I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.
From Rupert Murdoch
I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.
Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere.
I would like to be remembered, if I am remembered at all, as being a catalyst for change in the world, change for good.
I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.
Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.
I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had a tremendous sense of duty and responsibility; and my mother's father, who was always in trouble with gambling debts.
One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.
From the beginning on, newspapers have prospered for one reason: giving readers the news that they want.
I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.
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