdoch announced the WRONG winner on the show By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:42 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 13:27 BST, 22 September 2020 Kelsey Martinovich was mistakenly announced as the winner … Read more

Murdoch Jr ploughs into green farming company AppHarvest

Murdoch Jr ploughs into green farming company AppHarvest The start-up is building the world’s largest greenhouse  It hopes to open the huge indoor farm in Kentucky in the autumn By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 He quit his father’s … Read more

Lachlan Murdoch fires back at James in memo to Fox staff in which he praises their news coverage

Lachlan Murdoch appears to have fired back at younger brother James in a memo to Fox staff Thursday in which he praised the network’s news coverage.   James, 47, quit the board of News Corp at the end of last month blaming ‘disagreements over certain editorial content published by the company’s news outlets’. On Thursday Lachlan, 48, who … Read more

James Murdoch steps down after he and his wife grew disillusioned with company’s coverage 

Did Rupert Murdoch’s son quit his media empire because it isn’t woke enough? ‘Liberal of the family’ James steps down after he and his environmentalist wife grew disillusioned with company’s coverage The 47-year-old cited editorial disagreements in his bombshell resignation letter He was once seen as the favourite to take over the News Corporation empire … Read more