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From: Ron9/13/2024 5:41:34 PM
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Travails of the Rich and Greedy
Rupert Murdoch demanded his kids give him $100 million each as a sign of respect

finance.yahoo.com

Rupert Murdoch put his nepo babies to the ultimate test. After closing on the sale of Fox entertainment assets to Disney in spring 2019, the media titan—who’s worth an estimated $10.4 billion— asked his four oldest children to give him upward of $100 million from their respective payouts, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The Fox sale netted $12 billion to be split among the children.

But only three of them obliged. Lachlan, Elisabeth, and Prudence each gave the patriarch the money as a “sign of respect for the fortune he had earned over the years,” according to the WSJ. But James, one of the younger sons who had regularly had beef with his father over differing political and business-related views, refused.

The entire transaction was quite odd, considering how Rupert Murdoch has gone to great lengths to ensure his children acquire his fortune when he dies. But Rupert has reportedly shown preference for Lachlan, the eldest son, and wants him to inherit his entire media empire. Through its trust, the Murdoch family controls both Fox Corp and News Corp. Fox owns Fox News, all 29 Fox TV stations, Fox Sports, and other Fox subsidiaries. News Corp owns WSJ, The Times, the New York Post, and right-leaning local papers. Lachlan currently serves as executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corp and is thought to be politically aligned with his father, unlike the other children.

News Corp responded to Fortune’s request for comment saying all questions on the matter should be directed to Adam F. Streisand, a trial attorney with SheppardMullen. Streisand’s biography page cheekily reads “If you’ve seen it on HBO’s ‘Succession,’ Adam Streisand has litigated it (and much more) in real life,” a nod to the show that’s been deeply compared to the Murdoch family drama. There is no direct mention of litigating for the Murdochs on his page, however, and Streisand did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment. Fox Corp did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment.

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From: Ron9/13/2024 8:42:19 PM
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Laura Loomer’s Greatest Hits
Loomer has initiated or promoted 17 of the provably false narratives on significant news topics in NewsGuard’s catalog of False Narratives.

newsguardrealitycheck.com

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From: Ron9/13/2024 8:55:17 PM
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ABC’s Matter-of-Fact Moderators Built Factual Guardrails Around Trump
Calmly and firmly, Linsey Davis and David Muir pursued the kind of real-time fact-checking missing from many previous debates.

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From: Ron9/16/2024 9:58:10 AM
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Hmmmm... maybe:


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From: Ron9/16/2024 11:10:19 AM
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Privileging the Lie: The Media doesn't get it quite right
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From: Ron9/16/2024 7:37:00 PM
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Margaret Sullivan at Chautauqua on the decline of local news


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From: Ron9/17/2024 10:34:33 AM
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Instagram Overhauls Safety Measures: All Teen Accounts Made Private,
New Age Verification

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From: Ron9/17/2024 10:53:11 AM
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TikTok begins its court fight to stay in the US

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From: Ron9/18/2024 7:17:57 PM
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No doubt many to follow: Lionsgate signs deal to allow an AI firm to access its huge portfolio of film
and television content.
deadline.com

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From: Ron9/19/2024 3:06:32 PM
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The Political Press: Politico is Upset that Harris Stuck to Her Talking Points
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It may have eluded the authors of this masterpiece, but the vice president’s opponent also fails to stray very far from his talking points, and the only difference is that the vice president is talking public policy, while the former president*’s talking points are all lies when they are not stark raving bughouse.

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