The U.S. media mogul Rupert Murdoch reaches for the largest provider of pay-TV, BSkyB, here is the inexplicable failure of supervisors. But now Avaaz is running a worldwide network of non-governmental organization for human rights storm. From the German perception largely unnoticed in the UK is planning another conquest of the Empire at. The United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading Office granted the U.S. media group News Corporation of Rupert Murdoch green light to the acquisition of British broadcaster BSkyB. Already in December 2010 the European Commission approved the deal on the flimsy grounds that the competition in the sector was not affected, without conditions - a declaration of bankruptcy. Only the Committee of the British media regulator Ofcom has produced a massive report concerns. So far, News Corp. has
. Which already holds 39 percent of the shares, the equivalent of 9.28 billion € for the missing 61-percent stake in the British Channel. Currently BSkyB has considered the offer too low. But if it should come to an agreement, the final decision lies with the culture minister Jeremy Hunt. By Hunt himself should the opponents of a takeover, however, expect nothing more. The minister sought together weeks with Murdoch's son James, Rupert's governor in Europe, for solutions to deal with the help of the committee would be. Consequently, Hunt said recently that he was the complete takeover of the family of channels by Murdoch's News Corp.. would agree. A final decision is up to 21 March fall.
Despite the positive signal of the cartel guards and the minister has the last word is spoken as yet. In the British media landscape fierce resistance to a greater influence Rupert Murdoch, the TV channel BBC fears the threat to media diversity, a media company is scheduled to consider legal action. Jeremy Hunt and now the protest is directed, the Avaaz mobilized against the takeover (see below). In Britain, the media mogul already owns the influential newspaper "The Sun", "The News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times.
alone out of respect of this concentrated focus of large-caliber guns all the Prime Minister went so far his head against Murdoch, for fear of this journalistic power to be torn. What this means, most recently was the economy minister Vince Cable felt. This had triggered the end of last year with controversial comments about Murdoch, a coalition crisis that cost the Liberal Democrats, responsible for competition matters. Randomly so the competences that has now held Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt.
Cable told reporters of the Daily Telegraph, which had not made it known as journalists, that he had Murdoch "declared war". Cable, who would have in the antitrust question actually had the last word, had raised concerns in contrast to Hunt and openly about a danger spoken to the media plurality. Thus, Cable turned against the conservative coalition partners.
Murdoch enjoys preferential treatment in London, like the Swiss Daily News reported in January. The current Prime Minister David Cameron is also accused by the opposition Labour Party to try to Murdoch in gratitude for the support of other media to pave the way to power - and, above all, why Hunt Minister approved the BSkyB takeover to have. So shall have Cameron in the middle of the process of adjudication of his government on BSkyB, invited to a "private" dinner with Murdoch junior. It reeks of political corruption.
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The object is no less explosive, if one recalls, for which Murdoch is. His support for the conservative Prime Minister Cameron would not be surprised, there's even conservative Murdoch. U.S. Republicans, he had in August 2010 about his company can get $ 1 million and provided that for the largest single donation in U.S. history. "Low Taxes" and "growth policies" are News Corp.. The official reason on why you throw with this large sum behind the Republicans.
Even Cameron predecessor, Tony Blair, a close relationship with Murdoch. Blair's neo-liberal concept of "New Labour "and its policy of" third way impressed, "the media mogul, no less than his reform of the media cartel law in the sense of big business. Equally clear is Murdoch's political but also by the orientation of its main gun, the TV channel Fox News. The station has mainly conservative commentators who are close to the right wing of the Republicans and is mainly covered with attacks on the Democrats and Barack Obama. Fox News is more of a wing of the Republican as a news channel, an employee of the White House lashed out last year.
Also in the Iraq war played a one-sided reporting from Fox News an important role. Murdoch used his vast media empire to promote the Iraq war, as critical of Avaaz. The internationally networked and influential NGO wants to stop Murdoch, at least in the UK with an "international outcry" and a rich petition to the British decision-makers. "Murdoch is undermining democracies around the world by elected politicians as long as extortion with one-sided reporting, until they fulfill his will," Avaaz announced in their call. The allegations raised by the organization weigh, heavy, and would, if confirmed, they throw a dark shadow over democracy. Thus, they stated, that most of the Republican presidential candidates on Murdoch's payroll stood. At least with Palin Sahrah this is already a proven fact.
Fox News has hired Palin for supposedly $ 1 million annually as a commentator and is the libertarian Tea Party with reports of their events, concerns and House of Representatives than broadcasters. In the tea-party movement, are behind the many billionaires and provide their ideas for their own benefit and public platforms, Newscorp. not free his hands in the game. The piquancy is that Fox News long ago not only achieved much higher ratings than cable rivals CNN and MSNBC, but the news programs of the major TV networks like ABC leaves behind. With the odds created a power that trembles before the Obama administration. The White House decided last fall to give Fox News any more interviews because the station does not broadcast news, but anti-government propaganda disseminated. But protests from his own party and other media, Obama moved quickly to lift the boycott.
The 7 million-member Avaaz is in their fight against the Murdoch empire but not unsuccessful. Canadian activists have managed to avoid that is built to operate in Canada Murdoch's a political propaganda channel in the style of Fox News. This broadcaster should be funded by taxpayers' money. In the past week was another Avaaz campaign to prevent the Canadian government removed journalistic standards that the television company, the spread of misinformation ban in public.
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