Letters, Feb. 7, 1977

He Seems to Walk on Water

To the Editors:

As you aptly point out in your story on the Black Prince of the Press, Rupert Murdoch [Jan. 17], the only decent newspaper he publishes, The Australian, hardly keeps its head above water. The Sunday Australian, which he used to publish, was even better but, like a lot of other papers that are too good for the public, it went under.

Mr. Murdoch not only keeps his head above water but walks on it because he gives people what they want.

R. Thompson Monte Carlo, Monaco

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