Last week marked the end of an era as Rupert Murdoch stepped down from his role leading Fox Corp. and News Corp. and handed the reins to his son, Lachlan.
Over the last few days, there have been plenty of opinions about what will happen to the parent company of media outlets such as Fox News now that the elder Murdoch is giving up his role.
Nonetheless, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan took a different approach with his thoughts. Instead, Hasan summarized the “very real wake of destruction” that the 92-year-old left behind during his time as Fox Corp. and News Corp. chair.
“It’s difficult to sum up Murdoch’s unremittingly toxic and pernicious record, to encapsulate the sheer power of Murdoch to do damage to our politics, our media, our world,” Hasan wrote in an essay published on the MSNBC website on Sunday.
“Three of the most destructive events of my lifetime — the Iraq War, the Brexit vote, and the rise of Trump and his big lie — simply could not have happened without Rupert Murdoch.”
While Lachlan takes over for his father as the company’s chair, the longtime executive said just because he is relinquishing his title doesn’t mean he will step away from the companies he built completely.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
