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
machiavellian approach to the newspaper business. it s about putting your rivals under. mr. maxwell rupert discovered if you start turning the dial down market, ratings go up. sex and murder, blood and mayhem. he brought up 40% of the circulation of newspapers in new england. this is your chance to expand. murdoch put his stamp on the city of new york. here i am. you 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. this is the first concrete block was removed by east german workers. then 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 comen deared the gulf stream 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. the point where i believe rupert wrote a check out of his own ch
supreme court s ability of declaring government actions unreasonable. it s just one aspect of benjamin netanyahu s judicial overhaul package, but if it passes, it would be the first part of the legislation to pass the three votes needed in parliament, and for many of these protesters here, they feel that if the supreme court cannot declare government actions unreasonable, then it would pretty much give free rein for benjamin netanyahu and any government in the future to take whatever action they want. and that s why these people have come out, reservists in the israeli air force have now signed a petition saying that they will not serve, if this legislation passes. now, that could have some serious implications for israel s military preparedness, for israel s security, and that s why we re hearing statements from people like the defense minister who say they are working bind the scenes to try and allay these concerns. there are some reports even in israeli media that he s trying to fin
he can turn his paper into effectively a political weapon. one day i wake up and there is this editorial on the front page of the post. i have never seen an endorsement like that. every single day. the front pages of the new york post had praiseworthy pieces about ed koch. and negative pieces about his opponent. murdoch is so pro-koch that 50 reportaries the paper sign a petition saying you know, a coverage of this mayoral race is outrageous. this is not fair and balanced journalism. it didn t matter. he had his editors and he had his reporters and he did what he wanted to do. i don t need any lecturing
reporters at the paper signed a petition saying the coverage of the mayoral race is outrageous. this is not fair and imbalanced journalism. it didn t matter. he had his editors and he had his reporters, and he did what he wanted to do. i don t need any lecturing from him about newspaper ethics. [ cheers and applause ]. i wouldn t be in a position to say i was mayor of new york city if rupert hadn t endorsed me. he gave me credibility. for murdoch, now the template is set. he s taken his bombastic, screaming approach to journalism to deliver into office the mayor of one of the largest cities in the world. but rupert murdoch didn t come to the united states to determine the course of a municipal elections. as we ll see soon enough, he has his eyes on much bigger game.