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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionRupert Murdoch is not an evil genius, whatever BBC’s ‘Dynasty’ doc saysThe BBC is supposed to be impartial. ‘The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty’, its recent epic documentary, fails that test.
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy the Murdochs backed Donald Trump’s COVID-19 denialismFox News has been accused of ‘deceiving the public’ in its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Has it finally gone too far?
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Boris Johnson’s Culture Minister under fire over ‘clearly inappropriate’ failure to end relationship with media companyJohn Whittingdale, appointed to ‘whack’ the BBC, accused of ‘clear conflict of interest’ over continuing his...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow the Johnson campaign is bringing Trump's media tactics to BritainThe sound of journalists being booed at Johnson’s launch event should be enough to raise concerns of something...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFive reasons why we don’t have a free and independent press in the UK and what we can do about itBritain's press is controlled by the same networks of people as run everything else. Is it really free?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFox/Sky, Murdoch and Comcast: winners and losersOn October 11th, the US cable giant Comcast acquires full control of Sky plc. For the first time since he launched...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBig media and big money in 2017 - from Disney/Murdoch to Net NeutralityThis week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic as the old one. And...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA family that plays together stays together: a happy holiday season for the UK’s political-media eliteMurdoch, Cameron, Osborne, Brooks - all the old gang met up for a heartwarming Christmas get together.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDid Murdoch win?Four years ago Rupert Murdoch was on the brink. Now he’s resurgent. Martin Hickman, co-author of Dial M for Murdoch,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPress regulation: the election issue ignored by the mediaCoverage focused overwhelmingly on the economy rather than media control, but the new government will struggle to...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Cairo Gang, the Force Research Unit and ... Rupert MurdochThe story of the FRU must be one of the most sordid in British Intelligence. It reveals a deep gulf in Northern...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDeal Or No Deal: the Murdoch factor and our democratic deficitWhether you believe there was an overall agreement between the Tories and News Corp (as Anthony Barnett does) or not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSome people, Mr Cameron - the Murdochs and a Satanic deal
Cameron has again denied any 'great conspiracy' between the British government and the Murdochs, despite accusations...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGovernment by corporate text messages: what is left of the British constitution after Leveson?
The picture of collusion between the Cameron government and Murdoch's NewsCorp is enough to make you LOL - or cry. A...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Murdochs and the Tories: madly intimate but was it a conspiracy, a response to Anthony Barnett
The way the Cameron-Osborne government got into bed with the Murdochs, father and son, was crazy, but was there a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThrowing the three ‘Rs’ away: Rupert Murdoch, the Referendum and Rangers FC
The rise of the SNP has revealed certain defects as to the way power is handled in Scottish politics. Alex Salmond’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron's mistake, Murdoch and the 'return of history'David Cameron’s rise to power was facilitated by his canny appropriation of a Blairite ‘post-historical’ ideology....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeveson's job of tackling UK press abuse is far from over
Now that Rupert Murdoch has faced Lord Justice Leveson, it's easy to think it's all over. But the purpose was never...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAlex Salmond, Rupert Murdoch and the pitfalls of crony capitalismUp until now, the SNP has been seen as as a decent government, less in thrall to the corporate classes than...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDial M for Murdoch: the book to sink an empire?Rupert Murdoch has returned for his second day before the UK state inquiry into the British press. While we tune...
