Michael Wolff Predicted Rupert Murdoch’s Exit Night Before the Media Baron Stepped Down, Called His Era ‘Not Sustainable’
variety.comTatiana Siegel At a posh party held at a downtown Manhattan brownstone on Wednesday night, notable journalists like Carl Bernstein and the New York Times’ op-ed columnist Michelle Goldberg converged to toast Michael Wolff’s upcoming book, “The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Dynasty.” The timing couldn’t have been more apt given that the author foretold what would happen hours later with Rupert Murdoch’s surprise announcement that he was stepping down from the head of Fox Corp.
and News Corp. “It is unsustainable,” Wolff said of the Murdoch era that relied on the Donald Trump ratings juggernaut. “When liberals such as ourselves think about Fox News, we shudder.
I kind of come from a different school. I’m ultimately not that interested in politics. I’m a writer, and I’m interested in stories, and, Jesus, this is a hell of a story.
The old guy walking into walls, the kids having too many drinks and doing what they do and screaming at each other, Tucker going off the deep end and Sean Hannity packing heat.
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