How Rupert Murdoch helped create a monster – the era of Trumpism – and then lost control of it
- Written by Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
You can’t help but feel sorry for Rupert Murdoch.
In Mary Shelley’s famous novel, Dr Frankenstein created a monster that took on a life of its own, and which he could no longer control. Murdoch has outdone Frankenstein and created two monsters over which he has now lost control. They have left him floundering and threaten to inflict...





