I really don't see what profit has to do with it. Without profit, multi-channel TV in this country wouldn't have appeared for many years.
The BBC is widely regarded as politically neutral, but it very plainly is not.
We do need a counterbalance to that left leaning organisation and Sky News is well placed to deliver this.
There are rules in this country about political balance and additional safeguards can be introduced by having the independent editorial team that was offered last time around.
I don't like the Murdochs an awful lot myself, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be allowed to run the businesses that they are actually pretty good at running. They have done a very good job at bringing all those TV channels to us, with so much entertainment including films and sport. Shame about the cost, but I dare say the costs are not a long way off from what they are in the US.
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H'mm. So in your world, you would ban people from conducting business because you didn't like them.
Obviously you have lots of friends yourself and would not be hoisted by your own petard.
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And, no doubt, our Theresa would conclude that we all benefit from his multi channel offerings and he should be left alone to deliver the programmes we love to watch!