the character might sound familiar to you. he is a ruthless right wing billionaire who runs the very tv network dominating american conservative politics. i want a broadcast network. i want to see what other news operations we can sweep up. local tv? nobody watches local tv. why shouldn t we do all the news? well, kim jong pop, because that s not the way things work in this country. i m surrounded by makes and [ bleep ] morons! what you kids do not understand, it s all part of the game. it s my [ bleep ] company. you are a [ bleep ] nobody. we re going to be the number one media conglomerate in the world. in the world. it s only slightly exaggerated for effect. what you just saw was fictional power. the real murdoch, though, has tons of real power. ace mentioned, he s not easy to corner. even when his companies have been caught in terrible