who was going to succeed rupert murdoch? lachlan, elizabeth, and james all have their own places in the murdoch empire. lachlan is the one who is closest to the seat of power. but he finds himself in the middle of this shark tank. he chastises roger ailes. rupert completely sides with ailes. elizabeth, as a programmer, has something close to rupert murdoch s own eye for the new and the fresh, but she s never going to get the top job with her father. she decides she has to get out. she sends him a fax. they re supposed to have an heir and a spare. james is the spare. but james proves himself to be as good as his father at putting profit before principle. and it s very successful. james murdoch is now at the top of the company, is almost certain to succeed his father, and he s doing tremendously. he goes from a junior member of the family to a successful executive at newscorp, to the ceo of sky, to now being in charge of news international, their global division.
all have their own places in the murdoch empire. lachlan is the one who is closest to the seat of power. but he finds himself in the middle of this shark tank. he chastises roger ailes. rupert completely sides with ailes. elizabeth, as a programmer, has something close to rupert murdoch s own eye for the new and the fresh, but she s never going to get the top job with her father. she decides she has to get out. she sends him a fax. they re supposed to have an heir and a spare. james is the spare. but james proves himself to be as good as his father at putting profit before principle. and it s very successful . james murdoch is now at the top of the company, is almost certain to succeed his father, and he s doing tremendously. he goes from a junior member of the family to a successful executive at newscorp, to the ceo of sky, to now being in charge of news international, their global division. lachlan has at that point, gone off to australia, or he s doing his own
states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob iger s an empire builder too. for years he s been buildin
the commander-in-chief and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine, and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob
ukraine qualifies for the final of the eurovision song contest. hello, and welcome. we begin in the states. members of the us house of representatives have voted overwhelmingly in favour of providing another $40 billion in aid for ukraine. most republicans joined democrats in supporting the deal. such is the bipartisan support for ukraine that lawmakers took president biden s request for aid and added nearly $7 billion to it. the funds will be used to provide military support to ukraine and humanitarian assistance to the civilians affected by the russian invasion. the speaker of the house, nany pelosi told fellow democrats it was important to act quickly. as putin desperately accelerates his campaign of horror and brutality, there has just been abhorrent brutality in ukraine, time is of the essence. that why we were so pleased to hear we could proceed immediately with this bill today so it goes through to senate and the president s desk, so the assistance can reach the people