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Rupert Murdoch is not an evil genius, whatever BBC’s ‘Dynasty’ doc says

The BBC is supposed to be impartial. ‘The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty’, its recent epic documentary, fails that test.

By David Elstein

/ 15 Sep 2020

Rupert Murdoch is not an evil genius, whatever BBC’s ‘Dynasty’ doc says

Why the Murdochs backed Donald Trump’s COVID-19 denialism

Fox News has been accused of ‘deceiving the public’ in its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Has it finally gone too far?

By Henry Porter

/ 17 Apr 2020

Why the Murdochs backed Donald Trump’s COVID-19 denialism

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s Culture Minister under fire over ‘clearly inappropriate’ failure to end relationship with media company

John Whittingdale, appointed to ‘whack’ the BBC, accused of ‘clear conflict of interest’ over continuing his lucrative role with global news agency, while questions mount over his ‘bizarre’ resignation timeline

By Peter Geoghegan and James Cusick

/ 4 Mar 2020

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s Culture Minister under fire over ‘clearly inappropriate’ failure to end relationship with media company

How the Johnson campaign is bringing Trump's media tactics to Britain

The sound of journalists being booed at Johnson’s launch event should be enough to raise concerns of something Trumpian going on.

By William Davies

/ 13 Jun 2019

How the Johnson campaign is bringing Trump's media tactics to Britain

Five reasons why we don’t have a free and independent press in the UK and what we can do about it

Britain's press is controlled by the same networks of people as run everything else. Is it really free?

By Ed Jones

/ 18 Apr 2019

Five reasons why we don’t have a free and independent press in the UK and what we can do about it

Fox/Sky, Murdoch and Comcast: winners and losers

On October 11th, the US cable giant Comcast acquires full control of Sky plc. For the first time since he launched Sky, Rupert Murdoch will have no say. But should we be careful what we wish for?

By David Elstein

/ 3 Oct 2018

Big media and big money in 2017 - from Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality

This week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic as the old one. And what’s Murdoch up to now?

By Des Freedman

/ 16 Dec 2017

A family that plays together stays together: a happy holiday season for the UK’s political-media elite

Murdoch, Cameron, Osborne, Brooks - all the old gang met up for a heartwarming Christmas get together.

By Des Freedman

/ 23 Dec 2015

Did Murdoch win?

Four years ago Rupert Murdoch was on the brink. Now he’s resurgent. Martin Hickman, co-author of Dial M for Murdoch, asks whether the phone hacking scandal changed anything.

By Martin Hickman

/ 29 Oct 2015

Press regulation: the election issue ignored by the media

Coverage focused overwhelmingly on the economy rather than media control, but the new government will struggle to kick the issue into the long grass.

By Natalie Fenton

/ 15 May 2015

The Cairo Gang, the Force Research Unit and ... Rupert Murdoch

The story of the FRU must be one of the most sordid in British Intelligence. It reveals a deep gulf in Northern Ireland's peace process: Britain's willingness to be held accountable.

By Ed Moloney and Bob Mitchell

/ 20 Dec 2012

Deal 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 (David Elstein's view), the underlying story of the failed BSkyB take-over is that Rupert Murdoch's great skill has been to fill the vacuum created by the feeble structures in our m

By David Elstein

/ 5 Jun 2012