rupert murdoch does not own c-span. there is no ownership of c-span by any persons involved in this conflict. i will let you respond. guest: i do not hear everything use -- he said. host: he said it was good that we are having this conversation about what is going on in the middle east. do you think that is something that america should be talking and thinking about more? guest: there is a doctrine of misconception that somehow the united states is an honest broker or neutral broker. that is not the case, it is israel's enabler. the united states gives israel $3.8 billion per year and money. -- in money. they just signed over $735 million, that could be going to united states taxpayers, fixing up infrastructure. not just a question of them providing money, but all of the money provided is with exemptions and the united states gives israel paramedics support -- diplomatic support. we have often heard there is no daylight between the united states and israel, what in effect the event sites is a is that we will stand by is

and will she publish _ with rupert murdoch? last 12 months? if not, what people conclude that the cover—up is still going _ conclude that the cover—up is still going on— conclude that the cover—up is still going on and this is not the party of law— going on and this is not the party of law and — going on and this is not the party of law and order, it's the party of the cover—up. | of law and order, it's the party of the cover-up— of law and order, it's the party of the cover-up. i think the honourable rentlemen the cover-up. i think the honourable gentlemen for _ the cover-up. i think the honourable gentlemen for his _ the cover-up. i think the honourable gentlemen for his questions, - the cover-up. i think the honourable gentlemen for his questions, and . gentlemen for his questions, and also genuinely think him for bringing this urgent question to the house. he has set up some of the reasons why this case is so very important, and indeed we note that was directed by the then home secretary in good faith eight years ago that i

but now in australia rupert murdoch was pushing it and then senator kennedy and i tried to get a coalition of newspapers to take this on sometimes you have strange bedfellows but i feel so strongly maybe because i'm the daughter of a journalist who has an incredible career still alive at age 93. >> i did not realize that. i'm sorry i was wrong. it's not what has been. he is proud. >> he did graduate from hospice in the last year. in any case i grew to admire not only his work but all journalist. it scared me to death we will lose investigative journalism. maybe not at "the new york times" and "washington post" but if you start losing and cities like miami or minneapolis and you don't have the coverage that they are just hanging in there and with those george floyd aid trials like derek chauvin and they have the unique ability to cover. >> . >> and the salem post. >> . >> do you know what you are showing you are true and time monopolist. >> as a fund-raising drive one of the first in the country my dad's last job when he was senior writing the weekly call on about the vikings game. >> if th

rupert murdoch does not own c-span.re is no ownership of c-span by any persons involved in this conflict. i will let you respond. guest: i do not hear everything use -- he said. host: he said it was good that we are having this conversation about what is going on in the middle east. do you think that is something that america should be talking and thinking about more? guest: there is a doctrine of misconception that somehow the united states is an honest broker or neutral broker. that is not the case, it is israel's enabler. the united states gives israel $3.8 billion per year and money. -- in money. they just signed over $735 million, that could be going to united states taxpayers, fixing up infrastructure. not just a question of them providing money, but all of the money provided is with exemptions and the united states gives israel paramedics support -- diplomatic support. we have often heard there is no daylight between the united states and israel, what in effect the event sites is a is that we will stand by israel

his theory was look at where political polarization is going up is mostly in the countries with rupert murdoch. fox news. he was saying it's not social media or facebook it is fox news and that sort of stuff. that did fit with the study. so is it social media or is it in sync with other things? let's broaden the lens. >> absolutely. everybody asks the question is social media driving polarization? that's not the question we know that was surging long before facebook and twitter. we can point to the southern strategy or market segmentation with perverse incentives for small markets given point to the collapse of the soviet union and the cold war and provided a common enemy. there's a lot of drivers. it isn't too protective we cannot explore an alternative reality. but i do think that is contributing to the problem. no matter the answer to that question but given we will not have social media anytime soon hardly make that less polarizing quick. >> i see tobias is in the audience. i'm a social psychologist i just had a vague sense i met tobias and he clued me into the social media platforms chang

could in fact be one rupert murdoch. the 55-year-old mr.ewspaper business in australia, the television business in britain he arrives in america and basically says i don't see why there should only be three broadcast nektsds, 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. >> there are some people who 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 certainly 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 of 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 suc

