Tag: news

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  LALA’S BOOKNOTES: Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the epic fight to control the last great media dynasty broke a family—and the world, by Gabriel Sherman

  ‘Bonfire of the Murdochs’ by Gabriel Sherman traces Rupert Murdoch’s ruthless creation of a $17 billion global media empire. It exposes a toxic “Darwinian” succession war pitting his children—Lachlan, James, Liz, and Prue—against each other. Ultimately, the patriarch destroyed his own family to secure his right-wing corporate legacy.

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  JAMES MURDOCH: The Redemption of ‘the Rebel Heir’

  James Murdoch, the rebellious youngest son, initially started a hip-hop label before returning as a corporate modernizer. His dad Rupert ruthlessly used him as a human shield during the 2011 phone-hacking scandal. Appalled by Fox News’s right-wing extremism, James eventually resigned and led his sisters in a failed legal bid to steer the media empire…

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  RUPERT MURDOCH: The man who wanted everything

  Rupert Murdoch built a $17 billion global media colossus, only to destroy everything he loved in the process. Driven by childhood trauma, he approached business and family as a ruthless “Darwinian struggle”. Resembling a tragic King Midas, he engineered a devastating succession war that permanently fractured his family to protect his right-wing legacy.

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  How Jeffrey Epstein manipulated the elite: A deep dive

  Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t a master criminal who tricked the world; he was a mirror for the elite. This essay explores the ‘Cloud of Common Sense’ that hovered over his network, explaining why billionaires sought his ‘Amoral Space’ and how a system of ‘Concentric Circles of Enablement’ treated his victims as ‘Disposable People.’