Rupert Murdoch accuses Roger Ailes of ‘laying the groundwork’ for Trump campaign: report

[DonViejo]

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch reportedly blames Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chairman and chief executive officer who resigned in July amid sexual harassment allegations, for “laying the groundwork” for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Fox sources told New York magazine. Murdoch is the executive chairman of the network’s parent company, 21st Century Fox.

Ailes and the Republican presidential nominee are longtime friends. The sources said Ailes, who founded Fox in 1996, gave Trump a weekly call-in segment on Fox & Friends to discuss political issues, including the widely debunked “birther” myth he helped perpetuate against Barack Obama—that the president was not born in the United States.

Sources close to Ailes and Trump reportedly told the magazine that the former media executive had lunch with the real estate mogul shortly before he announced his White House bid, and continued to give him political advice throughout the primary season.

Prior to the first GOP primary debate on Fox News in August 2015, Murdoch allegedly told Ailes he wanted the network’s debate moderators to push Trump on various issues. That debate was the start of the more than nine-month feud between Trump and Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. “Murdoch’s been very bad to me,” Trump told New York in April.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/rupert-murdoch-accuses-roger-ailes-of-laying-the-groundwork-for-trump-campaign-report/

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Oh boy,somebody is CYA ing.

Rupert is being burned in Britain for his backing and promoting Brexit. Do we see somebody in trouble and is starting to burn bridges. Something got away and is out of control,and it is coming back to bite him in the ass. How about Trump TV Network,the Libertarian News 24/7 with featured talents like,Roger Stone,Roger Ailes,Bannon,and of course Ann Coulter.

[anamandujano]

2. Love it!

[Wellstone ruled]

3. What reallly sucks is,

the rest of the Media,(choking sound),will not chase this story.

[anamandujano]

6. Whatever media Murduch owns may tend to get less lopsided now,

if they are really at eachother's throats. This article says he owns significant stakes in these companies as of June 2015

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/06/11/what-rupert-murdoch-owns/71089066/

Anita Balakrishnan, USA TODAY 6:59 p.m. EDT June 11, 2015

Cable

Fox News (Fox News Sunday, Fox News Edge, Fox News Radio Network)
Fox Business Network
FSN – Fox Sports Net Inc. (National Sports Programming, Yankees Entertainment, Fox Sports Go)
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 2
SPEED
Fox College Sports
Fox Soccer Plus
Big Ten Network
FX (and FXnow online)
FXX
FXM
National Geographic U.S.
FIC (Fox International Channels) (including Fox Channel, Fox Life, Fox Crime, FOX Traveller, Voyage Channel, STAR World, STAR Movies and Chinese channels, National Geographic HD, Nat Geo Adventure Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Music, NGC Network International, Elite Sports Limited, Baby TV, Fox Sports Latin America, MundoFox Broadcasting, Eredivisie Media and Marketing, Channel V Thailand, CJ E&M Korea, Fox Sports Japan)
STAR India (International Cricket Council matches, Asianet Communications, Vijay Television Private Limited, Balaji Telefilms Limited)
Rotana (operates in the Middle East)
Moby Group Holdings
Fox Sports Asia
Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings (operates in China)
PT Visi Media Asia (operates in Indonesia)

Television

Fox Television stations (WNYW, WWOR, KTTV, KCOP, WFLD, WPWR, WTXF, KDFW, KDFI, WFXT, WTTG, WDCA, WAGA, KRIV, KTXH, WJBK, KSAZ, KUTP, WTVT, KMSP, WFTC, WOFL, WRBW, WJZY, WMYT, KTBC, WHBQ, WOGX)
FOX Broadcasting Company
MyNetworkTV distribution service

Film

Twentieth Century Fox Film (Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Fox International Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Production

Twentieth Century Fox Television productions
Fox 21 Inc.
Twentieth Television
FtvS (Fox Television Studios)
Shine Limited
All films in the Fox Library

Broadcast

Sky Italia
Sky Deutchland

Other

BSkyB (U.K.)
Hulu (30% stake)
Tata Sky
Bona Film Group
CMC-News AsiaVice Holding (Vice News)

News Corp.

News and Information

Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal, CFO Journal, CMO Journal and international WSJ editions, Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Factiva, DJ Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barrons, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Private Market, DJX)
News Corp Australia (The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, taste.com, CareerOne.com, Busienss Spectator, Eureka Reports, carguide.com, FOX SPORTS PULSE, and local dailies)
News UK (The Sun, The Times)
New York Post
News America Marketing (SmartSource inserts)
Storyful

Cable Network Programming

Fox Sports Australia
Digital Real Estate Services
REA Group (digital advertising, international versions of Realestate.com, Realcommercial.com, myfun.com, AtHome.com, Atoffice.com)

Book Publishing

HarperCollins

Digital Education

Amplify (Amplify Insight, Amplify Learning, Amplify Access)

[Wellstone ruled]

8. This is what has happened to the Media.

Way to much influence for one small minded man.

[sarcasmo]

4. Asshole A, mad at Asshole B for helping Asshole C.

[BlueMTexpat]

10. Great summary!

[0rganism]

5. guess he's not happy that Fox is going to have competition on the right next year

i fully expect Ailes, tRump, Bannon, and a few other reliable henchmen to start an alt-right news network after tRump gets his ass stomped in November. naturally, this stands to reduce Fox's revenue stream a bit.

[anamandujano]

7. I think they will be able to intuit from the election that the viewership will not be there.

I also think Trump will disappear into a self imposed exile for a good while. He's been shellacked and the show hasn't even started yet.

[GeorgeGist]

9. Fucking Cons ...

never take responsibility for anything.

[eppur_se_muova]

11. "Rupert Murdoch"..."'la[id] the groundwork'"..."for"..."Roger Ailes": undeniable reality

That headline definitely needed a little editing.