Sack the editor
Calling the Australian economy "terrible" and a "disgrace", media tycoon Rupert Murdoch lambasted Australian newspapers for constantly reporting "how wonderful the economy is in Australia". --
Sydney Morning Herald, October 11.
A matter of time
"It is a new form of media which ... no-one has yet worked out how to make any profits from, even though we are preparing." -- Rupert Murdoch's thoughts on the Internet.
Recycling domestic violence
"I happen to believe in traditional American values: boy meets girl, boy asks girl out, boy and girl go steady, boy and girl get married and then boy and girl start raising a family". Ohio judge, Albert Mestemaker in his ruling that a man convicted of punching his girlfriend in the mouth marry her after the accused pleaded no contest to domestic violence.
Homophobia
"It was an error in judgement, apparently". White House spokesperson explaining to US reporters why federal security guards greeted gay and lesbian politicians at a recent White House meeting (which Bill Clinton refused to attend) wearing rubber gloves.
It's called exploitation
"In the past there hasn't been the capacity for the average person to participate in other people's wealth creation, at least without stealing it." -- Arun Abey, head of investment management and research group IPAC Securities.
Financial Review, October 27.
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