The making of the Fox News empire
Today, Explained
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4.3 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In just about a week, Rupert Murdoch is going to launch a new publication, the California Post. |
| 0:05.9 | In digital and print, no less, it's been described as a New York Post for the left coast. |
| 0:12.1 | If Mr. Murdoch seems unbothered by reports of the death of media, perhaps that's for a reason. |
| 0:16.5 | Murdoch media isn't dying. Former Fox News personalities are currently running the |
| 0:20.7 | Departments of Defense |
| 0:21.6 | and Transportation. One is the borders are. One is the director of national intelligence. |
| 0:26.9 | And Donald Trump, you may recall, is in the White House. Rupert Murdoch knows what he's doing. |
| 0:31.3 | He has been one of the most important kind of media owners, not only for what he owns, but also for the way he's used it. |
| 0:39.1 | He has had this fascinating, but for many people, poisonous impact on political discourse, |
| 0:47.4 | on politics more generally. |
| 0:49.5 | Today, on Today, I'm Today Explained a rerun of a show we ran last fall. |
| 0:52.3 | My co-o, Sean Ramos firm firm on how Rupert Murdoch |
| 0:54.9 | remade the world. Do you remember? |
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