as news corp and the other central player in this story the a stream of mining sector to which rupert murdoch is also closely linked it's very difficult to pinpoint. the influence individual media empire political outcomes but there is a sort of coincidence of interests between the murdoch empire and the current government scott morrison but i think it's more likely that what drives the government is the closeness to the mining sector if they have to admit to the link with climate change over these fires and they all. logic you have to take far reaching action in cutting emissions and that would mean cutting their extractive industries on which the economy is very dependent the murdoch press has always been very prime money you know when murdoch was a young businessman in the sixty's and seventy's strayer's agricultural exports were the clausing partly because of britain joining the e.u. and he and many others saw the national savior as being on e. so he's always had himself personally very strong prime money and that's been reflected in his papers the murdoch factor in climate coverage is no

rupert mdoch's son james murdoch sits on the new scoreboard. a spokesman for him and his wife told the daily beast, "catherine and james's views on, change is well-established and their frustration with the newsp. c coverage is well known. they are particularlysa ointed with the ongoing denial among news outlets in australia given the evidence to the contrary." strong stuff. sometimes an issue of emphasis. here we have the australian newspaper on the day that australia it is highest everat average tempe. it is owned by rupert murdoch. it chose to lead the day with a story on coal exports. other times things are more explicit. we know australia's climate has been getting warmer over the past century. meteorologists, as david has just been telling us, say a hotter, drier climate increases the risk of bushfire seasons being longer and more intense. you find examples in the murdoch media questioning that. in november, a news corp. columnist said "hysterical efforts to blame fires on clim though we have always face the threat and always will." there

listening post here are some of the stories that we're covering this week australia is where rupert murdoch's media empire was born his news outlets there have got climate change denial down to a science malta and the journalistic legacy of the late affleck i don't want to believe her story is far from complete the balsa not all government in brazil it's corruption exposed by journalism wants to shoot the messenger and. poetic justice and the tory saudi are pretty clear in the murder of. sneers at his critics in australia soaring temperatures extended droughts and persistent winds have resulted in a wildfire season like no other yet as so much of the country burns most of the australian media outlets owned by rupert murdoch refused to call this story what scientists say it really is a disaster exacerbated by the climate crisis millions of acres have been burned out dozens of people have died wildlife is on the run and papers like the astray and networks like sky news astray are not just dismissing the scientific consensus they're trafficking in some false debunked narratives instead rupert. m

rupert murdoch's sonjames murdoch sits on the news corp board. and james views on climate are well—established and their frustration with some of the news corp and fox coverage of the topic is also well—known." "they are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in australia given obvious evidence to the contrary. strong stuff. there are different examples we could highlight. sometimes it's an issue of emphasis. on the day australia hit its highest ever average temperature, the murdoch—owned australian newspaper led on a story about coal exports. other times there is something more explicit. we know australia's climate has been getting warmer over the past century — this from the bureau of meteorology — and meteorologists say a hotter drier climate increases the risk of bushfire seasons being longer and more intense. but you'll find examples in the murdoch media questioning that. in november, news corp columnist chris kenny wrote in the australian newspaper: hysterical efforts to blame the fires on climate change co

rupert murdoch owns 3 major newspapers which have accused politicians of being alarmist over climate change. 9n people have blled and 16 injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in a northwest china, triggering an explosion. several people disappeared into the sinkhole, as it spread, eventually covering an area of 10 meters. sinkholes are common in china. they are often construction and the country's rapid pace of economic development. europe nations have put iran on notice over its breaches of the 2016 nuclear agreeme. that deal was a bus to stop iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb. tehran has been lifting limits on imaged uranium production in response to u.s. sanctions and rising tensions with america. iranian officials say they are justified in what they are doing. france, germany, and the u.k. disagree. has been triggered. to explain all of this, i was former u.s. spokesperson to the united nations. can the europeans get iranians to comply with the deal again? hagar: i think it is a small chance. i think for the u.k., the french and th germans to invoke this disputen re

ros: next it was a section of the australian media owned by rupert murdoch. >> the proposition that its, you go to right-wing think tanks or read the murdochis press, it all climate denialisme and obsc- and it is designed to deflect from the real objective, which has to be to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. ros: australia's climate has been getting warmer for years, th is caused by climate change, which is caused by human behavior. hotter, drier climate increases the chances of more severe bushfires. despite all that, youis still hr ind of stuff on a rupert murdoch's sky news australia. >> i do not need to tell you that much of this country and much of the world has gone nuts with climate change exaggeration, alarmism, and steria. our tragic bushfires this summer have been used by activists, journalists, and politicians here to push their ideological barrow, to attack their political enemies, and to do great damage to australia's international reputatn. that can and will hinge policies ever to prevent horrible which fire conditis s: australia. probably a discussion to be had over

why do you think rupert murdoch wanted to sell?ng on in the world of media and all the disruption and he didn't believe that the hand that they had was as strong as it needed to be. it's that simple. and he didn't have a solution. but what are the underlying trends reshaping the media industry which make those mega—acquisitions necessary? well, i think if you look at today's media landscape, whether you are in the uk or the united states or in many other places in the world, first of all it starts with content. content is king. quality stands really tall in a sea of choice. and then secondly, get content that is so valuable, so important, so loved by consumers, that they'll access it or buy it almost any way they possibly can. it was rival netflix that pioneered streaming which allows you to watch what you want when you want. in the time i've been on the throne, what have i actually achieved? # the times they are a—changing....# apple tv plus launched in london with hollywood starsjennifer aniston and reese witherspoon promoting it

very quickly, just the other day, the son of rupert murdoch, james murdoch openly split with his family said that the news corporation should be addressing this issue more directly. on top of all of this, what is troubling, judy, is this is really the beginning of the traditional fire seasone, february and march are oftentim where the real fires begin. judy: miles o'brien reporting from victoria in australia. so hard to believe until you see it up close likehis. thank you, miles. miles: you're welcome, judy. ♪ judy: when michelle obama was first lady, one of her key initiatives was to push for healthie nutrition and food choices. that translated into a change the country.dhool but the trump administration and some state officials argued that the obama administration went too far. beenhis administration has rolling back some of those moves as our correspondent tells us, today the u.s. department of agriculture proposed additional changes. >> the trump administrationy alre changed the obama standards for whole grains, sodiumnd nonfat milk. today it proposed new rules that were role back t

well on tuesday richard rupert murdoch's son james issued a joint statement with this wife including some pot shots at his family's media outlets for questioning the cause and downplaying the impact of climate change here is one example of that from sky news australia what do you do to tell the facts that show that we're not actually seeing this climate catastrophe the media keeps talking about now critics have long accused murdoch's global company news corp and some of the families television networks including fox news and sky astray of dismissing widely accepted climate science and clearly some within the murdoch plan feel that way as well a spokesperson for the couple said and i'm paraphrasing now their views on climate and their frustration with some of the news corp and fox coverage on this topic is well known and that they are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in australia and this is coming from the murdoch who was rupert's heir apparent right as recently as 18 months ago james was at least nominally responsible for fox news output as th

he also hit out at the section of the australian media run by rupert murdoch.missions. australia's climate has been getting warmer for years. that's caused by climate change. which in turn is caused by human behaviour. and we know that a hotter, drier climate increases the chances of more severe bushfires. despite all that, you'll still hear this kind of stuff on rupert murdoch's sky news australia. 0ur tragic bushfires have been used by activists and journalists and politicians here to push their ideological barrow to attack their party political enemies and to do great damage to australia's international reputation. they are pushing climate policies that can and will do nothing ever to prevent horror bushfire conditions in australia. there's probably a discussion to be had over who's doing the damage to australia's reputation. anyway — where to start with chris kenny's analysis? perhaps the australian weather bureau which says... or maybe i'm going to listen to the 100s of leading climate scientists who say the only way you limit climate change is to cut glob

mackenzie bezos with 25% the only billionaire who lost more money than bases in 2019 media mogul rupert murdoch. >>time for a look at the forecast and that sounds like we're but snow is going to be. relating rapidly right. know they've had a really a nice start to the season started out slow but boy that snow came in fast lot of folks headed up the slopes beautiful time of year to get up there and sometimes this can be very wet stormy time of year. but today this looking good right now if you want to head to the high country to kron 4 ski report looking over 52 inches for the base there. >>heavenly they've got thing new over the past day or so, but plenty of packed powder up there on the slopes already how about homewood us 73 inches on the ground they've had an inch of new snow in this past week and while i've got to live soap and all those trails open as well looking like it's going to be pretty good travel conditions getting up there if you're headed up in the next couple days this weekend. there is a storm coming and of course that could cause some problems if you're heading that direction.

