Dorothy Shift News Today

the sarissa. >> named after a macedonian weapon of war. its this exquisite sailing vessel. its a work of art. as we understand it, theyre sleeping on the boat. its the caribbean. its 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 cant 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. ...

Dorothy shift, who was the owner, was losing money on the new york post, and that was a real concern that the paper would go under. >> i remember, we were getting going for the red, and i saw no way out. >> murdoch new he had to give her some assurances. >> rupert had told me when i sold him the paper, that he was not going to change the editorial policy. but he turned to the right after. >> rupert murdoch will say whatever he has to say to get his way.and so, the new york post went from being a...

Both at "newsweek" and then on to "the new york post" which then the publisher of "the new york post" dorothy shift was a woman and nora, you talk about the glass ceiling, a glass wall, glass floor, glass everything that you couldnt break through. >> yep. >> and she did and she continued on and obviously, you know, as john heilemann did point out, the body of work is enormous, it is important, but at the end of the day, joe, i think it gets back to who she was as a person. if she was your friend...