Recent articles by Alexander Cockburn

Why Rupert Murdoch came to New York

Why Rupert Murdoch came to New York

With the announcement that Rupert Murdoch is stepping down from the board of FoxNews and Newscorp, I thought was it an apt moment to reprint one of the most detailed portraits ever written of the press mogul: Alexander Cockburns 1976 profile and interview with Murdoch published in theVillage Voicein 1976, shortly after Murdoch had acquired theNew York Post.Alexs interview with Murdoch was liberally mined by William Shawcross for his otherwise demur biography of the carnivorous tycoon.JSC

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