Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch hands empire to son Lachlan

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan.

But the operation's news division has drawn frequent criticism under his leadership for blurring the line between commentary and journalism. "In Fox News, Murdoch created a uniquely destructive force in American democracy and public life, one that ushered in an era of division where racist and post-truth politics thrive," Carusone said. "The world is worse off because of Rupert Murdoch."

Then in 2016, Rupert Murdoch ousted powerful news chief Roger Ailes following a sexual harassment scandal later dramatized in the Oscar-winning 2019 movie "Blockbuster." A week after the settlement, Fox ousted conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson, one of several prominent Fox figures who had publicly championed Trump, while privately disparaging the conspiracy theory peddling Republican.

In 2020, Lachlan's younger brother James Murdoch, who had been in the running to lead the empire, resigned from the News Corp. board, alluding to "disagreements over certain editorial content."

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