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The media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has told a British inquiry into media ethics that he's never asked a prime minister for anything. Mr Murdoch said he wanted to end what he called the myth that he'd used the power or influence of one of his British newspapers to gain favourable treatment.

媒体大亨鲁伯特·默多克向有关媒体道德的英国调查表示，他从未向哪位总理要求过什么。有传闻说他利用他一份英国报纸的权力或影响力来获取优惠待遇，默多克说希望这种传闻能结束。

"Politicians go out of their way to impress people in the press. I think that's part of the democratic process. All politicians of all sides like to have their views known by the editors, hoping that they will be put across, hoping that they will succeed in impressing people. That's the game."

“政客们不辞辛劳想在媒体上给民众留下印象，我想这就是民主进程的一部分。各方的所有政客们都希望编辑们知道自己的观点，希望大家能明白自己的观点，希望能成功地在民众心中留下好感。这就是游戏规则。”

He said that if he was solely concerned with commercial interest, he would always have backed the Conservative Party because it was more supportive of business.

他说，如果他只考虑商业利益的话，他会一直支持保守党，因为保守党更支持商业。