Poor Fractured Atlas
Here’s fun:
The Guardian - Murdoch: I’m proud of my legacy, but BBC resents me
His influence extends across the globe: from Fox in the US to Star TV in Asia, and the Sun and Sky in the UK. He is courted by presidents and prime ministers, and his personal fortune is estimated at $7.8bn, or £4.53bn. But Mr Murdoch still does not feel he gets the respect his achievements deserve, using his first British interview in five years to complain about the “resentment” he inspired at the BBC and the “establishment forces” ranged against him.
Fantastic. More money than he can spend in the little time left to him before he’s dragged, screaming, to Hades. Princes, presidents and prime ministers bend the knee before him. He has a global influence unlike anybody since Alexander the Great. And he still has room for a cute little martyr complex. Aw.
Sky is doing very well. It will do a lot better. And as it does, the resentment from the establishment forces will only grow stronger.
Look at that. He’s still the plucky little Aussie battler - slogging away for little reward other than the scorn of his peers - he was all those years ago when he couldn’t sacrifice his Australian citizenship quick enough on the altar of his ambition. Some things you never lose.
Posted on November 28th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
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Economists think “better” means “bigger profit”. The BBC think “better” means “finer programmes”. Sky One thinks “better” means “even more Simpsons repeats crammed down your eyeballs”. Haven’t they sold enough pizza yet?
‘The BBC think “better” means “finer programmes”.’
Those were the days.