Adam Curtis Quotes

Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.

Rupert Murdoch is a good friend of mine.

I don't tell Rupert Murdoch who to endorse.

Well, you know, News Corp is the only real media global - that has a global presence that's involved in TV production, in movies, in publishing, in newspapers, digital media, et cetera. So for a company like that to function, clearly it does not depend only on Rupert Murdoch or James Murdoch.

Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

Believe me, it would be a long, long, cold day before I decide to warm up next to Rupert Murdoch.

Rupert Murdoch has been around since the dinosaurs. He knows how to get around any independent board - as he did with me, and as he's done with other editors as well.

I would not rule out Rupert Murdoch once again having control of 'Sky News.'

There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media.

People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.

I really am convinced that what is happening in media today is the result of the birth of conservative media and its rapid growth and ascension. It has destroyed the left's monopoly in media. When they had the monopoly, they could pretend that they were not what they are and get away with it. They could pretend to be objective. You know, the power of a monopoly is not just determining what stories you are going to cover, but what you don't cover is just as powerful.

The media can't take Trump out, and that scares the heck out of everybody, particularly in the Republican side.

I have long thought that his [Rupert Murdoch's] social philosophy was contained in his cartoon show, The Simpsons: all politicians and public officials are crooks, and the masses are a vast lumpen proletariat of deluded and exploitable blowhards.

The left understands the media. The left wields it, and the right sits on the sidelines and complains.

NBC News will help define Comcast.

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed.

While commentators on Fox and right-wing radio have the backing of Rupert Murdoch, a major Republican contributor, and other conservative corporations, progressives understand that their position is extremely vulnerable.

I run the Daily Express purely for propaganda and for no other purpose.

The newspapers of your country seem to be more powerful than the government.

The media can make or break an administration.

With the instrument of radio you can make public opinion. Perhaps even conquer a country.

The force of the newspaper is the greatest force in civilization.... [Newspapers] declare wars ... make and unmake statesmen.

As long as public opinion influences politicians, those who can influence public opinion will have great political weight

The media is comparable to government--probably passes government in raw power

You have the socialist parties ruling Denmark putting in conservative policies because the conservatives control the media and the public discourse.