Report: Media Tycoon Rupert Murdoch Prodded Glenn Youngkin Multiple Times to Launch White House BidNick Gilbertson 18 Aug 2023
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, whose empire includes Fox News among other prominent news organizations, has reportedly been recruiting Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) to run for president.
The Washington Post reported Friday that a pair of people familiar with the situation said that on two in-person occasions, Murdoch prodded Youngkin to launch a bid for the White House. Another source said the most recent meeting was in the spring, while the other came at an earlier time. Notably, on July 12, the New York Times noted that Murdoch had privately spoken about his hope for a Youngkin bid.
Rolling Stone reported a day earlier, on July 11, that Murdoch, head of News Corp and Fox Corporation, started losing confidence in Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who began falling off in the polls dramatically after consistently landing in second place behind former President Donald Trump for months.
An anonymous source from Fox News told Rolling Stone at the time that Murdoch and his son Lachlan, executive chairman of Fox Corporation, “are transactional and can smell a loser a mile away.” His outlets, which include the New York Post, had dealt heavily in DeSantis news prior to his decline, but as the Times pointed out, coverage became more critical as his fall lingered.
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