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News International: Britain's Mafia

Murdoch's hold over Britain over the last three decades has been nothing short of mafia-like. Much can be learned through a comparison between the Italian mafia the Comorra, and the media mogul's empire

By Matthew Richmond

/ 28 Jul 2011

Barnett is wrong; the public had little to do with Murdoch's fall

Was it the public's outrage that brought down the News of the World? And Ed Miliband's courage that has led to a wide-reaching Press inquiry? Anthony Barnett thinks so, but perhaps he was being a little too generous...

By Daniel Jones

/ 26 Jul 2011

A Brief History of Britain’s Power Elites: through Murdoch and beyond?

War with Hitler’s Germany spelled the end for Britain’s old power elite. A new political class emerged, including the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. Now the Murdochs are revealed in their true colours: as aggressors at the head of a global empire. So what now for the collapsing British state?

By Michael Cassio

/ 25 Jul 2011

Rupert, Rebekah and media 'effix'

Ethical journalism requires that the ends justify the means. The lesson of the phone hacking scandal, argues Richard Collins, shouldn't be to preclude certain investigative practices, but to ensure that the alignment of means and ends is open to scrutiny and adjudication.

By Richard Collins

/ 19 Jul 2011

Hackgate, power elites and the limits of the “corruption” critique

The real significance of the "hackgate" scandal in the UK is in revealing an underlying truth about the governing classes and their mode of rule which anyone who’d been paying attention has known all along.

By Guy Aitchison

/ 18 Jul 2011

After Murdoch

A potentially awesome shift in the UK’s power structure is taking place if the role and influence of Murdoch’s newspapers is really undermined. This is because the mess that Jeremy Hunt wishes to see sorted out is the very fusion of politicians, journalists and media owners that govern us - the po

By Anthony Barnett

/ 17 Jul 2011

OurKingdom forum: The fall of Murdoch - What next?

An ongoing forum in which OurKingdom authors consider why the fall of Rupert Murdoch has taken place, what it tells us about the state of Britain and what the key lesson are for the media and government.

By James Curran, Nick Couldry, Suzanne Moore, Ryan Gallagher and Julian Sayarer

/ 15 Jul 2011

Anger at Murdoch must be built on swiftly

Anger at News International needs to be used, fast, and with firm goals in mind: to re-establish proper boundaries between corporation and state, to reform our laws on media ownership and to remove Murdoch from Britain.

By Oliver Huitson

/ 14 Jul 2011

Politicians aren't scared of Murdoch; they're scared of a world without him

People assume that politicians are simply terrified of Rupert Murdoch. But chiefly they have allowed and encouraged the rise of the Murdoch empire because it protects them from authentic, principled, unpredictable journalism

By Bruce Page

/ 12 Jul 2011

Cameron on Murdoch: how his language reveals the crisis in British democracy

British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a press conference on the scandal of Murdoch's tabloid hacking and suborning the police. In it he produced a new definition of democracy. What does it signify?

By Anthony Barnett

/ 11 Jul 2011

The Murdochs are not fit and proper people

It's a "truly dreadful situation" declares the UK's Prime Minister on learning of the latest revelation of the outrageous lawlessness of the Murdoch empire. The response should go further than criticism of journalists and editors, it is the proprietors, Murdoch senior and son, who should be held t

By Anthony Barnett

/ 5 Jul 2011

The Murdoch debate: What next?

The EU is expected to clear NewsCorp's bid to acquire all of BSkyB this week. David Elstein gives his account of an LSE debate on Murdoch's empire and the bid, which he led alongside editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger.

By David Elstein

/ 21 Dec 2010