Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Level playing field


How long do you give Jeremy Cu...  sorry, Jeremy HUNT the CULTURE secretary in his job?  48 hours?  Less?  With Cameron's backing, it could well be less.

Good old BBC.  It turns out that the decision to freeze the BBC's licence fee was insisted upon by good old Rupert Murdoch, so that their funding was effectively cut for the coming year, making it much easier for the Murdochs to move in for the kill.

Funding for the BBC is controlled by the government, and Jeremy Cu...  Hunt, is the Cu...  Culture Secretary.  He turned off his mobile for an important meeting recently, and Murdoch was furious, telling his PA to tell him to GET OUT OF THE FUCKING MEETING AND ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONE!!!!!!!!

When all this is over (and that will take quite a while)  we will effectively kick the Murdochs out of Britain.  I really hope they get kicked out of the US too, so that the Australians get the satisfying opportunity of kicking them out as well - into the sea.

The Murdochs are truly disgusting people, and I for one cannot wait for them to settle back and retire on their vast fortune, and keep out of the way of National News networks, let alone the BBC.  Fat chance.
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22 comments:

  1. John Going Gently24 April 2012 at 15:27

    it may seem strange coming from me but "here...bloody here...."

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:28

      Not strange at all, John. Hope Mabel's feeling better today.

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  2. sarah toa24 April 2012 at 17:55

    They are indeed a frightening family.

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:29

      Lord Valdemort springs to mind. How can anyone be so interested in gaining absolute power and control?

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    2. sarah toa25 April 2012 at 02:57

      I was wondering about that same question, just before I revisited your comments Tom. It strikes me as a stressful life.
      What I find interesting is that before the hacking stuff, everyone, especially journalists, seemed frightened to criticise Murdoch's M.O. Anyone who did was seen as a bit of a leftie conspiracy theorist. Now that it's open slather, the left opinion has gone straight to the centre and everyone is pissed that they've been duped by Voldemort. (Yes, thanks for that. So apt.)

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  3. Judith24 April 2012 at 18:34

    I agree with you completely about the Murdochs. Horrible people. I had to Google Hunt & the BBC though to find out what that was all about.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17829395

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:32

      Did you hear James Naughtie's slip of the tongue on You Tube? Well worth listening to, and so prophetic.

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  4. gmb24 April 2012 at 20:12

    They have much too much power in the U.S., but as the legal fees mount and they get bloodied--finally--in the U.K., I hope the filthy goddamn Murdochs loose control of News Corp which shortly thereafter implodes under all the civil judgments. What Rupert Murdoch has done to political discourse in the U.S. is worse than a crime.

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  5. gmb24 April 2012 at 20:12

    They have much too much power in the U.S., but as the legal fees mount and they get bloodied--finally--in the U.K., I hope the filthy goddamn Murdochs loose control of News Corp which shortly thereafter implodes under all the civil judgments. What Rupert Murdoch has done to political discourse in the U.S. is worse than a crime.

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:33

      A good point, gmb, and well worth repeating.

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    2. gmb25 April 2012 at 21:22

      Sorry about that. I guess I hate the Murdochs twice as much as I had thought.

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  6. Cro Magnon24 April 2012 at 21:28

    I fail to comprehend their motivation. People used to say that 'power was sexy'; not in their case it ain't. Nasty little uber-rich people. I wonder if they're friends with the Ecclestone's?

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:35

      Have you seen Rupert's latest wife? I wonder how much she cost.

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  7. The Weaver of Grass25 April 2012 at 01:02

    I am so sick of the whole thing Tom that I no longer listen to that item of news. Maybe it is cowardly of me but my attitude is that I can't do anything about these things, so I would rather not listen to it all. Call if old age (not sure where that leaves people like Tony Benn, who go on fighting into their nineties and make me feel ashamed of my attitude).

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 01:34

      Not to listen to it now will mean having to listen to nothing else in the future, if they get their way.

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  8. Chris25 April 2012 at 01:37

    Cunt(s).

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  9. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe25 April 2012 at 05:42

    Even if they go away, they will come back in another form.

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 15:36

      Havent you seen 'The Deathly Hallows Part Two'? They go away in the end.

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  10. The Broad25 April 2012 at 07:39

    You've got that right, Tom. These are horrible people and we won't buy any of their papers nor will we have anything to do with Sky TV. I'm not exactly in favour of a rise in the TV license though.

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    1. Tom Stephenson25 April 2012 at 15:37

      I would pay an extra £20 a year just to see the back of Lord Voldemort and his brood, wouldn't you?

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