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80 years old. all of this is actually setting up his legacy. and this is just a terrible note to go out on. in addition, he set up james murdoch to be heir to the throne, who had been promoted not that long ago amidst the scandal, moved to new york. some say because he needed to get out of the way of what everybody knew was going to boil over in terms of rage of the uk about the news of the world scandal. and the question is actually whether murdoch s legacy can survive this, and whether his son has a sincere intention to bring news of the world and newscorp international into the next century, and actually behave like a corporate citizen that puts public welfare and quite honestly shareholder concerns above their personal and political agenda. finally, i wanted to ask you, a lot of people are now looking at the way the rest of the ....
Perception or in terms of how the war is viewed? no, i didn t think so. i mean, we tried. [ laughter ] there you have it. rupert murdoch in his own words on how business is done at newscorp. so it really should come as no surprise that controversy surrounding the media giant on a regular basis. damage control is a near constant in murdoch s various media holdings. after a litany of indecency fines and claims of anti-business practices. remember when glenn beck said this about president obama? this president i think has exposed himself as a guy over and over again who has a deep-seeded hatred for white people or the white culture. i don t know what it is. this guy is, i believe, a racist. that clip still drives me crazy every time i see it. after those 2009 comments, advertisers boycotted beck s program. ....
no, i didn t think so. i mean, we tried. [ laughter ] there you have it. rupert murdoch in his own words on how business is done at newscorp. so it really should come as no surprise that controversy surrounding the media giant on a regular basis. damage control is a near constant in murdoch s various media holdings. after a litany of indecency fines and claims of anti-business practices. remember when glenn beck said this about president obama? this president i think has exposed himself as a guy over and over again who has a deep-seeded hatred for white people or the white culture. i don t know what it is. this guy is, i believe, a racist. that clip still drives me crazy every time i see it. after those 2009 comments, advertisers boycotted beck s program. murdoch was unaffected and even defended his comments. ....
i think it was something that perhaps shouldn t have been said about the president. but if you actually assess what he was talking about, he was right. of course, just this past february, the glaring headline fox news chief roger ailes urged employee to lie, records show. of course that was in reference to uncovered lawsuit documents that said that judith regan was encouraged to lie to federal investigators. nothing ever came of the claim, but newscorp did they regan $10.7 million in a wrongful termination suit settlement in 2007. what is the latest scandal involving news of the world paper? is this a scandal that could take murdoch under? joining me now is the senior adviser to media matters for america. great to have you on. great to be here, chris. thanks. elyse, you wrote a piece today about why americans should care about the scandal, and it s a good question. ....
Couple of different ways. first of all, rupert murdoch is 80 years old. all of this is actually setting up his legacy. and this is just a terrible note to go out on. in addition, he set up james murdoch to be heir to the throne, who had been promoted not that long ago amidst the scandal, moved to new york. some say because he needed to get out of the way of what everybody knew was going to boil over in terms of rage of the uk about the news of the world scandal. and the question is actually whether murdoch s legacy can survive this, and whether his son has a sincere intention to bring news of the world and newscorp international into the next century, and actually behave like a corporate citizen that puts public welfare and quite honestly shareholder concerns above their personal and political agenda. finally, i wanted to ask you, a lot of people are now looking at the way the rest of the british media treated the scandal in the beginning and ....