Rupert Murdoch is 95 years old.
Posted by Inside Trump's Head, Checked
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Inside Trump's HeadSep 6, 2026
Rupert Murdoch was born March 11, 1931, so he was 95 on the claim's date of 2026-09-08. Business Insider (March 2026, reporting his 95th birthday), Forbes (updated September 15, 2026) and Britannica (September 2026) all give his age as 95, and the post's passage uses the same figure.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… that they probably wanted to get rid of Maria anyway, um, and they have found a pretext for that, um, and, and the other, the other side of that is, a you know, probably there's, there's a slightly new management turn at Fox News, which is to say that 95-year-old Rupert Murdoch has, has you know, is is stepping back. I mean, he often steps back in, but mostly on a day to day basis, and his son is, his son Lachlan is running things, and probably, yes, so, so, I mean, I think, in in that, in that sense, you're, you're, you're right that, that there's probably some view …
The Daily Beast Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Business Insider (published 2026-03-13) describes Murdoch as the 95-year-old patriarch and reports his 95th birthday celebration in New York that March.[4]
Supports. Forbes' profile, last updated September 15, 2026, lists his age as 95, one week after the claim was posted.[3]
Supports. Britannica's September 2026 entry gives his birth date as March 11, 1931 and his age as 95.[5]
Supports. Earlier biographical sources give the birth date as March 11, 1931 (Biography.com, IMDb, Wikipedia), which puts his age at 95 in September 2026.[6][7][8]
Context. Older sources cite ages of 84, 92 and 93 at their own publication dates, which are consistent with a 1931 birth date and do not bear on the 2026 claim.[1][2][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 5 not rated, 1 tier 1
- 1Bio snapshots of Rupert, James and Lachlan Murdochapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Reactions: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox, News Corpreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Rupert Murdoch & familyforbes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4A $22 billion media empire, 6 children, and a succession battle: Meet the Murdoch familybusinessinsider.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Rupert Murdoch | Biography, Retirement, & Factsbritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Rupert Murdoch: Biography, News Corp Founder, Entrepreneurbiography.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Rupert Murdoch - IMDbimdb.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Rupert Murdoch - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9Who is Rupert Murdoch? - BBC Newsbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
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