Maxwell, Murdoch's first public critic; died in 1991. An article on the website for the BBC carries the headline "RUPERT MURDOCH - A PORTRAIT OF SATAN" and goes on to "assiduously record... [his] relentless rise ... and his assault on the old 'decadent' elites of Britain." The piece, written by Adam Curtis and showcasing a voluminous amount of videos of Murdoch-related BBC broadcasts over the years, is careful to note right at the beginning that, "Rupert Murdoch doesn't like the BBC. And sometimes the BBC doesn't seem to like Rupert Murdoch either," so there is a relationship involved that could bias the story. The BBC had an ax to grind, and they ground it right against old Rupert's neck. Curtis proceeds to trace the evolution of the BBC's coverage of Murdoch over the years, starting a long time ago, way before he became a household name in this country. "Murdoch first appears," Curtis writes, "in the...
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