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Rupert Murdoch

I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.

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Rupert Murdoch is saying that he supports free markets and reducing government involvement, but he does not fully agree with the extreme views of libertarians who want very little government at all. He wants a balanced approach rather than strictly following conservative or libertarian ideas without thinking.

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