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Murdoch had an opportunity to build something the country genuinely needed in the mid-1990s, and he blew it.

Original reporting and compelling writing on local news, restaurants, arts and culture have made the Houston Press a vital resource for readers who want to understand and engage with their community.

In the summer of 2011, Rupert Murdoch stopped by my small office at The Wall Street Journal, where I was a columnist and editor. He was just back from London, where he had given testimony to a parliamentary committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal by his British tabloids (and where he was attacked with a shaving-foam pie).

Rupert Murdoch had a chance to build something America genuinely needed in the mid-1990s: an effective centre-right counterbalance to liberal major news media. He didn’t.

It could have steered conservatives in a better direction.

In the summer of 2011, Rupert Murdoch stopped by my small office at The Wall Street Journal, where I was a columnist and editor.

At the start, Rupert Murdoch had a chance to build something the country truly needed. He didn't do that, but it doesn't mean no one could.

The population of shooters we live among now are essentially the NRA’s own creation. A history of gun lobbying.

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By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Saturday, April 8, the 98th day of 2023. There are 267 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in Hist