Angelo Carusone on the WSJ Lawsuit: Trump Is Using the Same Playbook He Run Against ABC And CBS Hoping to Have a Similar Effect

RUSH EXCERPT:
CARUSONE: "Well, my first reaction is we are definitely living in the upside down, because somehow I’m in the same boat as Rupert Murdoch. And that is just an example of how wild everything is. The bigger point, though, and I think it’s to show how wild the lawsuit is, is that, you know, he’s running the same playbook that he’s run against ABC and CBS and hoping that he’ll have a similar effect. But beyond that, it’s very precise because, as you noted, he’s suing Rupert Murdoch personally. But you know who he’s not suing Lachlan Murdoch, who’s actually the chairperson of news corp. And fox, who’s actually the decision maker. Rupert Murdoch has no official role there anymore. He’s an advisor. So I thought that was revealing in a lot of ways, because it isn’t just about going after the entity. It’s sort of this expansion spill over, trying to send as much of a message as you possibly can. He’s sort of he’s sort of hitting every potential lever, not just against Murdoch and that empire, but then all the other media properties in the future. It’s also about sending an example."