Fox News is owned by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39% interest; Rupert Murdoch is chairman, while his son Lachlan Murdoch is executive chairman and CEO.
The Murdoch family donated to Clinton's and Biden. Fact.
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Kathryn and James Murdoch, daughter-in-law and youngest son of the news tycoon, are forging a new reputation for the Murdoch name, contributing heavily this cycle to progressive political groups, including super PACs supporting President-elect Joe Biden. James Murdoch resigned from his position at Fox last July over “disagreements over certain editorial content.” According to NPR, he released a letter to the board “signaling a broad philosophical clash with his father and older brother,” though he did not elaborate further.
But both James and Kathryn Murdoch have donated cash to various left-leaning and anti-Trump super PACs. This cycle, James and Kathryn Murdoch contributed a total of roughly $12.2 million to federal committees, ranking 25th on OpenSecrets’ list of top donors. She contributed $500,000 to Pacronym, focused on backing Democrats in closely-watched races. She also donated $540,000 to the Democratic Future Forward PAC, and $300,000 to Unite the Country, a pro-Biden PAC.
James Murdoch gave $300,000 to Unite the Country, and donated $500,000 to national progressive super PAC Change Now, which spent big on television ads and targeted vulnerable House Republicans.
Kathryn Murdoch is co-chair of Unite America, a nonpartisan federal super PAC working to combat divisiveness in the political process and “foster a more representative and functional government.” Since last year, she donated around $8.1 million to the PAC.
Murdoch’s son and daughter-in-law spent millions on progressive causes in 2020 cycle
By Ollie Gratzinger
December 4, 2020 10:14 am
Newsweek...Receipts from the Federal Election Commission show that James Murdoch donated $615,000 to Biden's victory fund in June. Kathryn Murdoch donated the same amount on the same date. James Murdoch also contributed $2,800 to the presidential campaign of former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.