[cma-l] Murdoch and the tea party to come

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From: Murray Dawson <murraywdawson at gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:19:28 +0000

Firstly, I'd like to wish you all a Happy New Year - it promises to be
an extremely challenging one, but not without huge potential and great
opportunities for the sector.

A couple of points on your post Mark;
- you have repeatedly stated that the BBC are a left-wing
organisation. I disagree. I'd argue that they are centrist - perhaps
right of centre (they're not in a position to be anything else for
fear of reductions in future settlements).
Your view that they have veered violently to the left perhaps says
more about the lack of definition between left and right in the
'mainstream' party political system which we presently enjoy in the
UK.

I also doubt that even if you could wrestle any cash from Mr Murdoch
and cohorts, the chance of there being no strings attached is unlikely
to say the least.

All the best,

Murray

mark polden <markianpolden at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have to say Phil that if you think that the bowdlerisation of british media starts
> with rupert murdoch then I believe you must be wearing rose coloured spectacles.
>That started years ago when the BBC started to swerve violently to the left.
>This is just a rebalancing of the field
>Also on the darkest day the light shines brightest
>Yes I would be happy to take anyones money if it came without strings
>Mark PoldenFlame CCR
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>> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:54:56 +0000
>> From: phil at somersetfilm.com
>> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
>> Subject: [cma-l] Murdoch and the tea party to come
>>
>> My concern about the Murdoch issue is not that I object to there being a
>> range of opinion out there both left and right - just that the interests
>> News International furthers are not about political debate but the
>> suppression of it through misinformation and scare mongering.  Look at the
>> impact of Fox TV in the States, that's not about debate it's about the
>> tyranny of the market and the vested interest of a greedy minority.
>>
>> Referencing the Ofcom guidelines is an important consideration for
>> broadcasters yes but (and I make no apologies for continuing to raise this)
>> what about our charter that we all signed up to?  Do you believe that
>> allowing Murdoch to proceed with his plans will not impact on our stated aim
>> to 'contribute to the democratic process'?  At what point do we stand up for
>> anything beyond our immediate interests?  At what point do we intervene and
>> say actually this corporation is working to destroy the very diversity and
>> tolerance we are here to support?
>>
>> It's not just about money surely?  I for one would not be happy to take the
>> Murdoch shilling to sustain our social enterprise.  Let's hear some other
>> opinions on this?
>>
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> PS Don't forget to sign the petition!