The actions of the Murdoch empire have inflicted criminal damage upon British life. In addition to phone tapping and hacking, they have led public opinion of the lowest common denominator via their tabloids The Sun and the now defunct News of the World. What in fact are they responsible for? How many lives have been …
Category: Media
Dear Mr Murdoch
See The Media Conglomerate on Media Nightmare (a Disturbing Trends site) for more on the Murdoch Scandal
Media Conglomerates
Monopolies only serve the elite that own them. They reduce choice while increasing unjustified costs to the consumer. As long as they work "within the law" these increasingly global and increasingly bland enterprises reduce the quality of communication and considered action. Morality is given a bad name by all the false moralising, but the constant …
Hacking the PM
Rebbekah Brooks or Wade offered the police to be a witness in the crimes of News of The World. Witness? She was the Editor at the time of some of them. She claims the hacking was news to her, and then she warned more and worse was to come. Her instincts seem to be borne …
Politics and the Media
With the wilful demise of The News of the World, we have witnessed the worst catastrophe in journalism's history. With it comes the mass rejection of malign journalism. That is the line we must draw. The Murdoch brand may be damaged beyond comprehension. Any Government that is cavalier enough to approve BSkyB will be remembered …