‘Rupert Murdoch is a symptom’: Fox’s future politics look the same as past
Little will change at Fox News under new leadership, analysts say, as Republicans can rely on yet more outrage and division
The abrupt uncoupling of the Republican kingmaker Rupert Murdoch from his Fox News empire may have represented a ground shift in the media landscape in the US, but politically at least, very little is likely to change, analysts say.
That could be good news for those on the right of the Republican party, who can expect the network to head into the 2024 presidential election – even without its long-time figurehead – continuing to amplify the worst of the political bias and disinformation upon which it made its name.
“They’re going to continue the same business formula, which is whipping up hysteria around manufactured crises. They’ll continue to foster outrage and division, and gin up support for conservative causes. I don’t see any of that changing dramatically anytime soon,” said Victor Pickard, professor of media policy and political economy at University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg school for communication.
Thanks Australia
He renounced his Aus citizenship 40 years ago and became an American.
He had to do this to buy Fox. For the entire existence of Fox news, R Murdoch has been American.
He is as American as any other naturalised immigrant.
That means he was 52, so it's not like someone who moved when they were 12...
He became American because America had lax enough regulations for him to take advantage of. Broken systems are ripe for exploitation.
So...thanks America!!!
Sure, Reagan destroyed it to the cheers of the degenerate fascists. I was here, I was 8.
Yes, the fascists swep under the rug in the civil war. Surprise, they didn't magically disappear.
Yes, I have been to the south, thanks.
The story is about Fox...
For the entire existence of Fox news, R Murdoch has been American.
I feel that perhaps his personality and life were shaped by events prior to when he was 52.
Yes, there's evil capitalists everywhere, but America gives them the means to thrive.
australia does also, so okay.
Then why did they go to America? To not use your lax system with access to hundreds of millions more people to exploit to make them billionaires?
I’m not sure what that question entirely means, but yes. The population of australia is about half of merely California.