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Win2Win Racing
2nd March 2011, 21:46
News Corp's Rupert Murdoch agrees to sell off Sky News, paving the way for the government to approve his BSkyB takeover.

More... (http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-12627703)
Win2Win
2nd March 2011, 22:36
I wasn't expecting that .... can we have back all the pretty weather girls they sacked in January becuase they decided to change the way they show the weather forecast...... only it's no different now :doh
scoobydoo
3rd March 2011, 11:42
What a surprise, Hunt allows it & doesn't put it before the competition commission. Vince Cable...what a :censored: you really are.
Godspot
3rd March 2011, 13:22
Dear friends,
<http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_3/?cl=967773806&v=8529>
*The world's largest and most dangerous media baron wants to buy nearly
half of the British mass media*, boosting his power to undermine global
efforts on everything from peace to the environment. We only have *48
hours to press the UK government * to stand up and stop Rupert Murdoch:

Sign (http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_3/?cl=967773806&v=8529) the petition!
Win2Win
3rd March 2011, 14:43
All seems a bit strange the way they are doing Sky News ..... especially as it doesn't make a profit!!!
scoobydoo
3rd March 2011, 15:05
Let's just hope that the action the other Newspapers take will work...but I doubt it. How can you have a company owning a news channel that everyone says Murdoch loves, and him keep his fingers out...I just dont believe it. He can exert huge influence because he holds the purse strings at the end of the day.
Godspot
3rd March 2011, 17:42
I dunno if you've heard of these groups Avaaz & 38degrees but as far as my little conspiracy theories go, they're as wrapped up in this globalization stuff as much as our gov & media - always too little too late but

Jeremy Hunt has just announced he wants to give Murdoch's BSkyB takeover the go-ahead. [1] It's bad news, but it's not over yet. We need to make sure that today, the day of the announcement, our MPs are feeling the heat.

We now have three weeks to challenge the deal and stand up for our democracy. We need to get MPs speaking out right now, and telling Jeremy Hunt that it's obvious that this deal is whitewash. So please email your MP today and ask them to speak out publicly and write to Jeremy Hunt.

Click here to send your MP a quick email:
http://www.38degrees.org.uk/bskyb-murdoch-whitewash (http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/BSkyB_Hunt_Murdoch_Whitewash)

Jeremy Hunt and Murdoch now want to us to believe this is a done deal. But there's still an outside chance we can stop the takeover. We need MPs to speak out - telling the media, and Jeremy Hunt, that the public don't buy this deal. That means MPs need to hear from all of us, and fast.

The Murdoch empire has been forced, partly thanks to our campaign, to give a little ground. They’ve said Sky News won’t be totally controlled by Murdoch. But he’ll still have directors on the board and control the cashflow. Sky News will have to stay in Murdoch’s good books if it wants to keep going.

Murdoch made similar promises when he took over the Times. But these promises turned out to just be spin. [2] This latest deal is just a whitewash. It still means Murdoch gets more control over our media. And that's bad news for our democracy.
Win2Win
4th March 2011, 00:47
Our news is already wrapped up and cocooned nearly as bad as the US anyway..... I watch France24 and Al Jazeira for some welcome relief of real news, even CNN Europe/Asia covers more than Sky/Beeb/Five/ITV
scoobydoo
4th March 2011, 12:46
You mean you dont watch Fox News Keith? :wink:
Win2Win
4th March 2011, 13:25
You mean you dont watch Fox News Keith? :wink:

Only when passing through using the UP/DOWN buttons :biggrin: ..... it's only handy for live coverage of a US mass murder or something :doh
scoobydoo
4th March 2011, 14:14
Only when passing through using the UP/DOWN buttons :biggrin: ..... it's only handy for live coverage of a US mass murder or something :doh

I am so sick of them praising Obama all the time! :biggrin:
Win2Win
4th March 2011, 17:23
Most TV, radio stations in the US are that biased ..... they are really so annoying, every subject is politicised :voodoo:
scoobydoo
4th March 2011, 19:15
Most TV, radio stations in the US are that biased ..... they are really so annoying, every subject is politicised :voodoo:

I know, I just wish Fox would stop using the word 'balanced' in any way shape or form. Neither the channel nor the contributers are, politically or mentally. :smile:
Win2Win
5th March 2011, 00:11
....or mentally. :smile:

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