so, rupert murdoch came up with this plan. he had set up this alternative printing site in east london. he brought a lot of computers and more technology for the production of his newspapers. and secretly, on the cover, >> and then a pirate workforce had been recruited.and were trained up to run the machines. >> murdoch claimed at the time that he was going to develop a new newspaper called the london post. >> the london post.next but rupert murdoch's plans for a new paper, the post also relied doubly on a move away from fleet street. >> londonpost would be produced , and then murdoch announced that this new newspaper would need new terms of employment. >> murdoch delivers this really strict and nonnegotiable set of demands, and he says they're going to apply not only to this london post, but all of his newspapers. >> murdoch knows that the unions could never accept these terms. he wants them to reject the terms, and they take the bait. the workers vote to go on strike. >> under the uk laws at the time, you could lose your job

. >> he is rupert murdoch. >> it's 2018, and rupert murdoch and his wife, jerry hall are vacationing in the caribbean on his son lachlan's, amazing yacht, the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. it's this exquisite sailing vessel. it's a work of art. as we understand it, they're sleeping on the boat. it's the caribbean. it's peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can't get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. >> he has not yet designated an heir. >> and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. ♪ >> stand by. >> there we go. okay. >> get ready to roll. >> tell me a little bit about rupert murdoch. >> rupert murdoch is the most powerful political force in america. >> you can put an eagle in a cage and the eagle will not give in. you don't know what they're thinking but you know it's going to end up well for you. that's how i think of him. >> i'm a murdoch admirer. i always ha

and that is exactly what rupert murdoch wants to be. >> rupert lands in new york, looking for opportunities to build his empire. >> rupert murdoch decided that he was going to put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am, you better pay some attention. and i'm going to have one hell of an impact. >> with me now, jim rutenberg, writer at large for "the new york times" and jonathan mahler, a staff writer for "the new york times" magazine. jim and jonathan are consulting producers for "the murdochs: empire of influence" and the series features their exclusive reporting. jim, we talk about this global empire. one of the biggest media empires in history. how big? how profitable are we talking? >> well, it's -- first of all, there's nothing really like it on the planet. rupert controls a lot of the media, murdoch and his company, his family, it's a publicly held company, it controls a lot of the media in australia, a lot of the newspapers in the uk, and here in the u.s. he's got "the wall street journal," the "new york post," and of course, he has fox news. >> and wildly profitable, i think i

. >> rupert's goal was never money. >> he's got his eyes on a much bigger game. >> rupert murdoch is the most powerful political force in america. >> politicians have been sucking up to rupert murdoch for decades. >> he is building this dynasty to hand to his children. >> he set it up into a trial by combat. >> there is no such thing as a sure bet in the succession battle. it is a kill or be killed mentality. >> whoever succeeds him wields this absolutely gargantuan influence. >> the murdochs, empire of influence, new episode premiere tonight at 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. only on cnn. so adding “and” student might feel daunting. national university is here to support all your “ands.” national university. supporting the whole you. ever wonder what everyone's doing on their phones? they're investing with merrill. think miss allen is texting for backup? no she's totally in charge. of her portfolio and daniel g. she's ilding a greener future and he's... running a pretend restaurant. and phil? phil has questions, but none of them are about his portfolio. digital tools so impressive, your

cnn's athena jones has more. >> rupert murdoch. >> rupert murdoch. >> reporter: rupert murdoch, patriarch of arguably the most influential media family in the world. billionaire businessman who has already transformed america's political and media landscape. and who could shape the next presidential election. >> there really hadn't been this kind of media political power in american history. >> reporter: over seven decades the news corporation chairman built an empire, amassing unrivaled power on three continents. supporting conservative politicians and policies from margaret thatcher -- >> his newspapers had backed her. and she in turn backed him. >> reporter: -- and ronald reagan to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like the "wall street journal," "the new york post," and particularly fox news the media titan plays a major role in republican politics. >> you used to talk about the republican national committee. now we talk about fox news. >> reporter: but as potential gop contenders eye the white house, how will murdoch and his holdings approach 2024? especially former presid

our athena jones has more. >> rupert murdoch. >> reporter: rupert murdoch, patriarch of one of the wealthiest in the world. who has transformed the political anded me afterlandscape and who could shape the ned presidential election. >> there really hadn't been this kind of media political power. >> reporter: over seven decades amassing unwielded power on three continents. support politicians from margaret thatcher. >> this is newspaper. that backed him. and she in turn backed him. >> reporter: and ronald reagan to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like "the wall street journal," the "new york post" and particularly fox news, the media titan playing a major role in politics. >> now, we talk about fox news. >> reporter: with gop contenders eyeing the white house how will murdoch and his holdings 842024, especially donald trump. the journal and the posed editorial pages provide some clues. >> a lot of the president's problems are of his own creation. >> reporter: an on fox -- >> when rupert murdoch got on, we saw a voice in commentator ranks and an lift ranks. now we're seeing comment

