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NORMAN HERMANT, REPORTER: After decades of preparation, it took Lachlan Murdoch only a day to put his stamp on the leadership of his family’s media giant.
NORMAN HERMANT: He’ll join a board that already includes strong conversative voices such as former US Republican House Speaker, Paul Ryan. This appointment shows that he is very much going to keep going in the same direction that his father has for 70 years.SARAH ELLISON: Rupert Murdoch has blended politics and entertainment in a way that has affected the way people think about the truth.Fox News repeatedly aired false claims about the 2020 US presidential election.NORMAN HERMANT: And settled a defamation lawsuit for nearly 800 million US dollars.
PADDY MANNING: Lachlan is much less of the kingmaker that Rupert has been throughout his 70-year career. There are some who say that Rupert has been a pernicious influence on democracy and there are others who say he has enabled the masses to speak, speak freely and say what they think.
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