Rupert Murdoch’s Cultural Revolution
It takes master documentarian Adam Curtis only five minutes to explain what Rupert Murdoch's war on elitism (and taste) has to do with Google.It takes master documentarian Adam Curtis only five minutes to explain what Rupert Murdoch’s war on elitism (and taste) has to do with Google.
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