son of media tycoon rupert has accused the family business of denying, change. james murdoch says that a t link australian bushfire crisis is being ignored. rupert murdoch owns 3 major newspapers which have accused politicians of being alarmist over climate change. 9 people have been killed and 16 injured after a sinkhole swallowed a bus in a northwest china, triggering an explosion. several the sinkhole, as it spread, eventually covering an area of 10 meters. sinkholes are comm in china. they are often blamed on construction and the country's rapid pace of econom development.european nations han on notice over its breaches of the 2016 nuclear agreement. th deal was a bus to stop iran from being able to build a nuclear bomb. tean has been lifting limits on imaged uranium production in response to u.s. sanctions and rising tensions with america. y iranian officials ey are justified in what they are doing. hefrance, germany, and.k. disagree. an official dispute mechanism to explain all of this, i was joined by hagar chemali, a former u.s. spokespersono the united nations. can t

muchhe news here is dominated by the news corporation, run by rupert murdoch, strictly -- almost strictlyime change views, climate denial views, but etch that is changing. some of th tabloids are starting to address this issue and, of corse, very blicly the other day, the son of rupert murdoch, james murch, open pli split with his family and said the news corporation should be addressiis issue more directly. on top of this, what is troubling, judythis is really just the beginning to have the traditional fire season here. february and march are oftentimes when the real fires begin. >> woodruff: miles o'brien reporting from victoria state in australia. so hard to believe until you sei it up close. this thank you, miles. >> you're welcome, judy. >> woodruff: when michelle obama was first lady, one of her key initiatives was to push for healthier nutrition and food choices. that translated into a change for public school lunches around the country. but the trump administration has some state officials have argued that the obama administration went too far, and this administra has been rolling

but here we have the australian newspaper owned by rupert murdoch known to lean to the right politically. itsou main picture is horse racing. its main story is about a yet to be confirmed proposal to restrict alcohol sales. the bushfires are positioned here. on the day after australia's highest temperatures on record, the australian led with asia's coal hunger to lift exports. more evidence that these fires are profoundly political in australia. the conclusions people draw about what is causing these bushfires will impact how changlians view climate how they view the fossil fuel industry, how they want their economy to be structured. that is why the media, politicians, and people are all paying close attention' heres more on that point from our correspondent for the sydney morning herald based here in london. reporter: australia is well used to busires, but this intensity, this degree, australia has not seen before. so while people are is not to do with climate change, australia has always been this country of droughts and fires and floods, that is true, but scientists have always said t

whatever he ate it been doing and when it comes to hiding history perhaps predictable because rupert murdoch is known as a republican that it was the sun that exposed the picture of the young queen in the queen mother giving nazi salutes you say probably at the behest of anybody it was there and the queen was about 7 or 8 so it was early thirty's so it was before the whole of the full horrors of naziism were apparent i don't play in a queen for that she was a young girl she was 7 and she was with influential adults on collision between mother was an adult was the queen mother was are living in a sicilian so the queen is entirely innocent of that does not have a lot in fact i feel rather angry on the queen's behalf. but the queen mother jolly well knew didn't she she was not old she knew what was going on and she give a nazi salute now how would have appeared in the war we were told about the queen mother in a war histories b.-o. brushed she would take the stand and she showed her face and everything else how would east end the. to have it in the photograph of the queen mother giving enough t

