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AlterNet on MSNThe implications of Rupert Murdoch toppling Donald Trump are head-spinning | OpinionIf Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down. This is, after all, the media mogul whose US television network, Fox News,
President Donald Trump sued over The Wall Street Journal's reporting that he wrote a "bawdy" birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein.
Rupert Murdoch, 92, will now be Chairman Emeritus of FOX Corporation. He assumed the same position at News Corp earlier this week, and Lachlan Murdoch is now the sole chairman of both companies.
Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch have had a symbiotic relationship dating back almost 50 years. But could the president's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal truly mark the end?