Rupert Murdoch doesn't need to say he thinks Donald Trump is running a losing campaign against Kamala Harris – his newspaper's front pages and editorials are broadcasting it loud and clear, according to The Daily Beast.
Recent headlines appear to channel the media mogul's dismissive attitude toward Trump, who has held a grudge against Murdoch since Murdoch made the call in 2020 allowing Fox News to report that Trump lost Arizona.
“Trump Is Looking Like a Loser Again,” was the headline of a Wall Street Journal column Monday from editor-at-large Gerard Baker.
“Does Donald Trump Still Have It?” another Journal op-ed asked Sunday.
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“Trump Meets Half the Moment,” read another Journal opinion headline after Trump’s rambling keynote at the Republican National Convention last month.
In concert, the headlines seem to paint a picture that Murdoch is less than pleased with Trump’s attempts to take down Harris. Murdoch “vehemently opposed” Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance as a running mate, and even sent top staffers to meet with Trump, who failed to convince him to change course, according to The Daily Beast.
“If Fox News has, for now at least, stayed fully signed up to the Trump train, the two leading Murdoch newspaper titles in the U.S. are sounding their own passenger alarms,” writes The Daily Beast.
A spokesperson from Journal told the Beast there is “complete editorial independence,” in the newsroom.
