Bill Moyers Lets Loose on Rupert Murdoch
Media icon Bill Moyers objects not just to Rupert Murdoch's politics but to the damage he says the mogul has done to the ailing Fourth Estate And in this critique, the venerable journalist doesn't hold back: "If Rupert Murdoch were the angel Gabriel, you still wouldn't want him owning the sun, the moon and the stars But Rupert Murdoch is no saint He is to propriety what the Marquis de Sade was to chastity".Media icon Bill Moyers objects not just to Rupert Murdoch’s politics but to the damage he says the mogul has done to the ailing Fourth Estate. And in this critique, the venerable journalist doesn’t hold back: “If Rupert Murdoch were the angel Gabriel, you still wouldn’t want him owning the sun, the moon and the stars. … But Rupert Murdoch is no saint. He is to propriety what the Marquis de Sade was to chastity.”
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