Editing Rupert Murdoch (section)

== Influence, wealth, and reputation ==
[[File:Rupert Murdoch 2015.png|thumb|Murdoch accepting the [[Hudson Institute]]'s Global Leadership Award (November 2015)]] 
===Forbes rankings===
In 2014, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated Rupert Murdoch's wealth at USD 13.7 billion.<ref name="Forbes" />

In 2016, ''Forbes'' ranked "Rupert Murdoch & Family" as the 35th most powerful person in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Most Powerful People|url=https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/|website=Forbes|access-date=23 February 2017|year=2017|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225092237/https://www.forbes.com/powerful-people/list/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to ''Forbes<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' 2017 real-time list of world's billionaires, Murdoch was the 34th richest person in the US and the 96th richest person in the world, with a net worth of US$13.1&nbsp;billion {{as of|lc=y|2017|02|post=.}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Rupert Murdoch & family profile|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/rupert-murdoch/?list=billionaires|website=Forbes|access-date=23 February 2017|year=2017|archive-date=14 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214183828/https://www.forbes.com/profile/rupert-murdoch/?list=billionaires|url-status=live}}</ref>  

In 2019, the Murdoch family were ranked 52nd in the ''Forbes''{{'}} annual list of the world's billionaires.<ref name=ForbesList>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|title=Billionaires 2019|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074957/http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As per Forbes list of The Richest People In The World, dated 8 March 2024, Murdoch and family were ranked #100 with a net worth of $19.5 Billion.<ref name=ForbesList />

===Other assessments and investigations===
In August 2013, Terry Flew, Professor of Media and Communications at [[Queensland University of Technology]], wrote an article for the ''Conversation'' publication in which he investigated a claim by former Australian prime minister [[Kevin Rudd]] that Murdoch owned 70% of Australian newspapers in 2011. Flew's article showed that News Corp Australia owned 23% of the nation's newspapers in 2011, according to the Finkelstein Review of Media and Media Regulation, but, at the time of the article, the corporation's titles accounted for 59% of the sales of all daily newspapers, with weekly sales of 17.3 million copies.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Terry|last1=Flew|title=FactCheck: does Murdoch own 70% of newspapers in Australia?|url=http://theconversation.com/factcheck-does-murdoch-own-70-of-newspapers-in-australia-16812|access-date=28 July 2014|work=The Conversation|date=8 August 2013|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727102428/http://theconversation.com/factcheck-does-murdoch-own-70-of-newspapers-in-australia-16812|url-status=live}}</ref>

In connection with Murdoch's testimony to the [[Leveson Inquiry]] "into the ethics of the British press", editor of ''[[Newsweek International]]'', [[Tunku Varadarajan]], referred to him as "the man whose name is synonymous with unethical newspapers".<ref name=Varadarajan>{{cite news | first=Tunku | last=Varadarajan | url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/29/world-on-a-page-nationalization-and-necrophilia.html | title=Nationalization and Necrophilia. Till death do us part. Chronicle of a Death | work=[[Newsweek]] | date=30 April 2012 | access-date=3 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503012305/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/29/world-on-a-page-nationalization-and-necrophilia.html | archive-date=3 May 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

News Corp papers were accused of supporting the campaign of the Australian Liberal government and influencing public opinion during the [[2013 federal election]]. Following the announcement of the Liberal Party victory at the polls, Murdoch tweeted "Aust. election public sick of public sector workers and phony [[dole bludger|welfare scroungers]] sucking life out of economy. Other nations to follow in time."<ref>{{cite web|first1=Rupert|last1=Murdoch|title=7 September|url=https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/376329999194005504|website=Rupert Murdoch on Twitter|publisher=Twitter|access-date=28 July 2014|date=7 September 2013|archive-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022032003/https://twitter.com/rupertmurdoch/status/376329999194005504|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2015, former Australian prime minister [[Tony Abbott]] said that Murdoch "arguably has had more impact on the wider world than any other living Australian".<ref>{{cite web|title = Rupert Murdoch Has 'More Impact Than Any Living Australian' Says Tony Abbott|url = https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/13/rupert-murdoch-has-more-impact-than-any-living-australian-says-tony-abbott/|website = New Matilda|date = 13 November 2015|access-date = 13 November 2015|archive-date = 17 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024713/https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/13/rupert-murdoch-has-more-impact-than-any-living-australian-says-tony-abbott/|url-status = live}}</ref>

In late 2015, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' journalist [[John Carreyrou]] began a series of investigative articles on [[Theranos]], the blood-testing start-up founded by [[Elizabeth Holmes]], that questioned its claim to be able to run a wide range of lab tests from a tiny sample of blood from a [[finger prick]].<ref name="carreyrou_nyt-2015-10-29">{{cite news | title = The Narrative Frays for Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/business/the-narrative-frays-for-theranos-and-elizabeth-holmes.html | first = James B. | last = Stewart | website = The New York Times | date = 29 October 2015 | access-date = 31 January 2016 | archive-date = 23 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200823063113/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/business/the-narrative-frays-for-theranos-and-elizabeth-holmes.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="carreyrou_wsj-2015-10-16">{{cite news | title = Hot Startup Theranos Has Struggled With Its Blood-Test Technology | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901 | first = John | last = Carreyrou | website = The Wall Street Journal | date = 16 October 2015 | access-date = 31 January 2016 | archive-date = 23 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200823063115/https://www.wsj.com/articles/theranos-has-struggled-with-blood-tests-1444881901 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="carreyrou_wsj-2015-12-27">{{cite news | title = At Theranos, Many Strategies and Snags | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-theranos-many-strategies-and-snags-1451259629 | first = John | last = Carreyrou | website = The Wall Street Journal | date = 27 December 2015 | access-date = 31 January 2016 | archive-date = 23 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200823063118/https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-theranos-many-strategies-and-snags-1451259629 | url-status = live }}</ref> Holmes had turned to Murdoch, whose media empire includes Carreyrou's employer, ''The Wall Street Journal'', to kill the story. Murdoch, who became the biggest investor in Theranos in 2015 as a result of his $125 million injection, refused the request from Holmes saying that "he trusted the paper's editors to handle the matter fairly."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/stories-from-bad-blood-book-on-theranos-and-elizabeth-holmes.html |title=6 of the most fascinating revelations from 'Bad Blood' on Theranos debacle and Elizabeth Holmes |date=15 March 2019 |first=Tom Jr. |last=Huddleston |publisher=CNBC |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013014301/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/22/stories-from-bad-blood-book-on-theranos-and-elizabeth-holmes.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ricochet.com/606605/archives/an-unsung-hero-of-the-theranos-saga-rupert-murdoch/ |title=An Unsung Hero of the Theranos Saga: Rupert Murdoch |first=Bethany |last=Mandel |date=19 March 2019 |work=Ricochet |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013014530/https://ricochet.com/606605/archives/an-unsung-hero-of-the-theranos-saga-rupert-murdoch/ |archive-date=13 October 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In November 2021, Murdoch accused, without providing evidence, Google and Facebook of stifling conservative viewpoints on its platforms, and called for "substantial reform" and openness in the digital ad supply chain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Murdoch accuses Google, Facebook of silencing conservatives|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/18/murdoch-accuses-google-facebook-of-silencing-conservatives|access-date=18 November 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref>