"Jesse Armstrong's series about media mogul Logan Roy and his warring children, thought to be based on the Murdochs, was a gripping smash hit, and this documentary is soon excitedly matching the eldest Murdoch siblings—independent Prudence from Rupert's first marriage, dutiful favourite Lachlan, problem child James and brilliant but overlooked Elisabeth—to their Succession counterparts."
"In the documentary, as in life, they are overshadowed by their dad. In the notable absence of any input from the family, but with astute analysis from longtime Murdoch-profiling journalists, extensive archive material and a brief cameo from Hugh Grant—who calls Rupert a proper danger to liberal democracies—we watch Murdoch's rise to media behemoth and political kingmaker."
"There are his populist, right-leaning revamps of the News of the World and the New York Post, the endorsement of Ronald Reagan—whose deregulation policies, once he was elected, allowed Murdoch to launch the Fox network—and Murdoch's U-turn when Trump, whom he had reportedly called a fucking idiot, looked set to become a king of his own making."
This four-part documentary explores Rupert Murdoch's media empire and the competition among his children—Prudence, Lachlan, James, and Elisabeth—to control it after his death. Drawing parallels to the HBO series Succession, the film traces Murdoch's transformation into a media behemoth and political kingmaker. It documents his populist, right-leaning overhauls of publications like the News of the World and New York Post, his strategic endorsement of Ronald Reagan to enable Fox network's launch, and his political maneuvering with figures like Trump. Through interviews with longtime journalists, extensive archival material, and accounts from News of the World and Fox News insiders, the documentary reveals scandals including phone hacking and sexual harassment. Despite the dramatic family dynamics, Murdoch himself emerges as the dominant force overshadowing his children's ambitions.
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