Rupert Murdoch’s Sky takeover bid is hanging by a thread. The
Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is the official watchdog. Their
draft report says it's a threat to democracy, and that maybe the best
thing would be to block it. [1] Now,
they’re asking for the public’s views on their draft report, before they make their final decision. [2]
It’s not a done deal yet.
Murdoch’s lobbyists will be working around the clock to convince the CMA to re-write their report and wave through the takeover. Together, we need to
make sure public opposition to Murdoch is loud enough to drown him out.
If the CMA hears from thousands of people like you, Phil, it could be enough to encourage them to stick with their plans.
We have less than a week to submit our views. Phil, will you email the CMA now? It’ll take less than two minutes, and there’s a template to get you started:
From biased reporting to dodgy backroom deals with politicians,
Murdoch’s vast media empire already threatens our democracy.
[3] If his Sky takeover goes through, it'll give him even more power
over our media. And that means even more power over our politicians.
Together, we’ve already done so much to get to this point. We’ve signed
petitions, we’ve sent emails, we’ve crowdfunded hard-hitting polling,
and we’ve presented our evidence directly to the watchdog. [4]
Murdoch
and his slick, highly-paid lobbyists never give up. But 38 Degrees-ers
are matching him at every stage with our people-powered defence of
democracy.
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Comments
Speaking as one of his enemies, I'm not sure that I'd be upset about that, but he's never been so strategically incompetent before.
Not ALL his pubs are pro-Brexit of course... but I suppose that's partly just "hedging bets."
I just wish he'd go and do a Maxwell. I hate the guy.
And I say that as somebody that used to work on behalf of Sky in a professional capacity
I know he's old and owns the Daily Mail and is a media Tycoon but what is it that gets everybody so riled up and why is he so important .........he's like about 90 isn't he ?
That's making a comeback.
Plus ça change. Plus c'est la mêmes chose.
I joined 38 degrees some time back because one of their campaigns (maybe the original one) struck a chord; however nowadays they just seem to be following a left-wing agenda and TBH, I'm going to leave when I get around to it..
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
It goes with the territory.
My gripe with Murdoch is that I don't think one man should have ultimate control of a large (the largest?) proportion of the news outlets in any one country or group of countries. That would be one man with too much power to tell everyone else what to think.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
It's true that all newspapers are biased, the real reason I'm worried about Murdoch is he owns so many of them.
No harm in lots of papers having different opinions, but when too many are run by just one guy it's a mockery...
Life's about compromises. It's possible to read the Times because you regard it as a decent newspaper but, at the same time, disagree with the levels of power and political influence being sold to the man who owns the paper.
I've seen it on my channel list but I've never watched it.