Rupert Murdoch stepping down as Fox and News Corp chair, with son Lachlan taking over – as it happened

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Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of the media watchdog Media Matters for America, has released the following statement in response to Rupert Murdoch's resignation and called Murdoch's legacy one of deceit":

Rupert Murdoch's legacy is one of deceit, destruction, and death.

Wherever his media properties exist across the globe, they disregard basic journalistic practices and pump venomous misinformation into the public discourse...

Lachlan certainly is a less competent leader than his father, but his worldview is considerably more brutal. His leadership will likely just intensify the misconduct, misinformation, and malevolence that have come to define Murdoch media."