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The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Key takeaways from Michael Wolff’s book on Murdoch, Fox and US politics

From left: Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch in March 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.
From left: Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch in March 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Photograph: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Michael Wolff’s new book, The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty, was eagerly awaited even before the Guardian published the first news of its contents on Tuesday – and before the stunning news on Thursday that Rupert Murdoch will finally step down as chairman of his rightwing media empire.

In a feeding frenzy over Wolff’s book, other outlets reported more revelations familiar in tone and sometimes in cast list from the gadfly author’s blockbusting trilogy of Trump tell-alls: Fire and Fury, Siege and Landslide.

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