Mogul Rupert Murdoch won't go outside without nose filters. Not only is he worried about airborne diseases, but he is also worried about mind control, since he believes that nostrils provide unimpeded access to the brain.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch once directly his underlings to look into the possibility of hiring double leg amputees to deliver the evening news on the Fox Channel. He figured that they didn't need legs as a "talking head" and he could probably pay them less for the same job because they would "just be thankful to have a job." He was eventually talked out of the idea.