iwas never richard branson a rupert murdoch, but i made enough to buy manchester united and when thatt the deal was in rents. more newspapers and regulation that the dealwas in rents. later more newspapers and regulation that the deal was in rents. later he pulled out of the deal. why did it not happen? the negative press became too much. i did not need to own the football club to initiate my blueprint. 19's blueprint which against united has proved prophetic. he predicted huge growth in tv rights, dominance of satellite broadcasting and untold commercial opportunities. so you could regret pulling out of it now?” opportunities. so you could regret pulling out of it now? i have changed my view on this. for the first few years, probably for a decade after, i thought well, that was that. looking back now, it was a mistake not to complete on the contract, there is no question about that. it was the biggest mistake of my life. i could still be chairman of manchester united. europe trade asa of manchester united. europe trade as a chancer. how do you feel about that? looking back, how can y

listening post here are some of the stories that we're covering this week australia is where rupert murdoch's media empire was born his news outlets there have got climate change denial down to a science malta and the journalistic legacy of the late definitely don't want to believe her story is far from complete the balsa not all government in brazil it's corruption exposed by journal.

of 200 arsonists while trolls have been behind much of this mainstream media outlets such as rupert murdoch sky news and the australian newspaper have also been criticised for their coverage all of this is especially contentious in a country where climate change has long been a controversial topic that often figures as an election issue to help us understand more about this in central victoria than bottom she's a writer activist weekly columnist for guardian australia and in also norway the time he's an energy and climate science communicator it's good to have you 2 with us i just want to get your initial reaction to how severe these bushfires are catan 1st of all how would you describe it what would be the headline you would give where we are today. totally unfamiliar the scale and the magnitude of the fires themselves are completely unprecedented that this many different ways that you can measure the sort of thing but of course when it comes down to it you sort of have to move past the numbers which are all setting credible records and think about the things that you hear so i moved away

roger ailes talked rupert murdoch into giving him $60 million in starting a cable television network. it became the most successful network in history and the normative force shaping the republican party. that normative force became oppositional and narrowly tailored it is the choice between good and evil. it became less important to do things. it's nothing to do with the money. mcconnell's power comes from money and fear. jim jordan and those players a handful. almost all of them hate donald trump with the fire of a thousand suns. however, they love three things on this earth, they love their power, they love holding their office, and they love being alive. they are terrified. i have a and that is a member of congress and i told the story in the first book is a town hall meeting in february, february or march of 2017 not long after the inauguration. a guy stands up and says are you going to deal with them 100% of the time? and he gives the true answer. i'm going to make sure we do everything we can to work with the president, but it's something he proposes i is that the district i'm

well on tuesday richard rupert murdoch's son james issued a joint statement with this wife including some pot shots at his family's media outlets for questioning the cause and downplaying the impact of climate change here is one example of that from sky news australia what do you do to tell the facts that show that we're not actually seeing this climate catastrophe the media keeps talking about now critics have long accused murdoch's global company news corp and some of the families television networks including fox news and sky astray of dismissing widely accepted climate science clearly some within the murdoch clan feel that way as well a spokesperson for the couple said and i'm paraphrasing now their views on climate and their frustration with some of the news corp and fox coverage on this topic is well known and that they are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in australia and this is coming from the murdoch who was rupert's heir apparent right as recently as 18 months ago james was at least nominally responsible for fox news output as the he

you can see how you started startedhese things and fox with rupert murdoch. here's the situation, it was july, 1984 i was down 34 points. i've never known anybody to come from behind and win. i don't think it's over. a very competitive guy. we were looking for something that issue the needle in the haystack if you will end it turns out that this was back in the honorary days. so he turned that into a couple of ads and they are out looking to getting back to work and electrified the campaign got people interested in it and talking about it. those that look like hubble's income of the actor, being chased by dogs and literally ended up in a tree. four tenths of 1%, but another way of looking at it even though reagan cared for it they lost seats in the senate and he was the only democratic incumbent it senator enough beer to lose. >> host: democratic opponents would say find your method of campaigning. i'm just guessing your toughest campaign was 2014. it was a pretty big brawl that you started right out >> guest: few witnessed the rasul01. the allies basically c

