Thread: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Old 02-02-2012, 10:14   #1297
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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
Actually Ofcom have done far more in standing up to Murdoch's empire than the PCC or Government IF you had been paying any attention.Ofcom were the one body that said that Murdoch should not be allowed to buy BSkyb outright..It was the government who were going to allow it through on the nod..It's just that Ofcom hasn't the teeth to tell the government to get lost and to stop interfering.

Plus Ofcom is actually an INDEPENDENT regulatory body unlike the PCC.

Not to mention, IIRC, resisting Murdoch's repeated calls for a 6th national terrestrial channel.
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