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Originally Posted by Sirius
Then start at home with your biased view of the world.
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We are all biased anyway
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Originally Posted by Hugh
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When Rupert Murdoch bought the Sun newspaper in 1969, its circulation was in decline, and it was haemorrhaging money - he turned it from a broadsheet into a tabloid, and into the biggest selling newspaper by giving people what they thought they wanted (including page 3)....
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True, but as first he did not change its political viewpoint, until he did a deal with the Tories, in return, they did things in his favour (by then it was the UK's highest selling newspaper). That has been the case for 30 years
Remember what happen to a certain Neil Kinnock?
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Originally Posted by LexDiamond
There you go again suggesting that the media controls people. No it does not!
People have minds of their own. You are confusing the facts here. Media giants are big because they provide a product that people want and not because they brainwash people into their point of view.
There is no such thing as bias free media. Everyone has an opinion, including journalists. People buy Murdochs media because his media shares the persons point of view and not because they are trying to buy in to his way of thinking - they already think the same he does on those issues.
His political influence, or any other outlets influence for that matter, is due to the fact that they know that their consumer base supports their view. It really is that simple.
If tomorrow Murdochs outlet headlines 'Lets all be paedos', will Britain become a nation of paedophiles? Under your world view yes, but in reality no because at this point the view of the consumer and media outlet would differ so the consumers vote with their feet and find a more appropriate media outlet.
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I am not suggesting the media controls people, but it the information it gives to them can be manipulated in their favour (both left wing and right wing have done this)
The reason is he has political influence is that the biased info they have given their readers (the Daily Mail and Express do the same) has helped them share the same political views as the newspaper they read
Also they use they popularity to lobby for political change (Sarah's Law for example), I don't think Murdoch will ever suggest that about being Paedos, because of their long campaigns against them, then there are the close links between Press and government...