'It is not an accident': Murdoch's media empire celebrates DeSantis as future of GOP after midterms - CNN

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Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who controls immoderate of the astir almighty organs successful blimpish media, appeared to marque wide Wednesday that helium would similar to formed speech erstwhile President Donald Trump successful favour of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arsenic the person of the Republican party.​

The New York Post, a tabloid Murdoch controls, hailed DeSantis’ predetermination nighttime triumph connected its beforehand leafage Wednesday morning.

“DeFUTURE,” the headlined connected the Post blared, alongside a photograph of DeSantis and his household celebrating their large triumph successful the Sunshine State

On Fox News, the ascendant tv dependable Murdoch controls, important attraction was fixed connected Wednesday to DeSantis’ victory.

“I deliberation Governor DeSantis is the azygous biggest victor of the night,” erstwhile House Speaker Newt Gingrich said connected “Fox & Friends,” adding that helium volition “almost surely go the rallying constituent for everybody successful the Republican Party who wants to determination beyond President Trump.”

The location leafage of Fox News besides prominently featured a file by blimpish commentator Liz Peek that declared DeSantis “the caller person of the Republican Party.” Fox News dubbed it “A NEW ERA.”

And The Wall Street Journal, the broadsheet owned by Murdoch, the newspaper’s blimpish editorial committee published a piece proclaiming the “DeSantis Florida tsunami.”

“There’s small uncertainty that his Florida occurrence volition drawback the attraction of voters extracurricular the Sunshine State,” the editorial committee wrote. “You tin stake Donald J. Trump was watching—unhappily.”

Coverage from Murdoch’s media outlets is notable, fixed that they person important sway implicit the Republican Party basal and its powerfulness brokers.

“It is not an accident,” a idiosyncratic acquainted with however Murdoch runs the companies told CNN Wednesday greeting erstwhile asked astir the information that the billionaire’s media outlets were focusing attraction connected DeSantis arsenic the aboriginal of the Republican Party.

The sum from Murdoch’s media outlets does not mean that they volition wholly crook connected Trump. Rather, it suggests that Murdoch mightiness usage his power to tilt the scales and propulsion Republicans toward DeSantis if the 2 squared disconnected successful a 2024 Republican primary.

A spokesperson for Murdoch did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment. But Murdoch has successful the past made his frustrations wide with Trump clear.

Maggie Haberman, a newsman astatine The New York Times and CNN governmental analyst, reported precocious in her bestselling publication that aft the 2020 predetermination Murdoch remarked of Trump, “We should propulsion this feline over.”