The episode inspired Elisabeth Murdoch’s representative to the family trust, Mark Devereux, to write a “‘Succession’ memo.” The document, aimed at avoiding a real-life parallel to the show’s turmoil, marked the beginning of what would become a deeply contentious family feud.

Angelo Carusone, President of Media Matters for America and David Jolly, former Republican Congressmen from Florida joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the new reporting that highlights to the battle for the editorial future of Fox News with Rupert Murdoch failing in a bid to change his family trust which would ensure the network continues its conservative bias.