21st Century Fox boss breaks with father, major Trump ally Rupert Murdoch, to tell staff that president’s reaction ‘concerns all of us as Americans and free people’James Murdoch – chief executive of 21st Century Fox and son of Donald Trump ally Rupert Murdoch – has become one of the most prominent voices yet to condemn the US president’s response to neo-Nazi violence in Charlottesville. Rupert Murdoch is known to speak regularly to the US president and 21st Century Fox is the parent company of Fox News, which is a regular cheerleader for Trump. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Murdoch is hosted by Trump at his Aberdeen golf course in June 2016. The relationship between Trump, 71, and 86-year-old Rupert Murdoch, the current chairman and acting CEO of Fox News, goes back decades. Fox News has remained loyal to Trump through scandal after scandal, although even some of its hosts have spoken out over the Charlottesville fallout.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2017 03:04 UTC