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Category Archives: Rupert Murdoch
The Jurisdictional Wars Alliance Theory and the battle for authority at Crikey
Crikey journalists do not compete for authority by declaring a desire for power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their claims as independence from Australia’s concentrated media system, loyalty to exposing how power operates, and responsibility for saying … Continue reading
The Jurisdictional Wars Alliance Theory and the battle for authority at The Australian Newspaper
Journalists and editors at The Australian do not compete for authority by declaring a desire for power. They compete by invoking moral languages that frame their claims as fidelity to serious national journalism, loyalty to economic realism, or responsibility for … Continue reading
Why Are There Such Uniform Reactions To The New Books By Jason Zengerle (Tucker Carlson) And Gabriel Sherman (Murdoch Family Feud)?
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory says this uniformity is not an accident, a coincidence, or a failure of imagination. It is the function of elite cultural production working correctly. 1. These books are not investigations. They are boundary rituals. The reviews … Continue reading
James Murdoch in 2009: ‘The only reliable, durable, and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit’
Gemini says: James Murdoch’s 2009 MacTaggart Lecture, where he declared that “the only reliable, durable, and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit,” sparked significant elite backlash because it directly challenged the foundational values of the British media establishment. The reaction … Continue reading
The Murdochs: Gabriel Sherman’s Class Cleansing Ritual
Gemini says: In his book, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family –– and the World, Gabriel Sherman focuses his gaze on the decline of the Murdoch empire because … Continue reading
Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family—and the World
I enjoyed this new book by Gabriel Sherman though I could have done without the preaching. ChatGPT says: For Gabriel Sherman and his publisher, writing about the Murdochs is not neutral reporting. It is a ritual of boundary enforcement aimed … Continue reading
Rupert Murdoch vs The Establishment
I’m reading the new Gabriel Sherman book, Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family –– and the World, and it seems like a case study in Alliance Theory, elite … Continue reading
Breaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession (2013)
Here are some highlights from this 2013 book: * one of Rupert’s great attractions is that he rarely thinks hard before opening his mouth. * Rupert Murdoch is half puritan, half gambler, and that’s the way he has always behaved. … Continue reading
How Rupert Murdoch’s Wife Wendy Deng Slept Her Way Out Of China
Wendy Deng made the news last week when she socked a guy who shoved a cream pie at her husband Rupert Murdoch during a British parliament hearing. Wendy is Rupert’s third wife. Rupert Murdoch (a staunch non-Jewish supporter of Jews … Continue reading