athena jones has more. >> rupert murdoch. >> rupert murdoch. >> reporter: patriarch of arguably the most influential media family in the world. billionaire businessman who has already transformed america's political and media landscape and who could shape the next presidential election. >> there really hadn't been this kind of media political power in american history. >> reporter: over seven decades, the news corporation chairman built an empire amassing unrivaled power on three continents. supporting conservative politicians and policies, from margaret thatcher -- >> the newspapers have backed her, and she in turn backed him. >> reporter: and ronald reagan, to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like the "wall street journal," the "new york post," and particularly fox news, the media titan plays a major role in republican politics. >> talk about the republican national committee, now we talk about fox news. >> reporter: as potential gop contenders eye the white house, how will murdoch and his holdings approach 20 gore? especially former president donald trump? the "journal" an

it rupert murdoch decided he was going to put his stamp on the city of new york, here i am you better pay some attention, and i'm gonna have one of an impact. >> well it's fascinating, joining, now jim ruttenberg writer at large for the new york times, and jonathan mueller, a staff writer for new york times magazine, our consulting produces firmer talks and part of influence, and the series interviews they're exclusive reporting, and happy to have them here. thanks so much, i appreciate it, jimmy to start with, you the largest media empire in history, give us some perspective of how big and powerful, and profitable of the murdoch family empire is. >> just look at what they have here in the united states the fox news channel, the fox broadcast network, the wall street journal, the new york post. in the uk, they have the sun, the times of london, they control a lot of that newspaper marking, they control a lot of the news market in australia, a lot of the english speaking world they control news, and a lot of entertainment. >> and it's not always -- the journalistic integrity is not alw

and maybe even the entire world and that is exactly where rupert murdoch wants to be. >> rupert lands in new york and looking for opportunities to build his empire. >> rupert murdoch decided he was going to put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention and i'm going to have one hell of an impact. >> david, please hold that thought. apologies. antony blinken, speaking at the u.n. general assemblies. let's listen in. >> thank you for your determination and the moral clarity that you brought to ending this brutal war and defending the u.n. core principles an also for your personal engagement for grain to flow once again from ukraine. mr. khan, we're grateful for the efforts for the office of the prosecutor to investigate objectively and professionally the atrocities being committed in ukraine by russian forces and for its support for and coordination with ukraine investigators and prosecutors. we hear a lot about the division as mong countries at the united nations. but recently what is striking is the remarkable unit among member states when it comes to

rupert murdoch, of course, one of the most powerful forces in modern media. when you look back at his career how key has been fomenting anger and division been to that success? >> well, i guess you could think of it as rupert murdoch like the political party specifically like the republican party these days really it was about playing to a base voter. and that alone can be divisive, but because very much the sensibility was my media outlets are with you against them. >> when it comes to politics, u.s. politics, rupert murdoch was a late supporter of trump when he announced his candidacy. and you have said that murdoch is now turning on trump and giving more and more airtime to the florida governor ron desantis, a potential rival of president trump in 2024. so how much of a blow is that to former president trump? >> well, we'll see about that. yes, certainly mr. murdoch and his son are sending every signal that they will treat former president trump like just another candidate, but the same thing happened in 2016 where mr. murdoch was not initially supportive

decision being made by rupert murdoch, to invite william barr on fox every day so far this week, to condemn judge aileen cannon's attempts to help donald trump. today, william barr told the fox audience this. >> there is no scenario, legally, in which the president gets to keep the documents government documents, unless it's whether it is classified or unclassified. -- if you find very sensitive documents in trump's desk, along with his passports that ties trump to those documents. the passports are things that the government -- you know, they are personal stuff to trump. but the fact that they are found with the classified documents is evidentiary. and the government decides whether that is relevant. eventually, he will get that stuff back. >> donald trump called william barr a rino the first time he said something on fox opposing the judges ruling. william barr today said that he hopes the justice department appeals judge cannon's decision. and he said, the evidence is now very close to being enough to prosecute donald trump. >> will the government be able to make that a technical

