Rupert Murdoch - openDemocracy (Page 2)

Some 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 by 'Some People'. Anthony Barnett, who counts himself in this group, sets out why the pact was doubtless Faustian, and the denial heaping insult onto injury.

By Anthony Barnett

/ 31 May 2012

Government 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 British citizen is aghast.

By Stuart Weir

/ 27 May 2012

The 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 deal? Probably not, says David Elstein, and Anthony Barnett replies.

By David Elstein

/ 9 May 2012

Throwing the three ‘Rs’ away: Rupert Murdoch, the Referendum and Rangers FC

The rise of the SNP has revealed certain defects as to the way power is handled in Scottish politics. Alex Salmond’s links with Murdoch, the ongoing question of referendum, and the financial crisis at Rangers FC are indicative of these problems - highlighting the vital areas where Scottish public

By Gerry Hassan

/ 8 May 2012

Cameron'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. But as the continuing financial crisis reveals the hollowness of Fukuyama’s thesis, how will Britain’s prime minister adapt to the emphatic ‘return’ of history?

By Matthew Richmond

/ 4 May 2012

Leveson'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 to nail the mogul's media empire. This is a UK state inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press in its totality, and that work is far from done.

By Brian Cathcart

/ 30 Apr 2012

Alex 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 Cameron's Coalition. But the pact made between Scotland's First Minister and the Murdoch media empire punctures this moral high-ground. Can he reclaim it?

By Gerry Hassan

/ 27 Apr 2012

Dial 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 into his defence, a sharp counter-point is the book Dial M for Murdoch with its uncompromising, up-to-date account of the global media empire's poisonous inner workings.

By Bruce Page

/ 26 Apr 2012

NewsCorp did not influence openDemocracy

The implication that David Elstein wrote two articles in openDemocracy at the encouragement of James Murdoch's lobbyist is groundless.

By David Elstein

/ 25 Apr 2012

Murdoch 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 media empire in pushing for the takeover of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Independence was thrown to the wind in the gleeful rush towards de-regulation.

By Des Freedman

/ 25 Apr 2012

The end of the Murdoch Archipelago

This week, the media mogul once unquestioningly known as 'the kingmaker' appears before the UK state inquiry into the British press - a day after his son and would-be heir. To mark this moment, we publish the new introduction to the defining account of the 113-year-old Murdoch dynasty, asking the

By Bruce Page

/ 22 Apr 2012

Is Murdoch still corrupting Parliament's Select Committee?

Is the British parliamentary investigation of the Murdoch press proceeding with collusion between the Murdochs and members of the Committee investigating their behaviour and its influence? We should be given the evidence to allow us to decide.

By Anthony Barnett

/ 19 Apr 2012