Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman | CNN Business
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Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday that he will step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp.
    • SheeEttin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      110·
      10 months ago

      His son Lachlan Murdoch is taking over. Lachlan has been co-chair of News Corp since 2014, and a director before that. Given that Rupert is 92, I’m sure that Lachlan has already been calling the shots for a long time. This is not really a change.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      151·
      10 months ago

      I’m assuming he’s still running he company and this is just for appearances or financial reasons. There’s no way he won’t have control of what they do or say

    • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      228·
      10 months ago

      Things always change. They just never get “perfect” because a new problem is always around the corner. Life is certainly no utopia though, nor will it be any time soon. We will not live to see the end of problems.

      That’s what it seems like people are hoping for anyway, some kind of problem-free world. It is unrealistic.

      • pyromaster55@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 months ago

        I’d be happy to see a world where people don’t actively create problems for others due to greed, ignorance, or bigotry.

        We got enough problems from natural disasters, disease, accidents, etc. If people could just not be dicks and not fuck each other over constantly that would be cool.

      • darq@kbin.social
        2·
        10 months ago

        That’s what it seems like people are hoping for anyway, some kind of problem-free world. It is unrealistic.

        I think you are mistaken. People are upset for a lack of progress. How the pace of improvement is endlessly kneecapped.

        We won’t live to see the end of our problems. But there are several problems in our lives that could be ended very, very quickly if we actually gave a damn.

        • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          10 months ago

          While I understand there’s been some very disappointing backsliding in the past decade or so, in order to see no progress anywhere you need to cherry pick your examples to actually avoid areas of improvement.

          I blane clickbait media and its doomerism.

          • darq@kbin.social
            5·
            10 months ago

            Do you not understand how people work or something?

            Nobody is saying there has been “no progress anywhere”. But they’ll still be upset when there is little progress, or backsliding, on issues that affect them or that they are passionate about.

            It’s really quite condescending to waffle on about how suffering people need to look at the big picture, and how it’s unreasonable to expect their suffering to be alleviated during their lifetimes, when there really isn’t a good reason why they should be suffering as much as they are to begin with.

            • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
              25·
              10 months ago

              I was specifically responding to someone who said “things don’t change”. It sure sounded to me like “no progress anywhere”. Sorry if my response upset people, but I simply cannot agree that things don’t change.

              • darq@kbin.social
                5·
                10 months ago

                I was specifically responding to someone who said “things don’t change”.

                The actual message was:

                I’m hoping things will change. Things will not change.

                Yeah I think people are upset because you are attacking positions nobody is taking, and disparaging progressives in the same breath.

    • CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml
      17·
      10 months ago

      Even if he does, it doesn’t really matter. He already caused immeasurable damage to the world, destroyed who-knows-how-many lives and got to live well into his 90s in unimaginable opulence.

      Plus he’s stepping down on his own terms, nobody ousted him. None of his enemies ever managed to take him down, and he’s got his legacy all set up. When he does eventually die, it’ll most likely be in a comfortable hospital bed surrounded by some the best doctors in the world making sure it goes as well as it possibly can.

      He dedicated his entire life to being an evil bastard and he completely, utterly won. I don’t think there’s anything much that could even hurt him at this point.

  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
    47·
    10 months ago

    I’m not sure you could point to any other single person who has had a more damaging impact to the country than this piece of crap. In any case, it will probably get worse.

  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    35·
    10 months ago

    His son is also a giant piece of shit but that is not exactly surprising.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    18·
    10 months ago

    I saw his name and was looking forward to reading an obituary. Unfortunately he’s still going to be pulling the strings behind the scenes.

  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
    18·
    10 months ago

    I have a hard time thinking of someone who has done as much damage to democracy, truth and decency worldwide as Murdoch. He’s a truly deplorable person. May he fade away and no longer darken our futures.

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    “Rupert Murdoch created all of this and so much more across America and the globe,” Hemmer said. “His life’s work has left an indelible imprint on the global media landscape. His contributions are both innumerable and extraordinary and we thank him for letting us be a part of it all.”

    • anchor Dana Perino

    I love how nothing in this paragraph says that he was a good person, good leader, or contributed anything beneficial to anybody, ever.