在许多人眼里,鲁珀特·默多克是个痴迷权力、巧取豪夺的右翼暴发户。他确实一直无情地致力于建立一个独一无二、遍布全球的媒体网络,但他的真正动力与意识形态无关,而是一种对底线的冷静坚守:媒体应被当作一种商业,而非一种半神圣化的公共信托。布什政府对此所见略同。默多克已经看到未来,这未来就是他自己。 In the eyes of many, Rupert Murdoch is a right-wing upstart who is obsessive and captive. Indeed, he has been relentlessly committed to establishing a unique, worldwide network of media outlets, but his true impetus has nothing to do with ideology, but rather a calm hold on the bottom line: the media should be treated as a business rather than as a Semi-sacred public trust. The Bush administration is slightly alike. Murdoch has seen the future, this future is himself.