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Oops - Murdoch TV blurb shows him with one paper he doesn't own Oops - Murdoch TV blurb shows him with one paper he doesn't own
(5 months later)
I think the producers of a forthcoming TV documentary about Rupert Murdoch - yes, another one - ought to reconsider the promotional photograph shown above.I think the producers of a forthcoming TV documentary about Rupert Murdoch - yes, another one - ought to reconsider the promotional photograph shown above.
The media tycoon who owns something like 175 newspapers across the world is pictured reading one of the few he doesn't own and has never owned - the New York Daily News.The media tycoon who owns something like 175 newspapers across the world is pictured reading one of the few he doesn't own and has never owned - the New York Daily News.
Doubtless, the UK-based Brook Lapping and their Australian co-producers, the Australian outfit Electric Pictures, got the News confused with the New York Post.Doubtless, the UK-based Brook Lapping and their Australian co-producers, the Australian outfit Electric Pictures, got the News confused with the New York Post.
The so-called definitive story of Murdoch is split into two one-hour parts. The first episode will be screened in Australia on 5 May, and it is due to be shown in Britain on ITV at some stage. (No screening date is set, said an ITV spokesman).The so-called definitive story of Murdoch is split into two one-hour parts. The first episode will be screened in Australia on 5 May, and it is due to be shown in Britain on ITV at some stage. (No screening date is set, said an ITV spokesman).
BBC2 got in first last night with Steve Hewlett's hour-long Murdoch documentary, but that concentrated solely on Britain. The Brook Lapping films cross the oceans and, as the YouTube clip below shows, there was considerable Australian input.BBC2 got in first last night with Steve Hewlett's hour-long Murdoch documentary, but that concentrated solely on Britain. The Brook Lapping films cross the oceans and, as the YouTube clip below shows, there was considerable Australian input.
I understand that there was plenty of US filming too, along with a lot of UK material. Note the rapid descriptions from Kelvin MacKenzie ("warrior prince"), Ian Hislop ("b-----d") and Tony Blair ("innovator"). Alan Sugar's comment is fun too.I understand that there was plenty of US filming too, along with a lot of UK material. Note the rapid descriptions from Kelvin MacKenzie ("warrior prince"), Ian Hislop ("b-----d") and Tony Blair ("innovator"). Alan Sugar's comment is fun too.
But the clip that really catches the eye is from a British TV interview Murdoch gave way back, probably in the 1970s. He is asked: "Do you like the feeling of power you have as a newspaper proprietor?"But the clip that really catches the eye is from a British TV interview Murdoch gave way back, probably in the 1970s. He is asked: "Do you like the feeling of power you have as a newspaper proprietor?"
Murdoch replies: "Well, there's only one answer to that, of course, and that's 'yes'."Murdoch replies: "Well, there's only one answer to that, of course, and that's 'yes'."
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