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Published in: openDemocracyUKDeal Or No Deal: the Murdoch factor and our democratic deficit
Whether you believe there was an overall agreement between the Tories and News Corp (as Anthony Barnett does) or not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSome people, Mr Cameron - the Murdochs and a Satanic deal
Cameron has again denied any 'great conspiracy' between the British government and the Murdochs, despite accusations...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKGovernment by corporate text messages: what is left of the British constitution after Leveson?
The picture of collusion between the Cameron government and Murdoch's NewsCorp is enough to make you LOL - or cry. A...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Murdochs and the Tories: madly intimate but was it a conspiracy, a response to Anthony Barnett
The way the Cameron-Osborne government got into bed with the Murdochs, father and son, was crazy, but was there a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMurdoch and the Big Lie
The Murdoch affair is demonstrating not only that Rupert and James are not 'fit and proper' people to run a media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron's mistake, Murdoch and the 'return of history'
David Cameron’s rise to power was facilitated by his canny appropriation of a Blairite ‘post-historical’ ideology....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeveson's job of tackling UK press abuse is far from over
Now that Rupert Murdoch has faced Lord Justice Leveson, it's easy to think it's all over. But the purpose was never...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAlex Salmond, Rupert Murdoch and the pitfalls of crony capitalism
Up until now, the SNP has been seen as as a decent government, less in thrall to the corporate classes than...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDial M for Murdoch: the book to sink an empire?
Rupert Murdoch has returned for his second day before the UK state inquiry into the British press. While we tune...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain needs a strong lobbyist register - one that would cover NewsCorp's Frederic Michel
This week’s revelations as to the extent of Murdoch’s influence on the UK government point again to the urgent need...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKNewsCorp did not influence openDemocracy
The implication that David Elstein wrote two articles in openDemocracy at the encouragement of James Murdoch's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMurdoch and the UK culture secretary: we shouldn't be surprised, we should be angry
James Murdoch's appearance before the Leveson Inquiry has revealed the complicity between the government and the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of the Murdoch Archipelago
This week, the media mogul once unquestioningly known as 'the kingmaker' appears before the UK state inquiry into...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs Murdoch still corrupting Parliament's Select Committee?
Is the British parliamentary investigation of the Murdoch press proceeding with collusion between the Murdochs and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's PR culture breeds corruption, just look at Hackgate
The UK phone hacking sandal has shown how the growth of the PR industry has facilitated the corruption of British society
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe need for greater plurality of British media ownership
We should embrace plurality in our debates about media reform and create a new system of inquiry responsive to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe future of newspaper ownership in Britain
After the phone-hacking scandal, questions have been raised about the ownership of the UK's newspapers. But we need...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMedia reform in the UK
In the wake of the phone hacking scandal, ourKingdom launches a joint initiative to debate the critical issues...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Press Complaints Commission: from 'Last Chance Saloon' to 'Toothless Poodle'
The phone hacking scandal has put the spotlight on the British media industry's self-regulatory body, revealing a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK journalists have spoken on 'Hackgate' - now give your views
One of the central hubs for British journalism has asked its members for their views on the News of the World...