Murdoch Protected Himself as Fox Downplayed Virus

“If you were watching some of the commentators on Fox News and Fox Business in the first 10 days of March, you wouldn’t have been too worried about the coronavirus — it would be no worse than the flu, and the real story was the ‘coronavirus impeachment scam,'” the New York Times reports.

“But one elderly Fox News viewer, a crucial supporter of President Trump, took the threat seriously: The channel’s chairman, Rupert Murdoch, who was to celebrate his 89th birthday on March 11.”

“On March 8, as the virus was spreading, the Murdoch family called off a planned party out of concern for the patriarch’s health… There were about 20 people on the guest list.”