The younger son and daughter-in-law of News Corp and Fox Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch take aim at both organisations' coverage of climate change, widely viewed as a contributing factor to the Australian bushfires.
The younger son and daughter-in-law of News Corp executive chairman and Fox Corporation co-chairman Rupert Murdoch have taken aim at both organisations' coverage of climate change, widely viewed as a contributing factor to the Australian bushfires, in a statement to US-based news outlet The Daily Beast.
They are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial of the role of climate change among the news outlets in Australia, given obvious evidence to the contrary. James Murdoch sits on News Corp's board and is chief executive of private investment company Lupa Systems.Kathryn Murdoch has, in the past months, become more vocal about her decade-plus work as a climate activist.
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