Terkel verdict on Murdoch: "Neanderthal"

Posted by Scott - January 13, 2006 (entry 396)

"...And remember, our media, which is called ... this is funny. Our media is called "liberal media," which is an obscene joke, of course. "Our media" -- is not the most powerful mogul the Australian Neanderthal, Rupert Murdock? So this is the most astonishing thing. It's almost as though W.C. Fields wrote the scenario, as we have it today."
Louis "Studs" Terkel

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