The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire by Michael Wolff review – a succession of absurdities

A forensic holding to account of Rupert Murdoch and the power of Fox News is desperately needed, but this isn’t it

Several years ago, I paid a friend to read a boring book about British television so I could pretend to my Channel 4 bosses that, as head of news and current affairs, I had done so. I bought her a slap-up meal, from my own pocket, in recompense. Her job was to report back to me on any points of interest. There were none.

I am for you, dear readers, that friend who reads a poor book about television on your behalf so you can pretend at dinner parties that you have read it.

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