Clip description
When Rupert Murdoch took over The New York Post he was already an institution in the UK and Australia. The former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, reminisces about those times and how Rupert Murdoch handed him the Mayor’s job.
Curator’s notes
In Koch, the filmmakers have found a fitting interview subject to tell the story of Rupert Murdoch and his exertion of political influence through media ownership. Ed Koch insists that he was an unknown before Rupert interviewed him and made the decision to back him for mayor through the pages of The New York Post.
Elsewhere, Rupert Murdoch disingenuously doubts the possibility of a newspaper magnate having such power but in this clip, Koch tells a strong story. He is certain that he would not have been voted into the mayor’s office without the backing of Rupert’s newspaper.