Rupert Murdoch

Sam and Emma break down the biggest headlines of the day. They begin by discussing the oral arguments before the Supreme Court today, focusing on Biden’s student debt cancellation plan. This includes Iowa’s attorney general, Brenna Bird, insinuating to Maria Bartiromo that Biden’s plan was designed to buy votes before the 2020 election, and Bernie […]
Jonathan Mahler (@jonathanmahler), staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins us to discuss his article, ‘Planet Fox: How Rupert Murdoh’s Empire of Influence Remade the World.’ 88-year-old Rupert Murdoch currently sits atop the world’s most powerful media empire. Mahler and co-writer Jim Rutenberg examine how Murdoch took a modest inherited newspaper business and […]
Rolling Stone’s Guy Lawson explains the distinction between Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel, Mississippi Tea Party leader Mark Mayfield commits suicide, the FBI investigating Rupert Murdoch, the progressive Australian Prime Minister Murdoch destroyed, the tall poppy syndrome, will Murdoch’s crimes catch up with him? The game of access journalism and how Donald Rumsfeld created arms […]
Mike Sacks, Huffington Post Supreme Court correspondent, on oral arguments addressing controversial Arizona immigration law SB1070.  Also, Katrina
Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim on Super Tuesday results, Mitt’s words to Ann and the quiet maneuvering of Steny Hoyer.  Also, Ed Pilkington from the Guardian on
“Rupert Murdoch” calls in and throws son James under the bus.  Bribery, government and police officials on the take, mass cover ups; Sam digs