Murdoch is taking a huge risk trying to start a fourth television network. he is going to need a ton of cash. everything will be better as a result of this. it will be remembered as a very important setup. rupert murdoch wanted to introduce technology to his empire. wanted to produce his newspapers with computers. he s interested in saving money. at the time, print unions had huge control over the production of newspapers. they could walk off the job. and they were resistant to change. he knew that the only way to grow was to break that grip. and he had decided enough was enough. so rupert murdoch came up with this plan. he had set up this alternative printing site in wapping in east london. he bought a load of computers and more technology for the production of his newspapers.
I think he 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. i don t think he deliberately set them up against each other. but that doesn t mean they didn t feel that he was doing that. from the time that we were very small, this is one of the lessons that dad taught me. it s been very clear that you have to control your own destiny. what? you re on candid camera. elisabeth is in a slightly different lane than her brothers, just by virtue of the fact that she s the girl. in the early years, elisabeth was not taken particularly seriously by her father, who was a man of his era and a little bit of a sexist. at the same time, people have always said to me that rupert
roy cohn and murdoch became friendly and, in fact, cohn represented murdoch at some point. there isn t anything i would not do because i believe there is only one answer in adversary profession like law, and that is winning. cohn was easily, and multipeople profiled and done interviews was the single worst human being i ve ever encountered. cohn would boast about you never apologize, you never go on defense, you always go on offense. deny everything, admit nothing, launch counterattack. attack, attack, attack. attack, attack, attack. don t accept. don t compromise. kill them. happy birthday to you make a very special wish.
I think he was a good dad, not always present dad, but i think beloved by his kids. if a kid walked in his office one of his kids, it didn t matter which one, he would immediately stop everything and hug them. i don t think he deliberately set them up against each other. but that doesn t mean they didn t feel that he was doing that. from the time that we were very small, this is one of the other lessons that dad taught me. it has been very clear that you have to control your own destiny. you re on candid camera. elizabeth is in a slightly different lane than her brothers, just by virtue of the fact that she s the girl. in the early years, elizabeth was not taken particularly seriously by her father, who was a man of his era and a little bit of a sexist.
mm-hmm. it is inherently unstable. liz sees an opening and is now trying to get herself back in the mix. lachlan, james. james, lachlan, maybe elisabeth. whatever. there was a lot of effort to make it look like everything was kumbaya. but the parlor game of who s gonna be the king continues to play out. good morning, mr. murdoch. you re gonna retire soon finally, huh, and have a good life? no way. rupert murdoch, the media mogul, hospitalized. this raises questions about succession. and, we really realized that this story was about a father and his children, and this question of what is gonna happen