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"A number of key members of the family which controlled The Wall Street Journal say they would not have agreed to sell the prestigious daily to Rupert Murdoch if they had been aware of News International's conduct in the phone-hacking scandal at the time of the deal."
Because Rupert Murdoch's history was completely unknowable prior to this point.
Because it was never about the money. It was about tendering a cherished asset to the care of a courageous steward of journalistic integrity.
This is how I motivate my students studying English here in Spain to master the pesky third conditional: it's the cover-you-ass grammar function. "If I had known…" will get you far in life.
This is why I always insist on a thorough background check when someone pays me for sex.
They would have just given it to him for free, maybe?
The amazing thing is that they bother to say this, as if anyone at all would believe it.
@Ralph Haygood file this under "duh", subsection "yeah right."
Maybe it's worth re-examining Robert Maxwell's dive from this mortal coil.