00:00This is an all-consuming life.
00:02Rupert Murdoch, he's a legitimate mogul.
00:05Movie studios, television.
00:08Two billion dollars in profit.
00:09The most influential media property that's ever existed.
00:13All this influence.
00:15All this wealth.
00:17And he wanted this to be a family business.
00:20So what is gonna happen when Rupert Murdoch dies?
00:23Where does that stand today, succession?
00:30He wasn't raising children, he was raising possible successors.
00:34Lachlan, from the very beginning, really, is being groomed.
00:37He's kind of the mini Rupert.
00:39James is very bright, but he was seen as kind of the problem son.
00:43Elizabeth has a creative eye.
00:46She is ambitious in her own way.
00:48Rupert pitted them against each other.
00:50It's like a family squabble on steroids
00:55that has a huge effect on our politics and our lives.
00:58Out of the blue, we get contacted by this mystery person.
01:04Finally, we got our hands on these secret documents.
01:09The family was airing decades of dirty laundry.
01:12It's like Hunger Games, Murdoch style.
01:15Rupert Murdoch surprised three of his children
01:18by filing to change an irrevocable trust.
01:21It reads like an episode of Succession.
01:24Just imagine if you were able to read
01:27everything your family says about you behind your back.
01:30Their history of betrayal, the backstabbing,
01:33it was jaw-dropping.
01:34Dad taught me how to control you and destiny.
01:37Rupert got everything he wanted,
01:39and it ripped his family apart.
01:45It's okay, a little controversy
01:46makes everything more interesting.
01:56It's okay, a little controversy makes everything more interesting.
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