From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the day.

Today, through his media empire,

Rupert Murdoch has reshaped the politics of countries across the English-speaking world,

pushing their governments to the right.

Inside, the bitter struggle between his sons over who would control that empire

once he's gone.

It's Friday, April 5th.

So the story begins in January 2018 with Rupert Murdoch, 86 years old,

the most powerful media mogul in the world, with his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger's ex,

and they borrow his son, Locklands, 140 foot yacht.

I mean, yacht doesn't even begin to describe it. It is a floating, pleasure palace.

Jim Rudenberg and Jonathan Moller spent six months investigating the Murdoch family for the Times magazine.

There's one room that has all the stars of the sky in the ceiling.

One switch turns on the Southern hemisphere constellations.

The other one turns on the Northern hemisphere constellations.

The cockpit turns into a swimming pool because he never knew when he wanted to take a dip.

There's even a rock climbing, kind of training apparatus.

So you set that up on the deck and practice your rock climbing.

So this boat is kind of a floating portrait of luxury.

Yes, but it's also a sailboat.

And Rupert Murdoch is an 86 year old man.

And it's not easy to navigate a sailboat, especially in the middle of the night.

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