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IcyPeas

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Sun Sep 25, 2022, 07:06 PM Sep 2022

The 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.




Once slated for CNN+, the sweeping, seven-part Empire of Influence, based on a New York Times Magazine dissection of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, premieres Sunday. “You’re seeing how he accumulates power,” says Jonathan Mahler, “and you’re watching him wield that power.”
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Crises aside, this is a series about empire building, narrated by a who’s who of Murdoch kremlinologists and media stars. (In addition to Rutenberg and Mahler, you’ll 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 OP
Major supporting cast/'grand jury' empedocles Sep 2022 #1
I'm still boycotting CNN The Blue Flower Sep 2022 #2
Whoa, given MURDOCH being linked to CNN recently, interesting! UTUSN Sep 2022 #3

UTUSN

(70,497 posts)
3. Whoa, given MURDOCH being linked to CNN recently, interesting!
Sun Sep 25, 2022, 09:10 PM
Sep 2022

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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