Making of Murdoch: Power, Politics and What Shaped the Man Who Owns the Media

AvTom Roberts

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Engelska, 2020

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Rupert Murdoch's extraordinary career has no parallel. His control of Fox news, which so successfully supports the Trump presidency, is a key force in American politics. In the UK, his control of The Sun and The Times leaves politicians scrambling to get him onside. But what do we know about the man himself? This book looks closely at the Murdochs, focusing on Rupert's father Keith, who built the family's media power and cultivated the anti-establishment instincts that his son Rupert is known for. Roberts traces the life of the Murdochs, how Rupert Murdoch's view of the world was formed, and assesses it's impact on the media that influences our politics today.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-23
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781788317849
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Tom Roberts is a media historian and award-winning biographer. Based in London, he works with archives and research institutions internationally. His previous book, How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language (2017), was co-written with Peter Oborne.

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To unpeel the layers of 'the man who owns the media', it's difficult to think of someone more qualified than Tom Roberts ... Here, Roberts again applies his forensic approach and scholarly rigour.

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Introduction: Moulding a myth1. Rosehearty2. American immigrant3. Finding his voice4. 'Murder, history, war'5. Hearts and minds...and bodies6. A romance into air7. The Prince and the Pressman8. Lessons from a madman's bible9. Healthy competition10. Kingmaker11. Media empire12. A girdle round about the Earth13. By phone and clone14. The son risesEpilogue: A new inheritanceIndex