News coverage of Australian bushfires highlight Murdoch family rift on climate

FILE PHOTO: James Murdoch, the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and his wife Kathryn arrive for a reception to celebrate the wedding between Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall in London, Britain March 5, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall

(Reuters) - The younger son and daughter-in-law of News Corp Executive Chairman and Fox Corporation Co-Chairman Rupert Murdoch took aim at both organizations' coverage of climate change, widely viewed as a contributing factor to the Australian bushfires, in a statement to The Daily Beast https://www.thedailybeast.com/james-murdoch-slams-fox-news-and-news-corp-over-climate-change-denial on Tuesday.

“Kathryn and James (Murdoch's) views on climate are well established and their frustration with some of the News Corp and Fox coverage of the topic is also well known,” a spokesperson for the couple told The Daily Beast, and later confirmed the statement’s accuracy to Reuters.