Ben Smith spots a passage in Michael Wolff’s Murdoch biography which might explain why Murdoch’s New York Post is so enthusiastically backing Caroline Kennedy:
The other thing this snippet makes you think is how absurdly competitive and socially-based the admissions process is at these New York private schools. It is not enough to be Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, you also have to be recommended by a Kennedy.“As Rupert Murdoch begins to plot to get the Wall Street Journal, he’s also worried about getting Grace into private school in New York. He wants her to go to Brearley, where [an older daughter] went. He recruits Gary Ginsberg, who knows the Kennedys, to help him get Caroline Kennedy, a Brearley Alumna and board member, to write a letter on Grace’s behalf.”
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