.....I keep thinking about families like the Rockefellers or the Sulzbergers.....
You make a good point and I won’t deny the possibility of a next generation Murdoch wrecking the train.
It seems to me that Rupert has hired and is allowing a very good man to seek out paths into an unknown and difficulty frought future. That seems out of the pattern for those we read about here daily that seem to want to stay pretty much in their comfortable ruts.
A while back, I became afraid for my well being when Malcom Forbes, a man I implicitly trusted, died. This great Capitalist, journalist,motorcycle gang leader, interviewer/ confident of world leaders, left the company to his sons. Steve has Forbes magazine and the other sons have lesser pieces All are still part of the whole. They have done well. Steve it turns out was present with his dad and actually knew the leaders, the mtorcycle types, the company staff. He has done well and I continue to trust Forbes above all others.
Yes. I didn’t mean to sound pessimistic. History suggests that a powerful family of that kind can last several generations, before it fades away. So, it’s something to keep an eye on, but hopefully Murdoch’s son will be fine.
We can certainly use at least one major organization that hasn’t drunk the liberal koolaid, which gives people who don’t listen to talk radio or visit places like FR at least some conservative perspectives.