ratings go up. sex and murder and blood and mayhem. people are 40% of the circulation of newspapers. this is his moment to expand. murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you better pay some attention. i m gonna have one hell of an impact. as usual, we were drinking one night. the producers, the reporters and me. we always gathered. the first concrete block was removed by east german workers. we hear the berlin wall is coming down. what? we ve got to go. what? a current affairs got to go to the wall? oh, yeah. so we made a few calls. and we commandeered the gulfstream jet. and about eight or nine of us got on that jet at midnight and flew to berlin. a current affair was rupert s baby. to the point where i believe rupert wrote a check out of his own checking account every single week for the hoe. this show is rampant. rupert liked it because it was cheap. it was edgy. it was a tabloid show. he said, there is a place for a show like this an
. in 1986, rupert murdoch buys this 8,000 square foot spanish-style mansion in beverly hills for $7 million. this sort of beautiful old classic hollywood home with these uninterrupted sweeping views of the valley. because any self-respecting major media mogul is going to want a footprint in hollywood. the home was full of pictures of his family. i think it was a good dad. not always present dad, but i think beloved by his kids. the kid walked in his office, one of his kids, didn t matter which one. he would immediately stop everything and hug them.