People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Notoriously, in 1975, Murdoch abused his position as a newspaper owner to support a plot that ousted the democratically elected prime minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, who had dared to wander away from the mogul's path.
Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.
Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity sorrows. She taught me to read the subtext of the down-market celebrity interview, she knew all the Hollywood codes, and followed the deep backgrounds.
I would argue that television and particularly the BBC were instrumental in puffing up the Royal Family to a level where they were inflated out of all, all proportion to their relevance on the national scene.
The vast bulk of Murdoch's news output, including the huge majority of any falsehood and distortion, is simply the spontaneous product of his highly commercialised newsrooms. It sells.
Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.
Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.
Murdoch paid too much for the Wall Street Journal even when he didn't have any competition.