down on trump. because i think there are two worlds going on here. there is rupert murdoch s world, which is all powerful, but he doesn t it s actually not quite all powerful because you have the fox the fox network has moved its business model or the fox news network to an all trump model. that s where the money comes from. does rupert would rupert murdoch have an alternative to that that would supply that much money? rupert hates donald trump, hates him, but rupert loves money. those are two warring things. it s that simple, michael? now, this is this is yeah, this is created enormous tension in the murdoch family. people in the murdoch family don t speak to each other partly over the issue of fox news and donald trump. one of the reasons that murdoch
i m pointing out it s not true. you seem to want it to be true that fox is questioning my reporting. rupert murdoch making the decision, that s what s so shocking. if that s true, that is such an egregious abuse of power by fox news, that s on the top ten list for history, you know what i mean? if bill hemmer is calling the white house ahead of time, that s egregious ethical lapse. brian, brian, give me a chance to talk, i m the guest here. at any rate, the rupert murdoch thing is is i reported that at that point the decision desk got in touch with lachlan murdoch. he called his father. his father said to go with this report, obviously including quite a fetching obscenity directed at trump. so something like screw him but even stronger. so if rupert said screw him
yes. and how do i know this? how do i know this? just let me point out how i ll give you the background here. i mean the background is that i am rupert murdoch s biographer. one of many. no, not one of many. that s totally ridiculous. go on amazon, there s a lot of rupert books. if rupert said who was given enormous access. yes, you were. enormous access to him. i am well sourced throughout the company and throughout his family. so, therefore, i know that this happened. you know, my sources are extraordinarily good and without a doubt on this point. here s what i wonder. there are a lot of sources that say rupert despises trump, so why is fox still so attached to him? why do you think he hasn t changed fox s editorial strategy? if anything, they have tripled