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Msg ID: 2695759 Rupert Called It Spot On, He Knew What Time It Was...  +3/-0     
Author:Jett
7/9/2021 12:34:07 PM

Rupert Murdoch personally made the decision for Fox News to call Arizona early for Biden on election night and said 'f*** him' about Trump, new book claims

  • Rupert Murdoch personally made the decision to allow Fox News to broadcast that it had called Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 election 
  • Donald Trump and his aides were furious when Fox News became the first network to make the call
  • Details about Rupert's involvement revealed in Michael Wolff's book 'Landslide'
  • Lachlan Murdoch called his father on election night to tell him the Fox decision desk was ready to call Arizona for Biden over Trump
  • 'Lachlan got his father on the phone to ask if he wanted to make the early call. His father, with signature grunt, assented, adding, 'F--- him,'' Wolff wrote 

By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:56 EDT, 9 July 2021 | UPDATED: 11:48 EDT, 9 July 2021

Rupert Murdoch personally made the decision to allow Fox News to broadcast that it had called Arizona for Joe Biden in the 2020 election, a new book reveals.  

Donald Trump and his aides were furious when Fox News became the first network on election night to call Arizona for Biden.  And the founder of News Corp. was behind the decision, revealed Michael Wolff in his forthcoming book 'Landslide.'

On election night, Murdoch's son Lachlan, the CEO of Fox Corporation, got a call from the network's election-data operation shortly after 11 p.m. ET saying they were ready to declare Arizona for Biden.

The state was highly competitive during the contest and had not gone for a Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1996. Biden and Trump both campaigned hard for the state with Biden winning a coveted endorsement from Cindy McCain. 

Wolff notes in his book, according to an excerpt published by Business Insider, that the Murdoch family had 'every reason' to delay calling Arizona, given Fox's pro-Trump stance and the fact that no other network had made the call yet.

'Lachlan got his father on the phone to ask if he wanted to make the early call. His father, with signature grunt, assented, adding, 'F--- him,'' Wolff wrote.  

 

 

 

 

 

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