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sensationalism was, i would soon find out. >> more journalists should be in television. >> nobody was thinking as big as rupert murdoch. >> the largest single broadcast station transaction in history. >> 20th century fox. >> rupert has laid out he wants one of his children to succeed him but he doesn't say when, who, or how. it will have to be fought out between them. two minutes to the official start of the race. there are the boats. >> the sydney race in australia is a big deal. it is kind of their super bowl. lockland had done a lot of sailing and he eagerly signed up for the 98...

Day. meanwhile n1996, the murdoch empire is about to reach another peak. >> i would like to say, we have reached the moment we can firmly announce the starts of a fox news channel. >> he is announcing a 24-hour news cable network. >> to the outside world it is initially unclear how rupert will differentiate. there is already a cnn. what on earth could he do that would be different? he keeps it very close to the vest. but there is one give away. >> we will be very lucky to obtain the services. >> that was the presence of a man named roger. >> i would like to thank mr. murdoch for the kind words...

We just expect to do fine, balanced journalism. >> fox news. >> rupert murdoch sees an audience that has been hungering for something just like this. >> it reflected murdoch and roger's political views. >> and fox becomes a rocket ship. >> there's a lot of natural speculation about succession. all three murdoch children are kind of coming into their own as executives. that's when this question really begins about who is it going to be? multimillionaire rupert murdoch is clearly in the united states to stay in the center of a journalistic empire. >> rupert murdoch is emerging as the biggest n...

The u.k. she is incredibly well thought of. perhaps the most competent of the three adult children vying for the throne. >> it has been said he has never been particularly comfortable with women. >> you have a quote on that? i don't think he ever said that. >> this is only completely hearsay. >> i don't know if that is true. i can think of a number of senior women he has come to count on. and rely on in very important positions. i think that is traditional in many ways. >> rupert is a man of his generation with very traditional views about women. that has always rubbed up against his feelings ...

Work. >> short skirt. long legs. that was very important. >> roger had a vision, albeit an antiquated one about how women were supposed to look. so we became the manifestations of that image. >> he was in total command. people were afraid of him. it was a place he ruled with an iron hand. and it becomes clear to rupert that fox news is roger ailes. . >> you start to see fox gaining a toe hold with conservative audiences. >> and, basically, fox becomes