the head of fox, rupert murdoch, has been vaccinated.hors say they have been vaccinated. the company's had work from home and mask rules in place. so what's with the lies and the conspiracies on the air? >> now, that's much more dangerous. tucker carlson has a huge audience every night, and he's been, quote, asking questions. just asking questions. he never has experts that can answer his questions, so he asks questions about vaccine safety. what do we know about them? how safe are these vaccines? we know these vaccines are super safe. somehow he never gets to those answers. and i do want to know from tucker, have you been vaccinated? and there are only two answers to that. either he's been vaccinated and basically has been lying to his audience, you know, creating grave doubt about whether these vaccines are needed or safe or efficacious, or he's not been vaccinated, in which case he's so dumb that he should not be the anchor of a prime-time show. so which is it, tuck center are you dumb, or are you lying? >> wow. okay, doctor. thank yo

had the bidding war of rupert murdoch trying to gain control of this.purchase of these media assets by at&t in 2017. a new ceo in 2020, taking a look at that and saying if you are not number one or number two in an industry, get out. right now, they were not even number three, barely even number four. in fact, the wireless business at at&t was slipping from the top position down to the number three position. they had a big decision. do you focus on one thing, wireless and 5g, or try to maintain the sort of combination of all of these different assets? the solution, get rid of warner media, spin it off into a new company. the head of discovery media is going to be heading this company when it is all done. discovery shares halted. they were up about 17% in the premarket, set to reopen around 7:40, i'm told. at&t shares higher by about 4%. viacomcbs, a lot of speculation about where that is going to go, up about 3% in the premarket. we should also point out viacom shares getting a bit of a boost off the latest 13f filings that showed a few big funds taking

the rupert murdoch controlled "wall street journal" writing in an editorial just tonight about liz cheney, and i quote, she may be ousted because she is daring to tell the truth to gop leaders and at personal political risk. cnn is told that the congresswoman will not step aside. but the minority leader, kevin mccarthy, is orchestrating a vote that could happen as soon as may 12th. mccarthy privately telling fox that this is on a hot mic moment. right. listen to it. here it is. >> i think she's got real problems. i've had it -- i've had it with her. you know, i've lost confidence. well, someone just has to bring a motion, but i assume that will take place. >> i want to point out this audio has been edited and does not include steve doocy's question, but that may be most convenient hot mic moment ever. let's face it. he hasn't exactly been keeping his thoughts about liz cheney a secret. i'm talk about kevin mccarthy. he went on the fox propaganda network this morning to attack her without giving the congresswoman a heads up. >> i have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry

it's clear this is a network with a party, not a party with a network, you know, and, you know, rupert murdoch they will have to answer to history. they are allowed from there and just can't tell you how important this moment is and just how important and what liz cheney is doing empower and inspire other principals just before allowing george w. bush coming out and basically what she's saying. so i think the fight is finally, finally being engaged and got bless liz cheney for having the courage to stand up virtually alone in the beginning, her and romney and i think you're going to see them find supporters and now i think people will start to stand up and people, kevin mccarthys will have flip-flopped and gone along with the shameful big lie. i think in the end, i'm really going to regret it. i sure hope so. >> appreciate that, thanks very much. we'll continue the conversation with two republican party insiders including a former member of congress. what does congresswoman cheney hope to achooiieve as the forme president hopes to hold the power in the house and a famous attorney and defender

and, you know, rupert murdoch and his son lockwood murdock, they will have to answer to history for what they allowed to go off on the airwaves from their -- from their network. but, you know, i just can't tell you how important this is. this moment. and -- and i think, and just how important it is that we -- we support these people. what liz cheney is doing, i think and i hope, is going to empower, enable, and inspire other-principled republicans. we saw, just before i went on the air, i was reading about george w. bush now coming out. and basically, echoing what she is saying. so, i think, the fight is finally, finally, being engaged. and -- and god bless liz cheney for having the courage to stand up, virtually alone in the beginning, her and romney. and i think you're going to see them find supporters, now. i think people will start to stand up. and -- and people -- nikki haleys and the kevin mccarthys, who have gone along with this shameful, big lie, i think, in the end, are really going to regret it. i sure hope so. >> tom friedman, appreciate it, tom. thanks very much. we are going

right now disney is in a strong competitive position because they bought rupert murdoch's stock.ndustry to come up with ways to combine. >> you have these two mammoth enter enterprises. disney plus. what does it mean for the as to be yet unmerged? >> yeah. that's an interesting question. the nbc universal, for example, comcast has to figure out what to do now? do they want to find a partner and go to the proverbial dance with. would they do a dance with via come cbs. these are questions that bankers and media analysts are asking overnight, wondering. if you're nbc universal, you have a lot of assets from telemundo to world wrestling. you have cnbc. but is it enough? is it enough to have a streaming service called peacock or do you need more scale? viacomm cbs, paramount plus, do they have enough shows and movies and assets or do they need to grow. the right word is streaming olympics. there are more than one winner. there's a gold. there's a silver. there's a bronze. it's like a streaming arms race. right now we know who is winning the gold. it's netflix. >> i do wonder, though,

