[You might consider this a conspiracy theory, but I'm only listing recent events] Before I say this, let me first say that Hacking sensitive information in a neglectful manner is not morally correct. But since when did we ever become so naive that we expected journalism / politics / police to be morally correct? What is this really about!!!! However, allowing the government / external body to put controls on the media is insane! The media is there to expose the truth (or in some cases, just sell papers). If they sell lies, then than can be taken to court, so will often print 'Truths' where there is at least some evidence. These are the highlighted points that I've seen in the UKs (and closest neighbours) recent History that tell a story: 1. U.S. opens criminal investigation against WikiLeaks founder : In an attempt to Muzzle the "Truths" of wikki leaks (not for public interest), Julian Assange is chased half way around the world, several investigations are opened (is this Media Control or Muffling Espionage?) 2. France: Soon after Nicolas Sarkozy came to power, investigative journalism really took off. Sarkozy soon pulled strings and found the sources of the scandal information. It was illegal for Sarkozy to do this, and in doing so he's crushed investigative journalism. Sarkozy has basically since been able to control / dictate what the press say/print about him http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14773845,00.html 3. The expenses scandal in the UK has overshadowed the government with such negativism, this has resulted in a hung government and fringe parties gaining more votes than ever before (this is not something the "2 party" UK system is likely to want) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Parliamentary_expenses_scandal 4. The British government dig up dirt on Murdock going back many many years.... Just remember, the government never sits up and does something for the people. It only ever sits up and does something for its self, so what have the Government to gain for digging up this dirt? They full well know if they start doing this, they have to do it with full throttle (Murdock controls the media, and pretty much dictates who gets into government)... If the government need to bring Murdock down, they will leak bit by bit detail. But why do they need to bring him down, what other dirt does Murdock have that the government don't want exposed? (lots I expect) If they don't bring him down completely, they are not likely to be re-elected << the UK government must have a very strong reason for doing this (and its not for the public interest) 5. Use of Public Figures: When does the government usually use public figures? Ans: When they want to achieve something in a campaign (getting into power/ passing through a controversial act) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5N_YzcaBG4 'Likable' public figures are used in the UK to control public opinion. Hugh Grant has been used to demonstrate that the media "must have controls" set upon them. He basically told the public that the media should be dictated / controlled / 'watchdog' 6. Sarkozy further Muzzles the media, by Banning the mention of FaceBook and Twitter: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394558/French-ban-words-Twitter-Facebook-used-TV-radio.html 7. [This is what I'm expecting]: A watch dog that is supposedly 'independent' of the government is set in place to tightly control the UK Media... Subsequently, we never here of any government scandals, and the press is suspiciously biased towards either one of the 2 parties that are continually elected in the UK ... The UK public don't bat an eyelid, and in fact naively applaud the new watch dog Are we heading towards a world in which the Media is control and dictated, is this really what the public want, or is this what the public are told they want?
You have to look at those who benefit from the Murdoch empire, which is Israel, they enjoy being portrayed as the good guys on Murdoch's news channels and papers, you will find that his channels are talking about waging war against Israel's enemies all the time etc etc. Murdoch is a Jewish Israeli citizen, and that's who he is working for. The phone hacking scandal is 1 thing, there are so many things we don't know about. Newspapers and t.v. channels are used to brain wash the public, you should know that. The politicians are only puppets, who ever paid for their election campaigns control them, they don't work for the people, as a comedian once said; "Politicians should wear their sponsors like Nascar drivers" Everything is just corrupt to the bones, there's not much that can be done about it, other than solving this problem at its root.
Murdoch owns 70% of the newspaper press in Australia and a large percentage of our TV. He has too much power here and holds too much sway iMHO. I'm all for free press but nobody should be allowed to own more than 10% of our opinions or it isn't free press any more and makes corruption all too easy. As it is now, even our non-Murdoch owned media keep rehashing the Murdoch tripe anyway. He's ingrained into everything here & needs pulling down a peg or 5 IMHO.
free press? LOL the "land of the free" bombs (as in drops bombs) on journalists: http://southmovement.alphalink.com.au/southnews/990423-journos.htm (first link that came up) and wikileaks is an example of how the REAL TRUTH is treated...all he did was post the truth... free media/press? its like saying: honest politician LOL the two words just don't belong together...
If it's only preached in the Middle East, then why do I know about it? It's not a secret that media is used by a group of people with a special interest, what many have not realized is that this group are Zionists and their special interest is to keep Israel in existence and portraying the Arab and the Muslim as sub-human barbarians. But you cannot talk about this, because it's "anti-semetic".