James Murdoch, Rebuking Trump, Pledges $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League
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James Murdoch, Rebuking Trump, Pledges $1 Million to Anti-Defamation League
“But what we watched this last week in Charlottesville
and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people.”
He added: “These events remind us all why vigilance against hate
and bigotry is an eternal obligation — a necessary discipline for the preservation of our way of life and our ideals.
With a subject line reading, “Subject: Personal note from James Murdoch re: ADL,” Mr. Murdoch addressed the note to “friends.”
Join a deep and provocative exploration of race with a diverse group of New York Times journalists.
— James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox
and the son of a frequent ally of President Trump’s, condemned the president’s performance after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and pledged to donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League.
In an email on Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by
and confirmed as authentic by a spokesman for Mr. Murdoch’s company, the Fox scion gave an extraordinarily candid statement against the white supremacist sentiment that swept through Virginia last weekend.
Mr. Murdoch’s father, Rupert Murdoch, is a conservative media mogul who has become an informal
adviser to Mr. Trump, recently dining with the president in the White House residence.
“But what we watched this last week in Charlottesville
and the reaction to it by the President of the United States concern all of us as Americans and free people.”
He added: “These events remind us all why vigilance against hate
and bigotry is an eternal obligation — a necessary discipline for the preservation of our way of life and our ideals.
With a subject line reading, “Subject: Personal note from James Murdoch re: ADL,” Mr. Murdoch addressed the note to “friends.”
Join a deep and provocative exploration of race with a diverse group of New York Times journalists.
— James Murdoch, the chief executive of 21st Century Fox
and the son of a frequent ally of President Trump’s, condemned the president’s performance after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., and pledged to donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League.
In an email on Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by
and confirmed as authentic by a spokesman for Mr. Murdoch’s company, the Fox scion gave an extraordinarily candid statement against the white supremacist sentiment that swept through Virginia last weekend.
Mr. Murdoch’s father, Rupert Murdoch, is a conservative media mogul who has become an informal
adviser to Mr. Trump, recently dining with the president in the White House residence.