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- adjective Of or relating to Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), Irish-born British
author andphilosopher .
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True, CNBC was built by evil Republican Roger Ailes, now a Murdochian for an investing audience -- and its 200,000 or so daily viewership is decent for cable, though hardly mass.
Robert Teitelman: Starkman on the Decline of Business Journalism Robert Teitelman 2012
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If you look around the national press you can see that same, essentially personal, story repeated time and again: the Expresses and the Stars owned by Richard Desmond's private company; the Indys, owned by an oligarch; the Telegraphs, owned by the Barclays; the Guardian and the Observer, owned by a trust; the FT, Marjorie Scardino's baby; the Mail, with a somewhat Murdochian share structure that keeps the Rothermeres in charge.
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Some called it the trickle-down theory, others claimed it for the creeds of Thatcherism and Reaganism, but it was surely as much the Murdochian age and if there was truly 'an invisible hand', it was Rupert's.
Julian Kossoff: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp and the War of the Worlds Julian Kossoff 2011
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True, CNBC was built by evil Republican Roger Ailes, now a Murdochian for an investing audience -- and its 200,000 or so daily viewership is decent for cable, though hardly mass.
Robert Teitelman: Starkman on the Decline of Business Journalism Robert Teitelman 2012
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True, CNBC was built by evil Republican Roger Ailes, now a Murdochian for an investing audience -- and its 200,000 or so daily viewership is decent for cable, though hardly mass.
Robert Teitelman: Starkman on the Decline of Business Journalism Robert Teitelman 2012
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Judges from rival outfits may not love all Murdochian works; but they obviously respect Sky News, and the plurality it provides 24-hours round the clock.
What hope of a peaceful succession in Rupert Murdoch's family? 2011
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He was also sent to snoop on the Labour MP and Murdochian bete noir Tom Watson.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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Among the party elite, Christianity has been replaced with Murdochian dollar worship.
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Sunday was the perfect expression of the Murdochian ideal - a glimpse of the News Corp.'s wiring behind the glitz.
TV review: Cultural zeitgeist, scored by Super Bowl ads Hank Stuever 2011
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True, CNBC was built by evil Republican Roger Ailes, now a Murdochian for an investing audience -- and its 200,000 or so daily viewership is decent for cable, though hardly mass.
Robert Teitelman: Starkman on the Decline of Business Journalism Robert Teitelman 2012
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