From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
Ricochet Editor's Desk ·
February 22, 2013 at 10:41pm
The Blue Yeti sends along this dispatch from the trenches, where our own Peter Robinson is sitting down with Rupert Murdoch. You create the caption.
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Jul '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"One last question: Would You be interested in a practically brand new P90X?"
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Nope. You already asked the last question."
Aug '10
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"I've just finished grading your Midterm Blue Book Mr. Murdoch...and I'm pretty disappointed."
May '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"About that exclusivity in my consulting contract..."
Aug '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"I changed the password on my voice mail, so don't even think about it!"
Feb '12
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"We'll begin in just a moment Mr. Murdoch. Piers'll be in here in a couple seconds."
Jun '10
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Peter: "Let's talk about phone-hacking in Britain."
Rupert: "No, let's talk about me kicking your rear-end around the room."
Sep '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"But, Mr. Murdoch, many of our midwestern Ricochet readers think a Fox is a varmint."
"No, Peter, a Fox is a carnivore."
Mar '12
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"First man to drink ends his career."
May '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Now, about this comedy news program of Rob's, 'Briefing From the Bar". Are you sure won't reconsider? No openings after midnight? No, I understand. It's just that Rob said I could play the straight man..."
Sep '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Tastes great."
"Less filling."
Mar '12
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
Peter: "Last question: how does one accumulate 400,000 twitter followers?"
Rupert: "Well, Peter, first you have to start an account."
Oct '12
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Yes Mr. Robinson that is the 'Dome Polishing Machine" I took a patent out on last week. I need a new investor for the machine to take it to market after closing down 'News of the World' last year."
Jul '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Do you like movies about gladiators?"
Sep '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Mr. Murdoch, as you know, Ricochet membership is bitterly divided along two historic fault lines and everyone -- including me -- wants to know with which group you ally yourself. Ricochet wants to know:
Ginger or Mary Ann?"
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"No, I'm not kidding. And don't call me Shirley."
Sep '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Connery"
"Craig"
Feb '12
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"How did the Wall Street Journal convince more people to pay for reading its online content? Did you all peg the price to any particular beverages?"
Dec '11
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
"Why isn't Kimberly Strassel sitting at the table?"
May '10
Re: From the Front Lines of Uncommon Knowledge
Why is it that the subscription TV business, such as DirecTV and all cable providers, is so greedy that they still insist on coercive packages instead of offering a la carte channels? Do they realize that they are driving away the next generation of customers, or are you all simply as dumb as the newspapers, music album producers, and publishers have been in clinging to their archaic models?