Newsman or businessman? Murdoch walks tightrope in battle with Trump

Longstanding relationship between media mogul and US president is being tested amid Trump's lawsuit over a WSJ story about his ties to Epstein

Rupert Murdoch had made up his mind. We want to make Trump a nonperson," he assured one of his former executives in a 2021 email, two days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Over seven decades, Murdoch has sought to charm, challenge and change prime ministers and presidents as he built one of the world's most powerful media empires. In this particular endeavor, however, he failed.