My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it. Rupert Murdoch challengecueelitist share on social
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. Rupert Murdoch curiositydebtduty share on social
Crony capitalism is not capitalism - it is cronyism. Rupert Murdoch capitalismcronycronyism Change image and share on social
I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through. Rupert Murdoch behavedisgracefullyfeel share on social
Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. Rupert Murdoch broadcastbypasschannel Change image and share on social
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. Rupert Murdoch conservativefreegovernment Change image and share on social
CNN is pretty consistently on the left, if you look at their choice of stories, what they play up. It's not what they say. It's what they highlight. Rupert Murdoch choicecnnconsistently Change image and share on social
No leader will fight for values, for principles, if their government is a value-free vacuum. Moral relativism is morally wrong. Rupert Murdoch fightfreegovernment Change image and share on social
A lot of people are very happy to read their newspaper either on their iPad or - startlingly and faster and faster the figures go up - on their telephone, on their smart phone. Rupert Murdoch fastfigurehappy Change image and share on social
If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something. Rupert Murdoch companydaydifficult share on social
