Politicians say hacking scandal no bar to BSkyB deal [With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp]

[TomCADem]

Source: Reuters

Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of pay-TV operator BSkyB should not be affected by his UK news arm admitting its role in a long-running phone hacking scandal, British politicians said on Sunday.

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It was an about-turn from the media group's previous denial that it knew journalists were accessing voicemail messages of the royal family, politicians, celebrities and sports stars.

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Some critics said the admission raised questions about News Corp's $14 billion planned purchase of BSkyB, which is set to be given the green light by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the next few weeks.

Former Home Secretary John Prescott, who believes his phone was hacked by the paper, said on Friday the government should hold off "until all investigations are complete."



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/10/us-newscorp-idUSTRE7391S120110410

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This news is generally suppressed, because the corporate media does a poor job reporting on the affairs of their owners, but Fox News owner and master of the Right Wing Universe, Rupert Murdoch, is continuing to expand his control over the corporate media, which means that he will control what more people think.

[Mojorabbit]

1. They don't even try to hide it anymore

Ethics, doing the "right thing", the politicians just don't care. They are there to support the corporations.

[aquart]

3. They always were.

Did you sleep through History?

[Mojorabbit]

4. I grew up with the whole Kennedy

Camelot thing. I was all about a life of service. I bought the whole enchilada in the day.
Then came Vietnam, then Reagan. What we have now is like nothing I have ever seen.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Its not really material

At present BSkyb shareholders won't accept the News Corp's offer.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. Of course it will have no effect

Rupert Murdoch could beat puppies to death with kittens on the front lawn of Buckingham Palace and it would have no affect on Parliament.

Murdoch owns the British government the same way that the Koch brothers own the U.S. Congress.