I am asking a sincere question, no sarcasm intended. How do you know that Rupert Murcoch has conservative views? I have not yet seen or heard anything that he has personally said or written at all. I wonder how a conservative could own something with as many crass sitcoms as the Fox broadcast channel airs. It should go against his principles. Also, the getting married 5 times is a bit of a red flag.
Can you ease my mind by telling me where to find info about Murdoch.
As I said, his views are "by and large" conservative. And it should also be acknowledged that the US brand of conservatism as espoused at FR often differs greatly from the conservative thinking found in Australia and the UK, which is what largely shaped Murdoch's views.
US Conservatism is often far more "moral" and "religious" than the Aust/UK model. Murdoch papers are renowned for their racy style (Page 3 girls etc) combined with solid conservative domestic and foreign policy positions. Even Murdoch's support for New Labour can still be judged as a conservative position in that a) New Labour has largely abandoned the socialist positions of its past and b) Murdoch papers like the Sun and NOTW amplify support for "traditional" conservative views on immigration, the EU, support for the US alliance when New Labour does.
You also ask how I know Murdoch is conservative. Easy - I'm born Australian and currently live in the UK, I'm media trained and I've lived in a Murdoch media environment all my life. I've seen his actions across a wide variety of governments and crises and believe me, he's conservative.
But, as I've said above, he's concerned more than anything about making money. He's seen in the past that a rich niche exists in providing conservative/right leaning media in what is an almost exclusively liberal mediasphere (sorry, for the jargon, it just comes out!) and he has exploited that.
There are a number of excellent biographies about Murdoch, notably by one by William Shawcross called "Rupert Murdoch: Ringmaster of the Information Circus". Its pretty heavy going but also excellently researched and written. Murdoch achievement in parlaying one small newspaper in a middle sized Australian city into a global media empire is simply astounding and Shawcross charts it well.
Also, its worth noting that he's "only" been married three times. That said, we could both name plenty of supposedly rock-solid conervative figures who have feet of clay when it comes to their own personal lives. Rush Limbaugh springs to mind, amonst others.
If you want to know more about Murdoch, read Shawcross's book and spend some time reading his UK publications, especially The Times and The Sunday Times.