Loose cannons

October 30, 2002
Issue 

Translation: 'economy' means US oil and armaments profits

"The successful prosecution of the war [on Iraq] would be good for the economy." — Lawrence Lindsey, George "The Crusader" Bush's chief economic adviser.

Not a purist

"Tonight I want to challenge what I regard as the orthodoxy of the media elite. The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media — the requirement to make a profit — somehow corrupts the craft... Far from corrupting the craft, profits enhance it... Expansion drives diversity and diversity protects and strengthens our craft." — Lachlan Murdoch, heir apparent to media monopolist Rupert Murdoch, October 22.

Diversity

"We, at News, find no disparity in publishing a Nobel Prize winning book, as we did this year, at the same time making profitable movies such as Titanic, or even, Dude, Where's My Car." — Lachlan Murdoch again.

Pull the other one Lachy!

"Profits underwrite our most important work without any regard for the bottom line." — Lachlan Murdoch once again.

From Green Left Weekly, October 30, 2002.
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