Independent UK: Murdoch down and (Labour Party Leader) Ed Miliband up in new opinion poll

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Murdoch down and Ed Miliband up in new opinion poll

By Jane Merrick, Political Editor
Sunday, 17 July 2011


Growing public antipathy in Britain towards Rupert Murdoch and his media empire is confirmed in a new poll for this newspaper.

A ComRes survey reveals that eight out of 10 people think the phone-hacking scandal has spread to all of his British newspaper titles: The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Seven out of 10 people see Mr Murdoch and his son James as "not fit and proper" to take full control of BSkyB – a bid that News Corporation could re-submit in six months' time after dropping it last Wednesday in the face of widespread opposition.

The poll reveals that dismay at the hacking of phones on behalf of the News of the World is widespread among the public and goes beyond Westminster and media circles. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/murdoch-down-and-ed-miliband-up-in-new-opinion-poll-2315112.html

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2. Thanks for posting this story.. k and r... Here is an important quote:

"About 63 per cent of the public said they trusted the police less as a result of reports that officers had been paid for information by newspapers."
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Brits thought they had a clean police force....guess not..