. >> all right then, john, "the wall street journal" ed board, rupert murdoch's wall street journal,board theoretically comprised of actual conservatives who support republican policies wrote this. republicans should find a way to speak this truth to voters in 2022 and quickly turn to running on an agenda with the future that will check mr. biden and his great entitlement state purging liz cheney for honesty would diminish the party. if there is any fear among republicans that getting too far away from approximately see, is that not a concern? "the wall street journal" lays it out there. if you want to be a conservative right now you can talk about joe biden's policies and talk about his infrastructure plan and how much it costs and they're not talking about that. they're saying liz cheney isn't nice to trump. >> yeah, you make a great point. garrett makes a great point. this is still the party of trump. it will be party of trump in 2022. loyalty to trump is still the barometer inside the house republican conference especially. look at some of the candidates for senate also. they're

at the time, yuccas said it was too late iger hung up and called rupert murdoch.pert murdoch tried to buy time warner as well. but a little bit of -- maybe -- we'll never know what could have happened but there was a moment clearly where disney could have actually bought time warner a little interesting fact along the history time line of media >> everybody looked at everyone at some point. they're all looking at each other. who knows, anything that could have been different partners, they all got to worry about how similar things are, the overlap and everything else. but did anyone think it was going to be discovery/warnermedia? i was trying to figure out a name >> they still are. it's not like this is done they're all still looking for each other >> what's the name got a name for zaslav? >> i think there permutations of warner-discovery, discovery-warner, right? >> i suspect mondelez, that's taken >> you don't think it's a completely new name, do you? >> i don't know, z-media >> maybe plus. all of these things have plus at the end. >> how about plus plus >> blod

it is a majority owned by rupert murdoch's news core empire. more on the deal, we are joined by hari krishnan. good to have you with us. is this about expanding the business before the expected ipo or spac? hair: thank you for having me. we are delighted to announce the acquisition of assets from rea group. we have looked at this as a way to invest in very attractive assets in that part of the world. these are truly transformative to the group and we are very excited about the prospects they bring to our group. haslinda: how is this transformative? you are getting assets from two markets which have been badly hit the coronavirus. malaysia and thailand are struggling to get out of the pandemic? how is that transformative? hari: we take a long time view of the markets. when we look in the next 10 years, the macro megatrends remain in place -- urbanization, digitalization, the emergence of the middle class, remain very strong. we have been in this market for many years. when we look at these assets we are announcing the acquisition of, they are co

still no match for media titan rupert murdoch, who's no stranger to divorces, split with his second wifey splitting the fortune with bill gates that means she would receive around $65 billion and would put her second on that list. george. >> thanks. >>> let's bring in david glass for more on this. david, washington is a community property state, but that doesn't necessarily mean that melinda gates gets half of all this, right? >> that's right. community property means property acquired during the marriage. so when they got married bill gates had already created microsoft and was their largest shareholder so not all of that money, not all those shares will be community property. that's a very complicated and complex calculation that has to be done. >> and when you look at the divorce petition what does it say to you? i was struck by the line that said she's not asking for any support. >> that's right. it's pretty clear that they're both going to have more than enough to survive on and so she's not asking for any support but the important thing about the petition is that it's a joint petit

screw up and so their answer is, oh, we're not going to look at "the wall street journal," run by rupert murdochot going to look at the "financial times," we're not going to look at "the washington post," we're not going to look at any newspaper. we're going to go to conspiracy websites out of china. or we're going to go to conspiracy websites out of third world countries. we'll go to third world websites that depend on qanon conspiracy. that's where we'll get our information mow. sorry, it doesn't work that way. you're just mining as deep down in the sludge as you can to find somebody that reinforces your pre-existing prejudices. you'll go anywhere, you'll go to any alley, you'll go to any slum. you will go to any sewer on the internet to get that information that reinforces the lie that you want to believe and repeat and then send to somebody else. you don't want to know the truth and that's what's so shocking. you don't want to know reality when it doesn't line up with your pre-existing prejudices. and we have come -- this is a new point in american history. where now 75 million americans or