Rupert Murdoch birasa nkaho bitari kumugendekere neza mu zabukuru. Ibi byose byatangiye kuzamuka mu cyumweru gishize, ubwo urubanza rw’ibikorwa byo gusebanya rufite agaciro ka miliyari 1.6 z’amadorari Dominion yaregagamo Fox News, rwari rugiye gutangira, hakaba ubwumvikane hagati y’impande zombi. Fox, Murdoch akaba umuyobozi mukuru wayo, yishyuye hafi miliyoni 800 z’amadolari kugira ngo ihagarike urubanza.
Rupert Murdoch yaranzwe hafi miliyari y'amadorari mu rwego rwo kurengera izina rye[Getty Images]
Urebye uburyo Murdoch aha agaciro cyane ishusho ye nkigihangange mu itangazamakuru, birashoboka ko amafaranga yakoreshejwe neza. Bitabaye ibyo, yagombaga gutanga kwitaba urukiko kandi isi ntiyari kuba ikimubona nk’igikomerezwa, ahubwo yari guhita imubona nk’umusaza w'umunyantege, udashobora guhagarika ikinyamakuru cye kurimburwa na Donald Trump kubera gutinya kubura rubanda bari bamaze gufata Fox News nk’ikintu kitanyeganyezwa.
Mu buryo butunguranye, bitangiye kugaragara nkaho umwuga wa titan ushobora kuba urangirana no kwishongora aho guturika. Mubyukuri, hari igihe giheruka umuntu yibaza niba Murdoch atakaza umugambi. Urugero, muri Kamena umwaka ushize, yahise ajugunya umugore we wa kane, supermodel Jerry Hall – nk’uko abantu bo hanze babibabwira, yari yarashakanye w’intangarugero kandi akamwitaho mu gihe cy’uburwayi bwinshi. Nyuma y’ibyumweru bike bishize, yatangaje ko yasezeranye na Ann Lesley Smith, wahoze ari umunyamideli akaba n’umunyamakuru wa radiyo. Nyuma y’ibyumweru bibiri, gusezerana byarahagaze.
Ibinyamakuru bya Murdoch by'umwihariko Fox News byagize uruhare mu gukwirakwiza inkuru z'uburiganya mu kubara amajwi[Getty Images]
Ibinyamakuru bya Murdoch byakunze kwitwara nabi ndetse rimwe na rimwe bikaba byakora n’amakosa. Mu by’ukuri, we nta kintu yari yitayeho, usibye ku icyifuzo cye nyamukuru kwari ukwigarurira Amerika, aho yimukiye mu myaka ya za 1980 ari naho yaje kuba umuturage ufite ubwenegihugu kugira ngo ashobore gutunga ibitangazamakuru byaho.
Bitangiye kugaragara nkaho umwuga wa Rupert ushobora kuba uri gusozwa n’amarira aho kuba no ibyishimo [Getty Images]
Ibyo yatangiye kubikora, ashyiraho Fox News mu 1996, nyuma agura ikinyamakuru Wall Street Journal na New York Post. Byanze bikunze rero, yagomba guhura na Donald Trump.
Ubeo uyu muherwe yatangiraga kwiyamamariza kuba perezida mu 2016, Murdoch yaratangaye. Yagaragaje yemye ko abona uyu mukandida nk’umuswa kandi yarakajwe cyane no kuba Trump yarwanyije abinjira n’abasohoka, ibyo Murdoki yabonaga ko ari ubumenyi buke. Mu gihe cyo kwiyamamaza kwambere, WSJ ye, yabateye inkunga ubukangurambaga bwo kurwanya Trump.
Ariko ubwo Trump yatorwaga, ibintu byahinduye isura. Fox News yabaye, tereviziyo ya leta, nkuko Vanity Fair ibivuga. Trump ashobora kuba yari igicucu, ariko mu buryo butunguranye yahindutse ingirakamaro kuri Murdoch, nkuko Lenin yabivuze. Nyuma gato yo kurahira kwe, Trump yatumiye Murdoch muri White House.
Ntabwo byamenyekanye icyo Murdoch yungukiye mu guhura na perezida, ariko birasa nkaho bishoboka ko ibirego bye kuri Google na Facebook avuga ko byangiza imishinga y’ubucuruzi bw’ibinyamakuru, byagize uruhare mu kumvisha ishami ry’ubutabera gufungura iperereza ritemewe kuri Google.
Intsinzi ya Biden mu matora yo muri 2020 yasenye imipangu. Ariko kuba Trump yaranze kwakira ibisubizo byavuye mu matora, ni byo byakoze kuri Murdoch. Fox News yakwirakwizaga poropagande yuko habaye kwiba mu matora ishingiye ku bitekerezo by’ubugambanyi ndetse no kuvuga ko imashini zitora za Dominion zahinduye amajwi rwihishwa zikayaha Biden mu buryo runaka bitegetswe na guverinoma ya Venezuela. Ibi byose Murdoki mu gihe cye cyambere yari kubihagarika. Ariko ntiyabikoze. Ashobora kubaho abyicuza.
