As an undergraduate at Worcester College, Oxford, the young Rupert Murdoch kept a bust of Lenin in his rooms. Three decades later, he had become a friend and champion of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

Today on Uncommon Knowledge, Rupert Murdoch defends his early views — and explains how he nevertheless outgrew them.

Clement Attlee wasn’t all that bad of a Prime Minister, and the Conservative party at the time was pathetic. But being in business and just growing up changed my perspective.

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