Cameron's government was in bed with Murdoch

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/26/osborne-news-international-election
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George Osborne met Rebekah Brooks on five occasions in the year following the 2010 general election, according to figures released on Tuesday afternoon, that show how the chancellor cultivated relationships with senior figures at News International.

The chancellor, who expressed regret on Monday for recommending Andy Coulson as the Tories' communications chief, met James Murdoch on four occasions, and Rupert Murdoch twice. In total, he attended 16 meetings at which News International executives were present.

"In particular, we need to know the details of his December 2010 meetings and exactly what was said about the BSkyB bid. This information is particularly important because George Osborne was the person who initiated the Andy Coulson appointment."

[sabrina 1]

1. I wonder how much influence they have had on our

government. I hope this doesn't go away the way many of these scandals do before we get some answers.

I have read, eg, that no prominent would-be world leader could make it without Murdoch's approval/help.

That reminded me of the time people were shocked when they learned that Murdoch had thrown a party of Hillary Clinton when she decided to run for the NY Senate. Considering how Fox had spent almost a decade slamming the Clintons, it didn't make sense.

Now I have read that Bill Clinton contacted Murdoch and asked him to support Hillary. That seems to indicate that this corrupt individual does have huge influence over this government, so much so that one of their major victims would bow down before them and ask for their support. And it makes you wonder, what promises were made to get it.

[joeybee12]

2. Obviously...

and dirt on his predecessor gotten by Murdoch got Cameron into office.

[Pab Sungenis]

6. Actually

it was the Telegraph, owned by the Barclays, that brought down Labour, not Murdoch.

[NightWatcher]

3. dont forget that shrub hired a fox anchor to be his direct mouthpiece

[malaise]

5. And it was still

a Snow job :evilgrin:

[Uncle Joe]

4. Education would be a natural channel for Murdoch to spread his toxic propaganda.

If he can't brainwash the kids at home, it can be done at school.

Michael Gove, the former Times journalist who is now education secretary, met Rupert Murdoch six times after the election, more often than any other member of the cabinet. They first met for dinner, along with Brooks, on 19 May last year. Gove and Murdoch had dinner twice in the space of 10 days last month – on 16 and 26 June

Edit to add link of Murdoch's activities into the field of education here in the U.S. and the U.K.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/searchresults.html?q=murdoch+education&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com&sa=Search&domains=democraticunderground.com&client=pub-7805397860504090&forid=1&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23008000%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BVLC%3A663399%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BALC%3A0000FF%3BLC%3A0000FF%3BT%3A000000%3BGFNT%3A0000FF%3BGIMP%3A0000FF%3BFORID%3A11&hl=en

Thanks for the thread, malaise.

[malaise]

7. Yes they sure have the propaganda channels covered

Thanks for those links Uncle Joe
:hi:

[Kingofalldems]

8. Yeah, but certainly not here!

:sarcasm:

[Octafish]

9. So was Blair's...

So was Major's...
So was Thatcher's...

Oh, and Over Here, too.

Thank Moon for The Guardian -- they were called "conspiracy theorists" by the rest of the Murdoch- and most of the little that's non-Murdoch-owned press in the UK.

[malaise]

10. Yes indeed

They're going down