the commander-in-chief and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine, and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob
vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine, and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob iger s an empire-builder too. for years he s been building disney into an absolute behemoth by buying major brands like marvel, lucasfilms, and pixar. they start out by talking about how the media industry has changed drastically in the last five years. huge companies like amazon, facebook, apple and netflix of course. both men recognize that the only way to survive in this new media environment is to just get bigger. iger, of course, is happy to chat with rupert murdoch, but he s also a little puzzled. why am i here? this media empire is rupert s life work. i went over to america and bought every new program from every network. of course, one enjoys the