Rupert Murdoch is 89 years old and his kids are more liberal minded.

[Quixote1818]

I can't believe they are going to let this shit go on. If they dissolve FOX or change it to more mainstream news, then I suppose Hannity and the others will just go to Newsmax and other fucked up channels? So even with FOX gone we will likely still be stuck with these fuck faces.

Any thoughts on how you think things will unfold once Murdoch dies?

[roamer65]

1. I wish the fucker would kick the bucket.

His absence would be a good thing for us all on this planet.

[catbyte]

2. The son who is running fox now is as bad if not worse than his old man.

The "good" son has nothing to do with the network so I don't hold out much hope for the future of fox.

[Quixote1818]

5. Shit, that sucks. For some reason I thought they were both liberal. nt

[tblue37]

3. James is more liberal. Lachlan, who runs FOX, is Rupert's mini-me.

[BigmanPigman]

8. Lachlan is pure greed, just like his old man.

Who the Hell knows why Jerry Hall married Big Daddy Murdoch. She didn't need the money.

[Siwsan]

4. My brother has met both sons, more than once.

He used to work at the 20th Century Fox Studio film research library.

For what it's worth, he said his impression is that James is a good guy and the smarter of the 2 brothers. Lachlan is the one who will do whatever is expedient.

Of course, James has left the family business, so........

[TheFarseer]

6. How do you even watch NewsMax?

Is it online or something? It’s not on my TV! Hannity belongs on a network that practically no one gets.

[Squidly]

10. you can get it free on Pluto TV

I dont watch Newsmax, but for a free streaming service there is a lot to watch. Ive thought about dropping Netflix because of it.

[Kittycow]

11. How's the ads on Pluto? If you don't mind :)

I watch Tubi tv occasionally and their ads aren't tooo bad; not as bad as regular tv but you can't skip them.

I've looked into Pluto a few times but never signed up. The Amazon IMBD channel's ads seem too frequent and annoying so I gave up on that.

[CentralMass]

13. PlutoTV is free. For that price the ads are tolerable.

[Kittycow]

14. Thanks :)

[Celerity]

7. Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch Isn't Worried About Trump Launching a Fox News Rival: 'We Love Competition'

https://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-rival-trump-network-lachlan-murdoch-response-q1-earnings/

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said Tuesday he’d enjoy the chance to go up against Donald Trump in the cable news wars — should the president launch a Fox News rival once he leaves the White House — without actually dropping the president’s name.

“We love competition,” Murdoch said during the company’s earnings call. “We have always thrived on competition.” Murdoch, the son of Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch, was responding to a multipart question from Guggenheim Securities analyst Michael Morris, who brought up Trump’s past references to “perhaps starting a news network” and asked Murdoch “how you would think of that competitively.”

“I think the second part of your question, Michael, was around new entrants, competition, into the news environment,” Lachlan said, noting that Fox News already have “strong competition” in the cable news space. “I will say the only difference today versus some years ago, as our audience has grown and our reach has grown, we see our competition as no longer only cable news providers, but also as the traditional broadcast networks. And as you know, Fox News has been the No. 1 network, including broadcast networks, now, as I mentioned, from Labor Day through to Election Day.”

Fox beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations for its first-quarter 2021 fiscal year earnings and revenue Tuesday. You can read more about those results here, which included an 18% jump in ad sales at Fox’s cable segment thanks to Fox News’ ratings surge ahead of the 2020 election.



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[IcyPeas]

9. ... and to think he's married to Jerry Hall.

?

[tenderfoot]

12. James - yes. Lachlan... worse than Rupert

Lachlan runs Fox.

[Vivienne235729]

15. If the kids take over and want a more mainstream channel,

Then that is exactly what they will get. I’m sure Hannity Et al. will change their tune quick. I seriously doubt they have convictions other than maintaining their jobs.