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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Murdochs: Empire of Influence on CNN tonight
Last edited Sun Sep 25, 2022, 07:43 PM - Edit history (1)
I want to watch this... even though I don't want to watch this... so I'm probably going to watch this.
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Once slated for CNN+, the sweeping, seven-part Empire of Influence, based on a New York Times Magazine dissection of Rupert Murdochs media empire, premieres Sunday. Youre seeing how he accumulates power, says Jonathan Mahler, and youre watching him wield that power.
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Crises aside, this is a series about empire building, narrated by a whos who of Murdoch kremlinologists and media stars. (In addition to Rutenberg and Mahler, youll hear from Roger Stone, Maggie Haberman, Maury Povich, Alisyn Camerota, Gretchen Carlson, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Alex Wagner, Sarah Ellison, David Folkenflik, Matthew Belloni, Brian Stelter, Abby Phillip, Kim Masters, Emily Bell, Alan Rusbridger, Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, and many others.)
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Crises aside, this is a series about empire building, narrated by a whos who of Murdoch kremlinologists and media stars. (In addition to Rutenberg and Mahler, youll hear from Roger Stone, Maggie Haberman, Maury Povich, Alisyn Camerota, Gretchen Carlson, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Alex Wagner, Sarah Ellison, David Folkenflik, Matthew Belloni, Brian Stelter, Abby Phillip, Kim Masters, Emily Bell, Alan Rusbridger, Vanity Fair editor in chief Radhika Jones, and many others.)
Vanity Fair article:
https://archive.ph/2022.09.24-023525/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/cnns-long-awaited-murdoch-saga-is-finally-getting-its-network-debut
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The Murdochs: Empire of Influence on CNN tonight (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Sep 2022
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. Major supporting cast/'grand jury'
The Blue Flower
(5,420 posts)2. I'm still boycotting CNN
Will record it, so they don't have my eyes on their ads.
UTUSN
(70,497 posts)3. Whoa, given MURDOCH being linked to CNN recently, interesting!
Since the previous CNN experiment sank without getting started, what makes LICHT and his masters think that making it more appealing to Faux zombies will win them over to Faux-LITE? And rumors MURDOCH wanted to take it like he did the WSJ.
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https://www.businessinsider.com/president-trump-pressured-att-to-sell-cnn-to-rupert-murdoch-book-2022-9
Trump used 'almost mob-style extortion' to try to convince AT&T to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, new book claims
* Trump and his aides tried to push AT&T's CEO to sell CNN to Rupert Murdoch, a new book claims.
* AT&T's CEO was "beyond pissed," and executives described "almost mob-style extortion," per the book.
* Peter Baker and Susan Glasser's "The Divider," obtained by the Independent, is due to go on sale this week. ... (paywall)
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