Rupert Murdoch approved Fox News Arizona call that signaled Trump defeat, book says

• Loss of Arizona signalled Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat
• Murdoch reportedly said: ‘Fuck him’
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On election night last year Rupert Murdoch reportedly gave his son Lachlan permission for Fox News to call Arizona for Joe Biden, a decision which signalled Donald Trump’s defeat, with “a signature grunt” and a pithy barb: “Fuck him.”

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