well on tuesday richard rupert murdoch's son james issued a joint statement with this wife including some pot shots at his family's media outlets for questioning the cause and downplaying the impact of climate change here is one example of that from sky news australia what do you do to tell the facts that show that we're not actually seeing this climate catastrophe the media keeps talking about now critics have long accused murdoch's global company news corp and some of the families television networks including fox news and sky astray of dismissing widely accepted climate science in clearly some within the murdoch clan feel that way as well a spokesperson for the couple said and i'm paraphrasing now their views on climate and their frustration with some of the news corp and fox coverage on this topic is well known and that they are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in australia and this is coming from the murdoch who was rupert's heir apparent right as recently as 18 months ago james was at least nominally responsible for fox news output as the

you can see how he started fox for rupert murdoch. here is the situation. [laughter] july of the election. >> 1984 down 34 points. we had a meeting in louisville and i said roger is this race over? he set up never known to come from this far behind this late and win but i don't think it's over. very competitiveit guy i was running against a pretty smart democratic incumbent who didn't have obvious vulnerabilities o we were looking for some kind of issue like a needle in a haystack and it turned out i had no problem with people making speeches for money but he had while he was on the senate floor. so ailes turn that into a couplee of ads like a kentucky hunter type person with bloodhounds looking to get back to work and it electrified the campaign and got people talking about it and then there was a sequel later and look like they were chased by the dogs and ended up in a tree but the key line is we've got you now. not exactly a landslide. >> that one way of looking at a 49 out of 50 states he was the only democratic incumbent center that year to lose. >> th

could be 55-year-old rupert murdoch. rupert murdoch having disrupted the newspaper business and television business in britain. he arrives in america and says, i'm going to make another one. this was a big, bold bet. >> meantime, he will have to become an american citizen if he is to own tv stations here. something murdoch says he is willing to do. >> some people are saying it will take you 20 years to get your fox network on a par with the big three. are you prepared to wait that long? >> sure, i intend to live that long, but i don't believe in the 20 years. >> the reaction to murdoch's idea for a fourth network was similar to the reaction to ted turner starting cnn. it's ridiculous. what does he know about television? >> we don't have to reach everyone. there's no question we have an inferior lineup of stations to our counterparts. it means we have to work harder to get our message across and get shows sampled. >> they had an idea that in order to succeed, we have to differentiate ourselves from the networks. we have

meanwhile, conservative media mogul rupert murdoch's flagship newspaper, the australian, has repeatedly claimed that this yearar's fires are not woworse n in year's past. in fact, scientists say this year's fire season has scorched more of new south wales than in the previoious 15 years combine. murdoch's media company news corp. has s also spreadd misinformamation that has inflad the role of arsonists in the fires and has downplayed the role of climate change. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has announced she's cancer-free following successful treatment for a malignant tumor on her pancreas. the 86-year-old justice is the leader of the supreme court's four-member liberal wing. the court is scheduled to hear a slew of landmark cases, including about abortion, the second amendment, and the effort to force trump to release his tax and financial recordrds. in immigration news, outgoing guatemalan president jimmy morales says his government has not agreed to receive mexicans who wish to seek asylum in the united states. under a bilateral agreement, the united states can send hondu

. >> jimmy: on the show you play a guy who's kind of based on a rupert murdoch type.es back to be honored in the character's hometown of scotland. i didn't realize it, your actual hometown. >> the story behind that is interesting. what happened was that when i started playing it, when it was suggested to me, i suggested i could play it scots. jesse armstrong was against it. adam mckay was for it. they decided, no, he's got to be american. okay, it's american. i've played more americans than anything. yeah, okay. so we did it. then in the first episode, born in quebec, canada. so that's fine, quebec, canada. vermont, yeah, okay. so i went through nine episodes. on the ninth episode, peter friedman, who plays frank, who i keep firing and rehiring, he comes up to me, you know they've changed your birthplace. and i said, what do you mean they've changed my birthplace? he said, yeah, you're no longer born in quebec, canada. i said, where am i born? he said, hang on. he took out his device. here we are, dundee, scotland. and i said, but that's where i was born. what's going

then you have the australian newspaper owned by rupert murdoch, known to lean to the political right.ut horse racing. its main story is about yet to be confirmed proposals to restrict alcohol sales in western australia. and there are the bushfires. we saw this before christmas, too. on the day after australia's highest temperature on record, the australian led on increased export demand for australian coal. more evidence that these fires, and more broadly, climate change are profoundly political in australia. the conclusions people draw about what's causing these fires and what to do about them will have consequences for how australians view climate change, how they view their fossil fuel industry, which contributes to global warming, and how they view the future of the australian economy. that is why the media and the politicians and people are all playing —— paying such close attention to the conclusions being drawn. here's latika bourke, correspondent for the sydney morning herald here in london. australia is well used to bushfires, but this extremity, this intensity, this degree,

there was a wave of revulsion and rupert murdoch shut down the news of the world that had been going the levenson enquiry part one into the culture, practices and practices of the press. the court papers that have been seen by the website byline investigate and also by the bbc raised the possibility that it wasn't just a murdoch paper, that news of the world, that targeted milly dowler. pa rt world, that targeted milly dowler. part of this action brought by 71 celebrities, public figures, including prince harry, david walliams, and sports people and celebrities. they allege that the sunday people, that is a mirror group title, in 2002 paid and hired private investigation company to investigate milly dowler and her family. as i said, the time that she went missing. it is alleged that her family were put under surveillance and that star base were involved in phone hacking and other unlawful activities. the claimants point to an invoice from star base at the time that say was a unusually large amount of money. they point to an article in the sunday people that was published ten days dis

now rupert murdoch's sonjames accuses parts of the family's mighty news corp of denying climate changeted states senate names tuesday as the day president

rupert murdoch's tabloid the sun sneefr sneered at it.y and tweeted that it looked like a monkey. that's the sad truth that britain has that racism still. >> that's pretty bad. i don't understand this. i mean i have to tell you, you have to translate this for me because, you know, it's a glamorous couple, of course. it's a prince. he served in the military. he's found the woman of his dreams. he married her. that's it. and that's not okay. why isn't it okay? >> well, unfortunately, you know, i come from the '60s era so we have this thing of love and peace and all you need is love. and americans have this lovely image of brits. we think of james corden and john oliver, helen mir ren. but a reality is a lot of the brits, if you remember what ricky gervais was like on the golden globes. >> sure. >> you've got that stream of vituperative reactionary bile, hating on anything progressive, anything kind offer thoughtful or tolerant. and that is a daily diet in britain in the tabloids and in social media. so meghan, i think they were a little bit

rupert murdoch's wall street journal called that a farce months ago. every major newspaper called it a farce months ago. willie, the european union. >> they're scared of biden. >> -- demanded removing of the west prosecutor. the western world demanded the removal of the prosecutor. the obama administration told joe biden to go over there and remove the prosecutor. oh, wait. one more thing, pam bondi. just one more thing. and for the entire trump team and for all you stupid people out there -- actually, you're not stupid. you think we're all stupid? you think donald trump supporters are all student, conservatives are stupid? like donald trump, you think southerners are stupid? we're not. we're not. you have the ukrainians who said themselves that the prosecutor has stopped investigated burisma at the time. it was one of the complaints on why, willie, this guy was in the tank. you know what? you know what? i mean -- i'm like james brown. i've done my thing. >> need the cape. >> i don't need to -- throw this off me and walk offstage and throw it off and c

and now, as you say, rupert murdoch's wall street journal is coming out with a story that once againwilling to put our national security in yjeopardy. even play with war and peace in order to advance his own political objectives in the impeachment trial. >> let me -- go ahead. >> it's incredible. >> let me play you laura ingram, another person friendly to trump and him admitting something made he didn't want to admit. >> one thing, i moved our troops out on the border between turkey and syria. that turned out to be such a successful move, look what happened. i left troops to take the oil, i took the oil. >> donald trump is admitting, which is essentially a war crime, that his actions are to take another country's oil. helpful or not helpful for his re-elect? >> i don't think any of this is helpful for his re-election. again, those two critical keys, foreign policy success and foreign policy failure, have been put in jeopardy by trump's own reckless acts. there's a saying from shakespea shakespeare, they tell of the engineer who was hoist by his own explosives. well, trump, while tryi