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The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta on Profiling the Murdochs | 10

Even the Rich

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The Power of Ownership

Rupert Murdoch is the owner of Fox News, not an employee. He doesn't have to worry about a hostile hedge fund coming in and saying "We got to get rid of Rupert" The media mogul loves news for several reasons; he's against big government unless it gives him what he wants out of it. And so he saw Fox News as an opportunity to help sway government.

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