Washington: James Murdoch has accused his family's global media empire of promoting climate denialism in a stunning attack on News Corporation's climate coverage.
The comments represent a rare public dispute among members of the Murdoch family about News Corp's editorial direction.
Rupert Murdoch flanked by sons Lachlan (left) and James. Credit:Doug Peters
They come as the bushfire crisis ravaging Australia has focussed attention on the climate coverage in News Corp mastheads such as The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun.
“Kathryn and James’ 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 website.
"They are particularly disappointed with the ongoing denial among the news outlets in Australia given obvious evidence to the contrary.”
Rupert Murdoch recently denied that there were any climate change deniers working at News Corp despite several of the company's best-known columnists, such as Andrew Bolt and Piers Akerman, being long-time sceptics of the link between human activity and global warming.
James Murdoch continues to serve as a News Corp board member but plays far less of an active role in the company than his brother Lachlan, who is co-chairman of News Corp and the chief executive of Fox Corporation.
Lachlan is regarded as more conservative than James, who has long chafed at the editorial stance of Fox News, which has become closely aligned to US President Donald Trump and regularly casts doubt on climate science.
Matthew Knott is North America correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
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