Will Murdoch completely derail the United States Presidency?

If the Rupert Murdoch was a white knight standing against a challenging bullying to the US presidency, the world has moved upside down.

After all, the US television network Fox News, Media Mogul, actively supported Donald paid a “big lie” about Trump’s 2020 Presidential election result and $ 787 million (about $ 1.2 billion) to do so.

It is also the network that provides several members of Trump’s inner circle, including the former Fox Host, the controversial defense secretary. Pete Hegseth.

But this is where we are after Trump a post filed From Murdoch’s Financial newspaper on 18 July, Wall Street JournalIt was published an article It is claimed that Trump sent to a sex criminal about a hand -drawn card Jeffrey Epstein In 2003.

Newspaper reported:

“ A pair of small bow refers to the woman’s breasts and is a “donald izun that mimics her groin hair at the signature of the future President’s signature.

. Magazine He said he saw the letter, but he didn’t re -publish it.

Allegedly:

‘Happy birthday – And every day you have another wonderful secret. ‘

The card apparently contributed to Trump’s birthday album compiled for Epstein. Ghislaine MaxwellDSÖ serves 20 years imprisonment after being found guilty of sex smuggling in 2021.

Trump was angry. He told the truth that he warned Murdoch that the letter was fake. He wrote, ‘Mr. Murdoch said he would take care of it, but frankly he had no power to do it,’ By referring to Murdoch Leadership In 2023, the eldest son Lachlan’a News Corporation.

Trump is shortening. On one side, Wall Street Journal Trump’s radical attempt on tariffs, deeply suspicious about the literate, is a reputable newspaper talking to rich Americans. described As a masterThe most stupid trade war in history‘.

On the other hand, conspiracy theory-Surely Maga Base Described for years In 2019, Epstein’s visible suicide had a great conspiracy with deep state, democratic elites and Clintons.

Trump, who loves professional wrestling and adopts Cafcaf Theaters, can characterize his case against Murdoch as a spank against his rival Hulk Hogan. In the 1980s.

Adopting wrestling Argot is a rare war between these two heels.

A strong friendship

Murdoch and Trump’s relationship has been going on for a long time, but curved. The key to understanding this is that both men are mercilessly processing.

Murdoch’s exposure New York Post In the 1980s and 90s It was very important To build Trump’s reputation.

Murdoch doesn’t like Trump in particular. Yes, murdoch added The newly preferred Big Tech Media Moguls is the second opening, albeit in a back row. He also looked at the house as well as sitting in the oval office a few days later.

But that was not a friend’s behavior, but a pure power screen policy.

Remember that Murdoch was thinking of going on duty before the 2016 elections and His introduction conjunctive Ron desantis In the principles before Trump’s second period. Murdoch’s political hero always Ronald Reagan. Trump left a waste to the Reagan Republican Party.

Murdoch knows what the rest of America knows: Trump is strange, although not dangerous. This, of course, only does Murdoch’s complexity In the rise of Trump to power and FOX News, Trump’s ongoing strengthening, even more terrible.

However, in accordance with Murdoch’s relationship with power throughout his career, it also helps to destroy what he helps and destructs. Perhaps it is the turn Trump is not done now. As an old Murdoch lieutenant Financial times weekend:

‘… Testing: Trump loses his base? And where should I be to stay in the heart of the base? ‘

And here is Murdoch’s great advantage and the upcoming threat.

A sharp sword

The advantage comes with the scope of Murdoch’s media empire, each of which is a federation of different mastheads with its own markets and wishes. Fox News, Maga Base and New York Post New York audience fruit juices, Wall Street Journal He speaks and listens to work. Each audience has different needs, ie they are usually presented with the same news in very different ways or sometimes with completely different news.

However, like a federation, News Corp uses various operations to direct the type of change affecting all its markets.

It can work like this. . Wall Street Journal It breaks such a shocking story and begins to break down in Maga’s unquestioned loyalty of Trump. This process, of course, willingly helps from the rest of the media. The resulting Groundswell finally allows Fox News and Post to temporarily question the audience and perhaps criticize.

The threat is seriously vulnerable to a dominant Trump’s criticism of a dominant Trump, who can remove the conspiracy from Fox News only with a social media mail only before the construction of Groundswell. Trump was already busy doing this by saying that he was looking forward to taking Murdoch to the witness stand for his case.

If the Fox audience decides that Trump is the owner behind this humiliation, Fox’s programming may decide to boycott his preferred media channels, although he has not yet begun to question Trump.

Murdochs’ fear The audience response was an important factor in the proclamation of Fox after the defeat of Trump in 2020. Fear of his audience can escape Journalism Or another right -wing media outfit is as real as today.

History full of Fakery

We should also think that Trump may be right. What if the letter is fake?

Murdoch occurs when it comes to high -profile exposures that appear to be fiction. Who can forget . Hitler Diaries Which one in 1983 We know now Murdoch knew he was a fake before publishing.

Also think of Pauline Hanson photos, as claimed, they are all quickly proved to be fake After being published in 2009 by Murdoch’s Australian paintings.

There was also Sun“ “ offer Against Elton John in 1987 and against the same article continuing condemnation The people of Liverpool in 1989 followed the Hillsborough Stadium disaster.

But when Murdoch has a confectionery and a fake history, Wall Street Journal It has a reputation for a straight interview, albeit a conservative lens. Since Murdoch I bought it In 2007, he entered his own civil war for editorial standards.

Media rolling

What Trump cannot get from Murdoch, both of which is delivered by America’s ABC and CBS networks tens of millions of dollars In the insult settlements after suspicious allegations about the nature of Trump’s scope.

Disney, the owner of ABC in December 2024, ingrained And he agreed to pay $ 15 million ($ 23 million) to Trump’s presidential library. The president then filed a lawsuit He said a server Trump was found guilty of raping E Jean Carroll.

In fact, Trump was found guilty by a jury at a civilian hearing on sexual harassment and turmoil, and he was ordered to pay $ 5 million ($ 7.6 million).

Paramount of CBS’s parent company, Similarly After being sued by the President, he agreed to pay and pay $ 16 million ($ 24.5 million) to Trump’s library in early July. Although this said that there was a case before “Completely without merit”.

Pay attention to the legal microscope

From Trump’s point of view, two well -known media companies were cows. However, the campaign against critical media does not end here.

Congress last week Passed a bill The cancellation of federal funds for the country’s two public service media organizations, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPS).

Also last week, CBS announced cancel conjunctive Stephen ColbertAlthough the CBS claims that it is only a cost -lowering exercise and that it is not about doing a bullying in the White House, it is a very critical comedy show.

Assuming that the reported birthday letter is real, Murdoch will not be so easy. And then it will be important to pay attention, because at some point, Trump’s lawyers will advise him about the dangers of deposits and discovery: legal processes that force parties to a dispute, to explain what they have and what they know.

If the Epstein files imply Trump, the legal struggle will not last long and the media campaign against it will only concentrate.

Currently, Murdoch has a ghost in a moral Crusader campaign against Trump against Mogul Elon Musk. Inferences are dizzying.

As global tyrants, three probably deserve each other. But we, we certainly deserve better than them.

Andrew Dodd He is the Professor and Director of Journalism of Melbourne University Advanced Journalism Center and Matthew Ricketson He is a professor of communication at the University of Deakin. This article was initially published Speech and re -published with full permission.

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