Observers say a showdown between the minnow and the monolith has been looking ‘increasingly inevitable’
But his eldest son, it appears, is cut from different cloth.
In starting this suit, Murdoch has invited scrutiny of his own organisation’s actions and reportage, a potentially high-risk strategy that will not be totally under his control. It has left some to ask: “What game is he playing here?” ” in the Watergate scandal – with “the Murdochs”, arguing they “and their slew of poisonous Fox News commentators are the unindicted co-conspirators” in the events of January 6.But an editor put the “unindicted co-conspirator” phrase into the headline. Murdoch’s people saw it. A five-page letter of concern was fired off within 24 hours.
Murdoch’s statement of claim states he seeks damages because, through the publication and republication of the article, he “has been gravely injured in his character, … and has suffered and will continue to suffer substantial hurt, distress and embarrassment”.
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