it s 2018, and rupert murdoch and his wife, jerry hall are vacationing in the caribbean on his son lachlan s, amazing yacht, the sarissa. named after a macedonian weapon of war. it s this exquisite sailing vessel. it s a work of art. as we understand it, they re sleeping on the boat. it s the caribbean. it s peaceful. in the middle of the night, rupert gets up to relieve himself and trips and falls. rupert is lying on the floor of his cabin, and he can t get up and the situation seems serious, he may not survive. a lot is at stake here, his own life as well as his company. he has not yet designated an heir. and the future of his media empire will be up for grabs. stand by. there we go. okay. get ready to roll. tell me a little bit about rupert murdoch. rupert murdoch is the most powerful political force in america. you can put an eagle in a cage and the eagle will not give in. you don t know what they re thinking but you know, it s going to end up well for
to this empire. early on, rupert develops a machiavellian approach to the newspaper business. it s about putting your rivals under. and mr maxwell certainly has lost. and, rupert discovered if you start turning the dial down market, ratings go up. sex and murder and blood, and mayhem. he bought up 40% of the circulation of newspapers in england. this is his moment to expand. post here! get your post here. new york post. murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you d better pay some attention. i m going to 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. and we hear the berlin wall is coming down. what? we ve got to go. what? a current affair s 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 t
let me just take a break and relax. oh, no, don t pay attention. it is all just nonsense. don t get caught up, this too shall pass. are you even woke? oh, god, so much yelling, so much fighting. this is where woke goes to die getting critical race theory out of our schools is a matter of national survival. aren t things bad enough, do we have to fight about this word? woke. are you woke? critical race theory is bigoted and it is a lie and every bit as racist as a klansman in white sheets. okay, i m going to try to explain, woke. all right. open my eyes. take a deep breath. oh, no, i m in arizona. all right this is where we are at in america everybody. we have a new enemy and it is, woke. maybe also the word but maybe mostly the word? he is woke. i want florida be known as the brick wall against all things woke. you heard him, wokeness, some actually said off a three, the wokearadi, i will keep working on it. this is an elite driven phenomenon.
them, he looks at them in their crumpled piles and says we are not sick men. as a kid in the 80s, when i saw that, hoo, i felt it. i wasn t chinese. i had no idea of the history of japan and china, but as a black kid in america i understood the need to stand up to your oppressors. and just since the beginning i understand that all people s struggles are connected. it felt like me and bruce were the same. of course, he meant way more to asian americans than he meant to me. but bruce s fights onscreen were nothing compared to his fights offscreen, a fight for representation in media, a fight to end racism by teaching martial arts to everybody, a fight to stand up for his people. anti-asian attacks and hate crimes as we know have been rising sharply thinking episode is about how asian americans are still fighting those fights. no more hate! is it happening? it s happening. oh my god. that s mine. don t touch it. i think we re eating family-style. that s mine
looks at them in the crumbled aisles and says as a kid in the 80s, when i saw that, i felt it. i wasn t chinese. i had no idea of the history of japan and china. but as a black kid in america, i understood the need to stand up to your old pressers. i eventually understood that all oppressed people struggles are connected. but like me, and bruises or the same. but of course, way more to asian than it meant to me. but his fight on screen were nothing compared to his fights off screen, a fight for representation and media, a fight to end racism by featuring march large to everybody. a fight to stand up for his people. anti asian attack hate crimes, as we, know they ve been rising sharply. this episode is about asian americans, how they re still fighting those fights. no more height! no more hate! is this happening? it s happening. oh my god. don t touch it. that s all mine. don t touch it. oh, you knew at the end of the table, i was that. sh