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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Rupert Murdoch's Attempt to Change His Family's Trust

A probate commissioner has ruled against Rupert Murdoch's effort to change his family's trust to give one of his sons control of his media empire and ensure Fox News maintains its conservative editorial slant, according to a sealed document obtained by The New York Times.

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"Gorman in his conclusion said:

"The effort was an attempt to stack the deck in Lachlan Murdoch's favor after Rupert Murdoch's passing so that his succession would be immutable.

The play might have worked; but an evidentiary hearing, like a showdown in a game of poker, is where gamesmanship collides with the facts and at its conclusion, all the bluffs are called and the cards lie face up."

He added:

"The court, after considering the facts of this case in the light of the law, sees the cards for what they are and concludes this raw deal will not, over the signature of this probate commissioner, prevail."

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2024-12-10 06:46 PM

I saw a headline to this effect scroll by this afternoon.

@#1 ... "The effort was an attempt to stack the deck in Lachlan Murdoch's favor after Rupert Murdoch's passing so that his succession would be immutable.

The play might have worked; but an evidentiary hearing, like a showdown in a game of poker, is where gamesmanship collides with the facts and at its conclusion, all the bluffs are called and the cards lie face up."

He added:

"The court, after considering the facts of this case in the light of the law, sees the cards for what they are and concludes this raw deal will not, over the signature of this probate commissioner, prevail." ...

 

Oh, wow.

My guess is someone may be uite disappointed in that outcome.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-10 08:27 PM

@#2

uite

- should be -

quite

oops. :)

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-12-10 09:35 PM

Imagine being so evil that you want to keep ruining the world after you die.

#4 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-12-11 01:05 PM

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