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Rupert Murdoch Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Rupert Murdoch? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Fox News was launched by Murdoch in 1996 as a direct competitor to CNN.

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Murdoch and former NBC executive Roger Ailes launched Fox News on October 7, 1996, specifically to challenge CNN’s dominance in cable news.

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Murdoch was involved in a major phone-hacking scandal that led to the closure of News of the World.

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The 2011 phone-hacking scandal at News of the World, a British tabloid owned by Murdoch, caused public outrage and forced the paper to shut down after 168 years.

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Rupert Murdoch was born in Australia and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

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He was born in Melbourne in 1931 and renounced his Australian citizenship to become a U.S. citizen in 1985, a requirement for owning U.S. TV stations.

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Murdoch’s first newspaper acquisition was The Times of London in 1981.

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His first acquisition was the Adelaide News in Australia in 1953, inherited from his father; he bought The Times of London much later, in 1981.

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Murdoch’s father was a famous war journalist who died when Rupert was just 21.

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Sir Keith Murdoch was a renowned journalist and editor; his death in 1952 left young Rupert to take over the family’s small newspaper business.

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Rupert Murdoch once served as the editor-in-chief of The New York Post.

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Murdoch owns The New York Post but has never personally served as its editor-in-chief; he has appointed various editors over the decades.

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Murdoch once owned a stake in the social media platform TikTok.

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Despite his investments in digital media, Murdoch has never held a stake in TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

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Murdoch studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University.

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He attended Worcester College, Oxford, earning a degree in PPE, and was heavily influenced by his left-leaning tutor, though his own politics shifted rightward.

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