[P2P-F] FW: The end of Murdoch media

Tue Jul 12 17:07:17 CEST 2011

thank you Wrio!

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Wrio Russell <wriorussell at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Let's help to improve the quality of our society by signing this.
>
> Ciao,
>
> Wrio
>
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> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:12:40 -0400
> From: avaaz at avaaz.org
> Subject: The end of Murdoch media
> To: wrio at reikiway.com
>
> Dear friends,
>
>   <http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?cl=1157071339&v=9574>
>
> *Yesterday Murdoch pulled a last minute manoeuvre* to exclude his
> company's outrageous hacking practices from the BSKyB deal review. Let's
> call on the government to immediately rule that the *Murdochs aren't fit
> and proper to own half our commercial media*. Tomorrow this will be
> debated in Parliament. Let's beat the Murdoch mafia - *sign the urgent
> petition now*:
>
> [image: Sign the petition]<http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?cl=1157071339&v=9574>
> Hacking murdered children's phones, paying off police, destroying evidence
> of crimes, threatening politicians -- MPs are saying *the Murdoch empire
> has "entered the criminal underworld"*. But Murdoch is still calling the
> shots and could still get the BSkyB prize.
>
> Yesterday, he pulled a cunning manoeuvre at the last hurdle, meaning
> regulators will review the deal solely on plurality, not the outrageous
> immorality of his company's practices. But *British law says media owners
> must be "fit and proper" to be trusted with broadcast licenses*. If we
> demand that now, we can influence the debate tomorrow in Parliament and kill
> the deal once and for all.
>
> *People power has brought this deal to its knees* -- our 160,000 letters
> last week were critical in getting the deal referred to the Competition
> Commission. *But we cannot stop now*: the hacking scandal is our best
> chance in a generation to end Murdoch's reign of fear and smear over our
> democracy. *Let's make sure Cameron and Hunt immediately ensure the BSkyB
> deal is assessed on whether Murdoch is "fit and proper"* to be given half
> our country's commercial media. *Click to sign the urgent petition* and
> forward this email to everyone -- we have just 24 hours until the
> Parliamentary debate:
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?cl=1157071339&v=9574>
>
> *Murdoch's media -- From the News of the World to the Sun to the Sunday
> Times -- has corrupted our society, our politics and our police*. His
> staff have listened in to grieving widows of soldiers who died in Iraq, a
> war that Murdoch's global media empire promoted. They stole a sitting Prime
> Minister's bank information and his family's medical records, and hacked
> into the phones, computers and homes of thousands of people. They paid the
> police for information, and *got the first hacking investigation stopped
> after meeting senior officers*. And James Murdoch approved cheques to hush
> up victims who threatened action -- a criminal obstruction of justice.
>
> As the Murdoch empire's vile dealings have been uncovered, *he has fought
> back to try to save his lucrative BSkyB TV deal*. First, he pulled the
> News of the World. Then, yesterday, he surprised Jeremy Hunt at the last
> minute by withdrawing his proposed undertakings for Sky News, forcing Hunt
> to refer the deal to the Competition Commission and buying time for the
> political temperature to cool to *ensure the deal he so badly wants is
> judged only on market share, not his company's criminality*.
>
> So far the Murdochs have been protected by fear. They run smear campaigns
> against their enemies, threatening the career of any politician who
> challenges them. But *the fear is melting away*, and for the first time
> our politicians could take steps to stop him, by ruling Murdoch unfit to own
> our media and forcing him to give up control of his empire in the UK. *Tomorrow
> Parliament could make this move -- it's a breathtaking chance to improve
> British media and democracy in one fell swoop -- let's bring a massive
> outcry to achieve it*:
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?vl<http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_murdoch_mafia_2/?cl=1157071339&v=9574>
>
> It won't be easy. When the hacking scandal broke in earnest a few months
> ago, David Cameron spent much of his Christmas week socializing with Murdoch
> executives. Murdoch's mafia power extends deep into our government. But
> together we have already pushed this deal to the limit -- now let's bury it.
> *But if we act fast now, the government and regulators will have to
> subject this deal to the fullest public interest tests - which it simply
> cannot pass. *
>
> With hope,
>
> Alex, Sam, Ricken, Alice, Amy, Brianna, Laura and the rest of the Avaaz
> team
>
>
> More Information:
>
> Murdoch fights to stop hacking rot
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c46e34a-abd3-11e0-945a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1Rph0r9R2
>
> Bid referred to Competition Commission
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/news-corp-bskyb-bid-hunt-competition-commission
>
> Murdoch in danger of sky falling in on his empire
>
> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23969208-murdoch-is-in-danger-of-sky-falling-in-on-his-empire-warns-huhne.do
>
> Analysts Cut BSkyB As News Corp Deal Seen Dragging Into Next Year
> http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110712-703304.html
>
> Legal opinion on Hunt’s option to trigger fit and proper test
> http://www.avaaz.org/bskyb_legal_opinion
>
> Decision on BSkyB could take weeks after surge in online campaigning
> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/07/07/decision-on-bskyb-takeove_n_892244.html
>
>
> Public just don’t trust Murdoch
> http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2011/07/11/public-just-don-t-trust-murdoch
>
> News International papers targeted Gordon Brown
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/phone-hacking-news-international-gordon-brown
>
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