over the last several decades, media titan rupert murdoch has built one of the largest media empires in history. and through exclusive reporting the new cnn series the murder dodges: empire of now reveals media and politics around the globe. our athena jones has more. rupert murdoch. reporter: rupert murdoch, patriarch of one of the wealthiest in the world. who has transformed the political anded me afterlandscape and who could shape the ned presidential election. there really hadn t been this kind of media political power.
media family in the world. billionaire businessman who has already transformed america s political and media landscape and who could shape the next presidential election. there really hadn t been this kind of media political power in american history. reporter: over seven decades, the news corporation chairman built an empire amassing unrivaled power on three continents. supporting conservative politicians and policies, from margaret thatcher the newspapers have backed her, and she in turn backed him. reporter: and ronald reagan, to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like the wall street journal, the new york post, and particularly fox news, the media titan plays a major role in republican politics. talk about the republican national committee, now we talk about fox news. reporter: as potential gop contenders eye the white house, how will murdoch and his holdings approach 20 gore? especially former president donald trump? the journal and post
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reporter: and ronald reagan to boris johnson and brexit. through properties like the wall street journal, the new york post, and particularly fox news the media titan plays a major role in republican politics. you used to talk about the republican national committee. now we talk about fox news. reporter: but as potential gop contenders eye the white house, how will murdoch and his holdings approach 2024? especially former president donald trump. the journal and post editorial pages provide some clues. a lot of the former president s problems are of his own creation. reporter: and on fox? when rupert murdoch got on board with trump we saw a diminishment of critical voices in its commentator ranks, in its analyst ranks. now we re seeing commentators and even some hosts who have been very critical of trump. reporter: murdoch has criticized trump s hyper focus on the 2020 election saying conservatives must play a forceful role in political debate. if that will not hap
presents himself as a dignified guy, business and media titan, but he s always been a disruptive figure and that s the basis of his wealth and power. it s funny, he just turned 90. at 90 most people think of their lives on something they want to look back on and legacy he might leave. his legacy seems to be he was a robber barren. he basically came in, in the 1970s in pursuit of wealth and power and was willing to destroy things like the environment and what they re doing is democracy. i do feel like he thinks it s probably going too far. i don t think he s a wide-eyed radical person like his audience but that s who pays his bills. so he s willing to go with the moral bankruptcy of something like carlson because his bank account depends on it, so he s willing to go with it. but i think it s a terribly risky thing for the country. and the media has to stay on top of this story, that s the essence of your message, we have