How the Murdoch Family Built an Empire—and Remade the News
How the Murdoch Family Built an Empire—and Remade the News
This article reviews Gabriel Sherman's book “Bonfire of the Murdochs,” examining the historical development and controversial practices of the Murdoch media empire, from Sir Keith Murdoch's early journalistic career to Rupert Murdoch’s impact on British tabloids and Fox News. It delves into the family's internal power struggles, their manipulation of news for profit and political influence, and the lasting legacy of their 'degraded vision of journalism' on public discourse and democratic principles.
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the fox news empire seems so vast, it is easy to forget it's connection to the sky network and the lack of morals its leadership led with to its demise.
unfortunately instead of ending it rebirthed with fox.
it's easy to dislike fox and the murdochs. it's much harder to soley blame them for the ills of misinformation and degregadation of democracy. a big player yes. but fuel on an existing fire? maybe.
on the otherhand, with great power comes great responsibility. unfortunately, with enough power, we see the dangers of decoupling from that responsibility, so perhaps it doesn't matter what role fox and the murdochs have played when it comes time to judging them and if their network should remain on air.
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