Need another hint? You should get it now:
The love affair Trump has with Fox News only exists for as long as Rupert Murdoch allows it to.
On Friday his Wall Street Journal’s editor said that if other media are excluded form the next press briefing they will boycott. I don’t know if this is a hint about what Murdoch is thinking about Trump.
Consider, Murdoch is 85. In their twilight years most people think back about their lives. They think about what they accomplished in life, what they are proud of. Ordinary people think about things like raising children, having a happy marriage, even surviving turmoil and trials and bouncing back. Others may also think about accomplishments in their careers that helped people.
Not many have a chance to be proud of what they did to better others lives on a large scale.
Not many have had a chance in life to build a legacy that will be remembered for decades.
Rupert Murdoch does. Consider:
In 2016 Mick Jagger’s ex, Jerry Hall married the billionaire after what was called a whirlwind romance. Mick Jagger was 15 years older than she was. Murdoch is 25 years older.
Murdoch’s main accomplishment in life so far has to become a billionaire media mogul. He has championed conservative causes and believed he could take on the rest of the press which he considered left wing.
Consider what would happen if he ordered his Fox News staff to do some real investigative reporting. What if he brought some real reporters over from The Wall Street Journal? What if it was Fox News that finally got proof of the Russian connection?
Why would Murdoch do this? While it would make him even more famous than he already is, he doesn’t seem to be the media hogging narcissist Trump is. I think he’d do it because it would assure his place in history as the man who brought down a despotic presidency.
I don’t know how his wife feels about politics or about Donald Trump. If this 60 year old Texas born former supermodel, who is of English, Irish, Dutch, Choctaw and Cherokee Native American descent, believes Trump is endangering this country, she may have some influence over her husband
If Fox News is unleashed to simply report the truth responsibly it will be Trump’s undoing with many of his supporters. It will begin the erosion of support for Trump believers who are, after all, believers in Fox News.
This could very well be the beginning of the end for Trump and his minions because once Republican’s see the sharks smelling Trump’s blood in the water they have ample cause to impeach him. If Fox News gives them more cause they probably won’t be able to face their constituents and explain why they let someone who committed or sanction treason can stay on as president.