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Television Quotes by Rupert Murdoch

8 Television quotes by Rupert Murdoch

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Murdoch’s eight succinct statements provide a brief glimpse into how a media mogul perceives television’s power and influence.

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People are playing games on their TV, young men are, and people are shopping... they are not watching their news channels, but…

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News - communicating news and ideas, I guess - is my passion. And giving people alternatives so that they have two papers…

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We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting television signals, operating…

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I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that on television. It's just not on.

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Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.

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Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it…

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We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films and television programs, operating…

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I believe people will be watching their TV screens for a long time and that TV channels have a long-term life.

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Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism.

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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…

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Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction.

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Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible,

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Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are.

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People are playing games on their TV, young men are, and people are shopping... they are not watching their news channels, but they are…

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Most newspaper companies still have their heads in the sand, but other media companies are aggressive.

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If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people…

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While we reduce our own carbon footprint we will encourage the companies who truck our DVDs and newspapers, sell us paper, and provide an…

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I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

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No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly…

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I challenge anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel.

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I have never asked a prime minister for anything.

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I'm not ashamed of any of my papers at all and I'm rather sick of snobs that tell us that they're bad papers, snobs…

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Size and synergies between the different segments of the company matter. As far as we are concerned, the Internet is broadening our opportunity, as…

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