Mike Royko wrote that in 1984, when The Alien bought The Chicago Sun-Times. Rupie later changed his citizenship to USA in order to purchase TV stations, which he did, en masse.
For those interested, a handy reference from American Progressive:
Who is Rupert Murdoch?EXCERPT...
MURDOCH THE WAR MONGER: Just after the Iraq invasion, the New York Times reported, "The war has illuminated anew the exceptional power in the hands of Murdoch, 72, the chairman of News Corp… In the last several months, the editorial policies of almost all his English-language news organizations have hewn very closely to Murdoch's own stridently hawkish political views, making his voice among the loudest in the Anglophone world in the international debate over the American-led war with Iraq." The Guardian reported before the war Murdoch gave "his full backing to war, praising George Bush as acting 'morally' and 'correctly' and describing Tony Blair as 'full of guts'" for his support of the war. Murdoch said just before the war, "We can't back down now – I think Bush is acting very morally, very correctly." (New York Times, 4/9/03; Guardian, 2/12/03)