. >> he is rupert murdoch. >> it's 2018, and rupert murdoch and his wife, jerry hall are vacationing in the caribbean on his

often a note but if like rupert murdoch. and like you know sinclair broadcasting is another company that you may have heard of that's buying up of local television stations all over the country and you may have seen a video that went viral a couple of years ago dozens dozens of these local news anchors were forced to read up basically a conservative propagandists. that's it by the end of the cat we can't leave it there because- at pioneers were about solutions. and there is a solution to this. and it's. you. and i mean they're very specifically and i think the i am convinced her. everything that i've seen in of in the story of what has happened to news in this country and around the world that the only way we are going to have. journalists in that serves the public that serves the democracy that it's a part of it is for the public to take ownership of it. and that is a very different models so you know again at mother jones that's we've kind of been a forty three year experiment in creating. this sort of model we were starte

. >>> over the last several decades rupert murdoch. >> revealing through the exclusive reporting how one family's ambitions are shaping business, media and politics around the globe. ♪ ♪ >> rupert has always operated from an incredibly privileged perch but that has not prevented him from feeling a sense of outsiderishness and aggrievement. >> his sense of aknowing he'll never be accepted by these people so he invents a new language for them. >> it's arcticulating a passion of an audience overlooked and a voice and media and by the way, he makes a penny or two off of it. >> take the offensive. >> no. >> for six weeks so much the better. >> let's bring in the editor and chief of ""vanity "vanity fair appears in the new murdoch series. if you've ever seen succession in all of the drama and ugliness, they think it's very similar to the murdochs. give us perspective on how big and powerful and vast their impact really is. >> whatever you may think, however big or powerful or influ we th -- influential you think, it's more than that. news corp is an incredibly powerful company worth no

talk about media that have completely given up their autonomy, fox news, and rupert murdoch's empire with consistently in favor of the war on iraq. in fact, all his editors about a 180 of them took a pro war line in the lead up to the iraq war one, oregon. saddam begins. we expect every american to support our military and if they can't do that, to shut on color or audiences were led to believe the iraq war would be over in months. if not weeks and months. our patients will be one of our strengths that american troops would not end up meyer there or in afghanistan, which the us invaded to hunt down some a been loudon and al qaeda and where a decade after been loggins assassination. american forces remained when the biden administration finally and the afghan stan mission last month. american news companies featured many of the same voices. obviously, this is an unmitigated disaster column. we did, our dc party defense contract that had advocated for the invasions and the subsequent occupation were now arguing that the us was leading afghans at the mercy of the taliban. and abandoning

rupert murdoch's paper did. listening to them trying to figure what sources they trust. conservative voices can be very powerful in influencing people who lean conservative, but may be skeptical of this version of the political party or president trump or something like that. >> you wrote about fact-checker 's in here. fact-checking doesn't have the power that it used to have. do you think that will remain? or do you think there is a way -- a lot of people, we'll go fact-check it. your argument is that the factors don't have as much way as they used. do >> they actually have the opposite impact in a lot of ways. cnn and the new york times fact-check, i like cnn and the new york times, but they're the most targeted, they now have the most distrust for them on the right. the mere fact that they say it's not true is proof that it is true. fact-checking cannot be the way in which we are going to win the war on truth. we are going to need some other ways to do it. it can be voices and experts to do it. >> you mentioned school boards, that is a local election. what your book t

. >>> and in the new cnn original series "the murdochs," we take a look at rupert murdoch and the future of his empire. >> i think i was a good dad, not always present dad but i think beloved by his kids. the kids walked in his office, it didn't matter which one, he would immediately stop everything and hug them. i don't think he deliberately set them up against each other, but that doesn't mean they didn't feel that he was doing that. >> from the time that we were very small, this is one of the lessons that dad taught me, it had been very clear that you have to control your o own destiny. >> be sure to tune in to the all new originalal series "the murdochs, empire of influence" it premieres tonight only on cnn. a story of love and obsession. affirmations, etched in vinyl. [ it's funny how the universe works. ] such tree-mendous views. i'm at a moss for words. when a cough tries to steal dad's punchlines, he tak robitussin naturals powered by 100% ug-free ingredients. are you gonna leaf me hanging? soothe your cough naturally. ["only wanna be with you" by hootie & the blowfish] discover

it could in fact be one rupert murdoch. 55-year-old mr. murdoch is in the midst of building what "forbes" magazine says is the most extensive media empire in history. >> a huge development in television, the hegemony of the three broadcast networks was presumed to be complete, and rupert murdoch, having disrupted the newspaper business in australia, the television business in britain, he arrives in america and basically says i don't really see why there should only be three broadcast networks, i'm going to make another one. this was a big bold bet. >> meantime, he will have to become an american citizen if he is to own tv stations here, something murdoch says he is willing to do. >> there are some people who are saying that it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on a par with the big three. are you prepared to wait that long? >> sure. i certainly intend to live that long. but i don't believe in the 20 years. >> the reaction to murdoch's idea for a fourth network was similar to the reaction of ted turner starting cnn. it's ridicu

