to examine whether Fox has an appropriate commitment to broadcasting standards.
I think Fox still wants to be able to see other standards.
I would approach the sale of ANY media outlet to Fix Noise with the same concern I would an offer by RT to buy it.
and all that is not to mention the Phone hacking scandal that involving the now defunct âNews of the Worldâ and other British newspapers published by âNews Internationalâ, a subsidiary of âNews Corporationâ, the parent company of âFox Newsâ, was embroiled in not long ago in the U.K (2011 to be precise.)
Plenty of reasons to put the kibosh on the takeover and hit News Corp. where it hurts, right in the nads.
After THAT despicable display of âambush journalismâ and illegal hacking, how the fk can the Brits even be considering this preposterous deal??
Faux News destroyed the US. Why wouldnât it turn to the UK next?
The only thought that enters my brain after reading this is
DUH
How could anyone with a functional democracy anywhere on this planet even consider inviting this parasitic, oligarchy feeding predator into their hen house? Seriously? How???
Gonna be so sweet if Murdochâs big merger is squelched because Hannity pushed the bullshit conspiracies too far. Karma to the max.
I could be wrong here, but i believe Murdoch actually built his dogshit brand in Australia and GBritain BEFORE the repugnicans broke the law to let him open shop in the US
âThe Fox News parent company is not fit to
own Sky Newslick the bottom of Walter Cronkiteâs shoes.â
Fixed.
And thatâs the way it is.
Can I emigrate to Great Britain?
âŚshe will likely refer 21st Century Foxâs bid to buy British outlet Sky News to the countryâs competition watchdog to examine whether Fox has an appropriate commitment to broadcasting standards.
Is that even an open question?
Cronkite??
Murdoch media isnât fit to lick the bottom of Ron Burgundyâs shoes!
You are partly correct. But he initially built his dogshit brand with newspapers, not broadcast media. His first foray in electronic media was the Britain-based satellite channel Sky News. It was through his tabloid newspaper empire that he earned the money to finance it. Sky News lost money for years, just as Fox News did when it launched.
Iâm repeating this history from memory but I think itâs fairly accurate. You might want to Google it ⌠if you can stomach reading about him.
Your newspaper angle is absolutely correct; was started by his old man, if memory serves.
And youâre right again: have no stomach for reading anything more about the asshole but his death notice, ken yehi ratson
How hilarious that owning the streaming pile of shit called Fox News in the U.S. might prevent Murdoch from scoring one of the biggest and most lucrative U.K. media deals of his career.
This British âexaminationâ of Murdochâs âcommitment to broadcast standardsâ could have some curious fallout for the conservative megalomaniac and his US holdings, and others.
If the British conclude he doesnât meet broadcast standards there, this information will no doubt migrate âacross the pondâ and result in increased scrutiny here. This could possibly have a curious effect.
Itâs pretty much universally understood by media scholars that Murdoch and FOX News has debased news dissemination in the US. This was allowed to happen in large part to the absence of the Fairness Doctrine; this absence also allowed the rise of right-wing talk radio.
Now, with the focus on the destructiveness of fake news, like FOX, this could result in (I hope) a return of the Fairness Doctrine. Should that happen, right-wing media like FOX News, Sinclair Broadcasting, Premiere Radio Networks (hurricane hero Rush Limbaughâs employer) and others would be essentially be dealt a death blow.
The best part of the return of the Fairness Doctrine, should that happen, however, is that I will host a giant party in Simi Valley, California where I will invite everyone to take a shit on the grave of the man who eliminated it and set in motion the destructive rise and legitimization of the American Reich wing in the first place.
Thatâs right, weâre all going to take a dump at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library! Good times.
Uncle, youâve been reading my mind!!
Have avoided visiting Simi Valley while on my regular visits to Southern California because shitting on Ronzoâs grave would be an irresistible temptation.
Should the minor miracle of the re-instatement of the Fairness Doctrine come to pass, iâll gladly join in that celebration!!
Time after time Murdochâs of FOX News has shown to not follow broadcast standards or standards of any kind, yet the UK is still think of letting it control even more of the media. Large media corporation need to be split up, and not allowed to expand to we the control the message. This is what is happening everywhere the Murdochâs have their hands in buying up media outlets. Fox and Sinclair have done this in the United States and these corporations need to be split up so that one political way of thinking canât control the message as the far right has done here in America.
Sure, the âdouble standard,â the âLie,â the âlibel,â the âfabrications standard,â and the ever-popular âdick pic standard.â They have many standards, all of them low.