Rupert Murdoch’s legal battle with his children continues to wind through the courts, but it’s not the first time a dynastic media family has become divided by the issue of politics, creating a “Succession”-worthy succession drama.
Before the elder Murdoch fretted about his more liberal children wresting control of his conservative empire from designated heir Lachlan — saying in text messages obtained by the New York Times it would be a “disaster” if the business he had nurtured “fell into the wrong hands” — there was Otis Chandler, who inherited and promptly changed the political direction of the Los Angeles Times during a pivotal moment in American politics.