we have rupert murdoch operating full throttle here, mostly through the newspapers. the great majority of our newspapers are owned by billionaires or corporations run by billionaires. they are lethal to democracy. keir starmer is trying to appeal to them, appease them. our history shows if they don't back you, you are very and ugly to become prime minister and form a new government. -- you are very unlikely to become prime minister and form a new government. people are ready for massive change. but he is cowardly. his strategy seems to be if i just sit here and not be a conservative, people are going to be so disgusted and horrified by the conservatives that they will have to vote for me. they will have to vote for labour. it is a dangerous strategy because of people see politics don't deliver for them, that if there iso real choice, no it is going to stand up for workers, know what is going to stand up for the living world, no one is going to stand up for hard-pressed families were desperately struggling to pay the rent and pay the bills, then they don't turn to one

. >> rupert's goal was never money. >> he has his eyes on a much bigger game. >> rupert murdoch is the most powerful political force in america. >> politicians have been sucking up to murdoch for decades. >> he is building this dynasty to hand to his children. >> he set it up into a trial by combat. >> there's no such thing as a sherbet in the succession battle. >> it's kill or be killed mentality. >> whoever succeeds wields this gargantuan influence. >> the murdochs, two-episode premiere only on cnn. can “no w”. no wayyyy. no waaayyy! no way! [p[phone ringing] hm. no way! no way! priceline. every trip is a big deal. she was supposed to be the one. i used to believe in the one. and then i realized, there's plenty of savings in t sea. what? amazon has daily deals, so every day is a chce to meethe deal that catches your eye, that shakes your soul, that changes your destiny. i'm gonna go check on those tater tots. learn all the ways to save with amazon. medium latte, half-caff, no foam. quite the personalized order. i know what i like. i've been meaning to ask you, carl. does your fir

rupert murdoch himself could be deposed. in the court filings dominion argues that fox cynically exploited wild claims of fraud to win back viewers who were angry that fox had initially and accurately reported the fact that joe biden won the election. now, you can't understand a case without understanding both sides, and we've heard from many different people throughout all of this. fox news' lawyers and its management insist everything they will did is covered and protected by the first amendment. they wouldn't comment on this specific producer email information but they also argue a kind of a dodge about the news. they say that because donald trump was then president, outgoing or not and was saying all these things, they had a newsworthy reason to cover them. that's their defense. what happens if they make it to trial? well, we will keep reporting on this big story. i'll be right back. i'll be right ckba the chef's chicken sandwiches at panera, freshly prepared with clean ingredients... spark an explosion of the senses. so

murdoch, another person who who actually doesn't talk to me anymore from in that profile. but we spent an enormous amounts of time and i know from the early conversation about his father he revered and the early days of oxford, where he was a radical leftist and had a lennon bust in his dorm room at oxford. murdoch to me, i became someone really intimate with him. i mean, ken knows me. i've shared with him that i haven't shared with people who work for me and i think that happens. and and it's one of the things that allows you to profile someone, hopefully with some insight. we also talked briefly about, if you could, interviewed weinstein. what would you have asked him? well, i actually i worked i was scheduled at first. i tell the story in the book, but at first he was getting very nervous about i'm the only one doing a biography of him. and so he tells his pr guy, he said, i'll talk to ken. this is from prison. if ken agrees to ask me any negative questions that come up in the book, claims made me in the book that i haven't already answered. and i went back to his pr gu

murdoch, another person who who actually doesn't talk to me anymore from in that profile. but we spent an enormous amounts of time and i know from the early conversation about his father he revered and the early days of oxford, where he was a radical leftist and had a lennon bust in his dorm room at oxford. murdoch to me, i became someone really intimate with him. i mean, ken knows me. i've shared with him that i haven't shared with people who work for me and i think that happens. and and it's one of the things that allows you to profile someone, hopefully with some insight. we also talked briefly about, if you could, interviewed weinstein. what would you have asked him? well, i actually i worked i was scheduled at first. i tell the story in the book, but at first he was getting very nervous about i'm the only one doing a biography of him. and so he tells his pr guy, he said, i'll talk to ken. this is from prison. if ken agrees to ask me any negative questions that come up in the book, claims made me in the book that i haven't already answered. and i went back to his pr gu

