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‘Hail Rupe!’: how the Murdoch press reported on his reduced role

While one Times headline read like an obituary, the Sun focused on a new job rather than an ending

You don’t get to the top of one of Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspapers without knowing on which side your bread is buttered. And senior editors at News UK certainly weren’t taking any risks when the ruthless media mogul announced he was stepping down as chair of Fox and News Corp.

The Times ran a laudatory spread in Friday’s paper and articles online, calling Murdoch a “trailblazer hailed for reshaping media”.

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