rupert murdoch is announcing a 24 hour cable news network. fox news channel, flare fair and balanced. it becomes clear that fox news is roger ailes. river said, among the three children, it was very likely that lachlan would be the first month among equals. it is the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing, and they could turn their back on this business and essentially waved the white flag, or try and double down and proved themselves to their father. they choose the latter. is october, 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner, attended by all the new york politicians, the aisles with dinner. i trust you will have enjoyed your meal. this is one of the events in new york city politics. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who rupert really, really trusts, and who rupert really needs. as the evening is winding down, roger hears from juliet s office, the news c
attendance at such a short notice. rupert murdoch is announcing a 24-hour cable news network. fox news channel, fair and balanced. it reflected murdoch and roger ailes political views. and it becomes clear that fox news is roger ailes. rupert said among the three children, it was very likely that lachlan would be the first among equals. it s the first moment where james and elizabeth are given a little window into how their father sees this thing. and they could either just turn their back on the business and essentially wave the white flag. or they can try to double down and prove themselves to their father. and they choose the latter. it s october 2001, and roger ailes is at an annual dinner attended by all the new york politicians. the al smith dinner. i trust you all enjoyed your meal. this is one of the big events in new york city politics. i certainly enjoyed my meal. roger ailes has been the architect of fox news. one of very few people who ruper
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
asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers who ve been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britain s biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. there s more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. (ani the highest priority calls with an immediate threat to life took almost 11 minutes on average; the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency 35 % waited more than four hours that s another record. our health correspondent jim reed reports. long queues for ambulances, the most 999 calls eve
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