Rupert Murdoch’s Reverse Logic

Maybe it’s the tax cuts. But I doubt it.

Stories have surfaced that Rupert Murdoch and his children are in a fight over who gets to control the empire after the seemingly ageless Murdoch shuffles off his mortal coil. 

Given that everything is viewed through a political spectrum these days, the narrative is that Rupert wants to preserve it as a conservative political force. That may well be, but it seems to me the best way to preserve that and keep the money flowing would be to see Democratic victories across the board in this fall’s election. Murdoch properties do better as the raving, rabid opposition than they do when they have to support the party in power. 

Regardless, the family squabbles feel like they watched too many episodes of Succession and have become too enamored of their own reflections in that mirror.

They may be filthy rich, but these are not serious people.

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