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Rupert cares about family and power; ideology always comes second
Andreas Whittam Smith in the Independent reminds us what the Murdoch empire is really about: At its heart, News Corporation, for all its immense global interests, is a family company. The Murdochs may not control all the voting rights in the group, but they run it as if they did. It is not a place…
My Al Jazeera English interview on Murdoch’s excessive global power
As Rupert Murdoch’s empire faces unprecedented pressure in Britain over phone-hacking, criminality, ethical breaches and romancing of the political and media elites, it’s time to assess how one man and one family has amassed so much power in countless Western democracies. It should be challenged. Here’s my interview on Al Jazeera English yesterday:
Murdoch only powerful because our elites allowed themselves to be seduced
Handy reminder from the New York Times on the kind of political and media culture that exists in Britain (and Australia, too) that allows a war mongering media mogul to exercise so much power: When David Cameron became prime minister in May 2010, one of his first visitors at 10 Downing Street — within 24…
Name me a leading corporate politician who doesn’t bow to Murdoch?
The New Statesman says it well: Finally, our leaders are outraged. The claim that the mobile phone of the murdered teenager Milly Dowler was hacked by the News of the World has been described as “truly dreadful” (David Cameron), “totally shocking” (Ed Miliband) and “grotesque” (Nick Clegg). Could this be the moment that Britain’s spineless…