Posted on 05/20/2023 3:18:44 PM PDT by Kazan
Fox Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch has officially taken a side in the Republican race leading up to the 2024 National elections, and this time he is backing Ron DeSantis.
According to Vanity Fair, the conservative news mogul invited the Florida Governor to his Vineyard in Bel Air, California for dinner in 2020 and assured him that Fox would support his potential presidential run in 2024.
Earlier this year, signs of this sentiment became more apparent as Fox implemented a soft ban on Trump and began featuring DeSantis more frequently.
Additionally, during this time, the Dominion lawsuit loomed over the news corporation, prompting it to distance itself from the election controversy and thus steer clear of Trump.
Murdoch even expressed regret, stating that he would have preferred his anchors to be more assertive in denouncing Trump's election conspiracies that defined his campaigns. He was also quoted saying, "I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight," per the Independent.
As the situation unfolded, Knewz reported allegations of higher-ups within the company trying to shift the blame for the election denial onto its anchors. A senior producer claimed that the company was scapegoating her and her female colleagues, including Maria Bartiromo.
Perhaps the most significant move by Fox to close the door on Trump and his 2020 election denial scandal came with the dismissal of Tucker Carlson and the eyewatering settlement reached with Dominion.
On Trump's side, his decision to participate in CNN's Town Hall event, despite their previous antagonistic relationship, emphasized his falling out with Murdoch.
However, despite the influence of the heavyweight News empire and its support of DeSantis, Trump remains the favorite among Republicans as seen in recent polls by Fox News and Gallup.
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Was Paul RYNO, Fox Corp. board of directors, there?
Kingmaker?
What evidence do you have to back up that claim?
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Brett Baier (the Main darling at FOX) was hoping they could sell RINO Tim Scott, but polls must not be good for the Michael Steele wannabe.
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Rupert is the kiss of death..
I wonder if DeSantis wiped his boogers on him?
https://twitter.com/WarlordDilley/status/1659631032079925266
Won't matter, Trump is going to be the nominee, and I hope Fox goes to hell.
It has long been my understanding that he is. He's also Australian.
When the media chooses to promote one Republican candidate over all the others, I run the other way. They have done that way too many times in the past.
So there you have it.
More evidence that DeSantis is the establishment’s chosen one.
LOL!!! So now we believe MSN and Vanity Fair? Geezzz...
Rupert Murdoch wouldn’t have such a meeting. And, if he did, you wouldn’t know about it. The Murdochs will be supporting democrats as they have done for several years.
It appears that DeSantis is their “useful idiot.”
Oh no. Not Tyrmand.
So RD has supporters in Tyrmand, Lincoln Project, Rupert Murdoch, etc. Eeeewwww.
Makes sense. He wants to make Trump a "non person". And he pushes DeSantis.
Vineyard????
Bel Air???
Cannot be very large.
It’s been my long understanding that he is not.
“If true”? Are you kidding? Of course its true. Fox has always hated Trump. They’ve always been with the RINO establishment.
Not surprising. Rupert probably sees DeSantis our best shot at winning the White House in 2024. But he’s an old man. His liberal sons are going to be in charge. If I were him, I would sell Fox News to somebody like Elon Musk who’s actually serious about supporting free speech.
From wikipedia:
Keith Rupert Murdoch was born on 11 March 1931 in Melbourne, the second of four children of Sir Keith Murdoch (1885–1952) and Dame Elisabeth (née Greene; 1909–2012).[21][22]: 9 He is of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His parents were also born in Melbourne. His father was a war correspondent and later a regional newspaper magnate owning two newspapers in Adelaide and a radio station in a faraway mining town, and chairman of the Herald and Weekly Times publishing company.[7][23]: 16 [24] Murdoch had three sisters: Helen (1929–2004), Anne (born 1935) and Janet (born 1939).[25]: 47 His Scottish-born paternal grandfather, Patrick John Murdoch, was a Presbyterian minister.[26] Later in life, Murdoch chose to go by his second name, the first name of his maternal grandfather.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch Pays Ron DeSantis Undisclosed Sum with Book Deal Ahead of 2024 Announcement…
*He visited Israel, UK, Japan, and South Korea. Was he seeking permission from these countries to run? Perhaps, but I doubt it. More likely he was trying to demonstrate his grasp of foreign affairs, before officially announcing.*
Cut the crap. He was in the house. This trip was Kabuki window-dressing. No need for foreign trips. Trump just may be doing the same thing with his support for Israel.
*RDS is the best governor in country. He is not the best president material. Career politicians don’t make best president’s.*
Top-notch governor-big state. Good enough. Reagan was the best GOV-a non politician. Trump could head him off at the pass with Rand Paul as his VP.
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