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in the last few days there have been reports that rupert murdoch has begun criticizing trump's handling of january sixth. and you say something about the role of the murdochs in this scheme of things are they trying to control trump or are they just being used like everybody else? probably a little both. it's a good question. i mean, first of all, i think the impetus for people this discussion now has been basically a single editorial in the new york post, which is his tabloid in new york, which which the murdoch family owns. i think the impact of any power of fox news and the primetime lineup on fox news is about a thousand times greater. and i think until fox news turns against donald trump, he's got a great, you know, chance of sort of surviving and getting rehabilitated through everything. i'm of the belief that richard nixon probably could have survived watergate if. he had fox news at his disposal if he had, you know, and not to mention someone like kevin mccarthy, i, i, but i do think fox news a game changing you know resource for republican presidents who want to keep stay on hi

rupert murdoch having disrupted the newspaper business in australia. the television business in britain. he says, -- three broadcast networks. this was a big bold bet. >> will have to become an american citizen if he is to owned tv stations here. something murdoch says he is willing to do. >> there are some people who are saying it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on part with the big three. are you prepared to wait that long? >> sure. i intend to live that long. i believe in 20 years. >> a reaction to murdoch's idea for a fourth network was similar to the reaction of ted turner starting cnn. what does he know about television? >> we don't think of ourselves as abc, cbs, or nbc. there's no question we have an inferior lineup of stations. we have to get our message across. >> they had an idea that in order to succeed, we have to differentiate ourselves. we have to do things they would not do. >> fox started throwing anything against that wall could not knowing what was going to win. things like 11 jump street. >> what exactly are we lookin

the money that rupert murdoch rakes and on fox or cnn, whoever owns them. it becomes ratings and it skews everything. plus, you have heavy donors like to extremely donors and taxes that are providing all the funds for every person running in texas. from four or five different pacs that they donate to. citizens united us have left us in a place where the people can no longer have a voice. thank you very much. host: this is timothy here in d.c., good morning. caller: i am in washington dc. thank you for having this open forum. the last two colors hit it right on the nail. i live not too far, i live on south capitol street. it is like the politicians are raping the country out of the money. why would you pay a million dollars to win a seat that is only a hundred and $80,000? it's because of all the kickbacks. this country would be the best country ever if every one just live together. love each other for who they are. let's not get in the way of imposing your religion and ideology on anyone. just everyone love and respect each other. the rest of the world is w

it's owned by rupert murdoch, read the editorial pages of "the "new york post" i won't agree with what they say all time. if you're talking about how the election was rigged, even go on the web site of fox news and see how they reported the election. it's not like you have to go to -- if you don't want to come to this network or don't want to go to cnn, you certainly can get media outlets that, again, are controlled by people who have a very conservative world view, and even, especially the "wall street journal," the news gathering site of the "wall street journal" is as good as any media outlet in the world, and so there are those options, but some people are just lazy. some people just want their prejudices and preexisting beliefs. they'll look at facebook pages sent to them by conspiracy theorists or go on to crazy web sites that are run by third parties who have absolutely no credibility at all. >> you just put your finger on it, the people who want to have their views confirmed will find that confirmation somewhere, but there's no excuse for not having the facts. there are all of

murdoch, were treated very differently in this group. in fact, for a lot of people in the new york times, it was proof the opposite was true when it came to trump. with the new york times says about donald trump, then it can't be true. so listening to them trying to figure out what sources they trust, conservative voices can be very powerful in influencing people lean conservative but may be skeptical about this version of the republican party or president trump. >> in that vein, you write about the fact checkers. fact checking does not have the power it used to have. do you think that will remain? for a lot of people, something that is obviously not true, like go fact-check it. but your argument is the fact checkers do not have as much sway. >> exactly, it's the opposite in a lot of ways. particularly cnn and the new york times, they are the most targeted news organizations by trump and the most distrust on the right, but the fact that they say it's not true is proof that it is true. so fact checking cannot be the way we win the war on

, premieres with two episodes tomorrow night. >> rupert has always operated from an incredibly privileged perch, but that has not prevented him from feeling a sense of outsiderishness and agrievement. >> the sense of alienation speaks to every working-class brit who knows they'll never be accepted by these people. so he invents a new language for them. >> it's articulating the passions of an audience that gets overlooked and giving them a voice in media and, oh, by the way, he make aspenny or two off of it. >> would you take the offense of the controversy? >> so much the better. >> you can watch the premiere tomorrow night at 9:00 and 10:00 on cnn. ♪ energy demands are rising. and the effects are being felt everywhere. that's w at chevron, we're increasing production in the permian basin by 15%. and we're projected to reach 1 million baels of oil per day by 2025. all while staying on track to reduce our carbon emissions intensity in the area. because it's only human to tackle the challenges of today to help ensure a brighter tomorrow. it's the all-new subway series menu. twelve irresist