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| Subject: Rupert Murdoch hits out: How many politicians could run a business? Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:43 pm | |
| Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has lambasted "self-serving politicians" who could not run a business, but said businesses should expect every word of their conversations with government to be made public.
In a spirited defence of the role of business in shaping public policy, Mr Murdoch told a business summit in Sydney: "Everybody in this room knows dozens or hundreds of very, very fine businessmen. How many people know a politician who can run a business?"
Mr Murdoch, the executive chairman of publisher News Corp and chairman and chief executive of entertainment company 21st Century Fox, said it was "very important, if we live in a democracy with real entrepreneurship, we've got to have a world of ideas and debate. That means business is just as entitled to express its opinions as unions are".
http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/rupert-murdoch-hits-out-how-many-politicians-could-run-a-business-20140717-zu7ez.html |
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