How Rupert Murdoch quietly helped Mike Johnson survive Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ouster attempt

CNN ^ | Thu May 9, 2024 | Oliver Darcy, CNN

[RandFan]

(CNN) Rupert Murdoch might not be flexing for the cameras, but he did just quietly demonstrate the power he still wields inside the Republican Party.

The right-wing media mogul’s empire — which includes Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post — not-so-subtly backed Mike Johnson as Marjorie Taylor Greene waged an all-out assault against the House Speaker over his decision to pass an aid package for Ukraine. Murdoch’s powerful collection of outlets not only voiced support for Johnson, but leveled scathing attacks on Greene, with the Post even going as far as to blast her as “MOSCOW MARJORIE” on its cover.

But Murdoch was an anomaly, to a large degree, in the right-wing media universe. While his collection of outlets supported Johnson, the hardline faction of MAGA Media spent weeks assailing him. These outlets and personalities — including Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Charlie Kirk, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, and others — portrayed Johnson to their audiences as a squishy Republican who had betrayed the conservative movement and was instead doing the bidding of the Democratic Party.

[RandFan]

Yes I know CNN but thought it'd be of interest..

[Flavious_Maximus]

The foreigner Murdoch is going to be dealt with. Australia will not save him.

His sons and their wives are the list as well. /spit

[Wuli]

1. Rupert Murdoch exercises little to no day to day input on the operations of Fox News, Wall Street Journal or the NY Post. They did not and do not need Rupert Murdoch to have the opinions they have.

2. The Wall Street Journal can be divided, editorially, between the news pages and the “Opinion” section. The sale of the Dow Jones properties - which includes the wall Street Journal - kept the opinion page of the Wall Street Journal in the hands of the previous owners. It remains more Conservative than the rest of the WSJ.

[nickcarraway]

Why would he need to? It wasn’t close, was it?

[AnthonySoprano]

[AnthonySoprano]

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Hannity is a little pansy that tries to keep all the RINOs in power.

See Lindsay G

[RandFan]

I can’t stand watching him.

[Vaduz]

Right-wing media mogul’s empire — which includes Fox News

Oxymoron Tucker nods

[Socon-Econ]

Don’t blame Murdoch for the fact that Greene didn’t have the votes to elect anyone to the right of Johnson.

[Paul R.]

Johnson didn’t “pass the aid package”.

He brought up a House version to be voted on.

Failing that, the Senate version would have been brought up with a discharge petition and would have passed easily. Probably, that lousy Senate border bill would have been added back on. Lose doubly on the border...