Rupert Murdoch's son and daughter-in-law drop more than $2 million to help elect Biden and Democrats

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July 16, 2020

By Igor Derysh, Salon


Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch’s son and daughter-in-law are two of the biggest backers of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s campaign, federal filings show.

James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn Murdoch each contributed $615,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in June, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The Biden Victory Fund splits donations between Biden’s campaign, the Democratic National Committee and 26 state parties. The couple has also contributed to other candidates aiming to unseat Republicans. Kathryn Murdoch is “increasingly giving to Democrats this cycle, including $1 million to help Senate Democrats,” The Washington Post reported.

James Murdoch has long been the more liberal of the conservative media mogul’s sons, backing Democrats like former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg in the Democratic primary. He and his wife also issued a statement earlier this year criticizing his father’s outlets over climate change denial.

James Murdoch told The New Yorker last year that “there are views I really disagree with on Fox.” He also discussed internal family tension, revealing that there are “periods” of time when he and his father do not talk.

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Well, at least some of that Murdoch blood money is being used for a good cause...

[lagomorph777]

1. Interesting. If even the Murdochs are splintering, it can't be good news for the right wing.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Good. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, for now. We'll take every little bit of help offered...

to throw the worse PINO out of office and deal him a defeat that will humiliate yellow belly and expose him for the coward and corrupt person he is.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Covering their asses before another Truth in Media push is made.

[Blue_true]

6. James has been pretty liberal for years. He is the reason why some of the Fox News

abusers like O’Reilly and the guy that led the cable channel got fired. He has to contend with his brother Lachlan(so?), who is more like their father. James is the more extensive business person of the two, managing Fox’s former movie enterprises (sold recently for many billions), and other media properties outside of Fox News.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

4. The tell tale Hedge

The 1% percent gotta be 1% percenting

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yep

[Blue_true]

7. Actually, James Murdoch has supported Democrats for a while.

The donation comes as no surprise to me.

[manhattan123]

8. Sadly, it's the other son, Lachlan, who has a leadership role at Fox

And he's almost as right-wing as the old coot.

[UTUSN]

9. I'll *take* it!1 So Lachlan is the remaining jerk?

[GulfCoast66]

10. It's been know that he is liberal for a while.

Which explains why his brother controls Fox News.

[Quixote1818]

11. You beat me to it. nt

[Cha]

12. Thank you, James & Katherine!