Rupert's foray into television started in earnest when he bought a bankrupt station near Sydney, raced off to USA and bought the best of the new season shows, returning to tell the network moguls 'it's payback time. If you want any new season shows i have the. I'll sell them to you in return for some of your local shows I want. News, football, tonight shoes, quiz shows, Australian dramas. He wooed Thatcher to help him break unions. He wooed Bush to make him a US citizen so he could start buying TV stations. Yes, he breaks promises buy which media magnate doesn't? His loyalty to Trump just cost him $1B+, with more to come. He's admired by many in Australia for what he's built from one newspaper in Adelaide.