To think those boycotting anything to do with Murdoch are mugs

[Chestnutx3]

what the hell do you think you will achieve. So far lots of journalists and all their support staff have been made unemployed. Do you want the people at Sky and all the other Murdoch companies in the UK to lose their jobs too. You are not punishing Murdoch you are purnishing largely innocent people. Get a grip.

People can buy or not buy whatever they want. The status of that company's employees are not the responsibility of the consumer. OP do you take the same attitude to the employees of Nestle? Or historically the employees of those South African companies that were boycotted in protest against apartheid?.

Do you have any other suggestions as to how we express our disagreement with the behaviour of those in power at NI otherwise then? I would be very happy to hear them.

Good point re the political influence....

It's not good for the media to show political bias.

Reminds me of Berlusconi (in Italy) who bizarrely owns several TV stations...and very much controls what goes out.

i really hope the sun goes next, rotten sink hole of a news paper that should have been closed years ago for in-sighting racial hatred and fyi sun head guys hiring a woman in a head scarf to write a column the size of my thumb does not make up for all the other crap spewed. you should have been ashamed of yourselves for years i am just happy so many other people can see it now, and if Gordon brown is just out to get you, good. (disclaimer, my exhusband use to buy/read it. explains a lot )

'If there is a demand for their services then someone else will employ them.'

Yeah, just what some people say about public sector employees and werkers. I mean, it serves them right, doesn't it. [hhmm]

Well the boycott is obviously working... if I ever bought a tabloid I too would boycott it. Up the revolution!

how do the Italians put up with Berlusconi I have never understood it? I suppose they are distracted by good food and things like that.

I too have boycotted NI (refused Sky in our household) for years and years. These latest revelations don't surprise me I'm afraid.

Here, have a

Ditto on the clear conscience here. I have never bought the Times/Sun NotW and refuse to get Sky precisely because I am appalled at the political influence of Murdoch and will damn well never help support him in that.

I'll admit to owning a few C20th Fox DVDs, but wouldn't touch any of his news outlets with a barge pole and thank God other people are coming round to this.

Great I love biscuits. You are all being manipulated by politicians and the press (obviously in their interests to whip up the story). They are whipping you up in to a frenzy of sanctimonious idiocy.

I am far from silly and have run very large international businesses. Murdoch could just pull of the the UK and it will little impact on his business empire. Lots of people will lose their jobs but "your hands will be clean". Great.

Shoo then, OP, go run your 'very large international business' then... are you Murdoch? If so, you might want to amend the 'very large' to something else.

"I am far from silly and have run very large international businesses."

Yeah, right. Alternatively, fuck off Rebekah ...

I haven't bought anything owned by Murdoch for years because I object so strongly to his pernicious influence in this country, but FWIW:

James Murdoch made the decision to close down NOTW and sack all those workers in order to save Rebekah Brooks' skin. Have you not been reading any of the reports of whar went on inside Wapping? The NOTW journos Know they've been sacrificed to save her - they bloody said so to her face!

Calming the fevered brows of advertisers threatening to pull out could have been done as effectively by suspending or sacking Brooks. But no. She has to be protected, and the rest of those employees can go hang.

It was the commercial decision of NI, not anyone's boycott, that closed NOTW.

And yes, you are a twit.

all typos and random capitals courtesy of my iPhone...

Chesnut you're full of shit and I will bet my dog that you do not run a large international business.

The staff knew what they were doing when they went to work for Murdoch (most of them will go and work for the Sunday Sun amyway). Many of them were very happy to publish stories targetting minorities, gays, the disabled, the unemployed, single mothers etc. In fact according to them every unemployed person gets a large house and thousands in benefits every week, so I guess they'll be fine.

By the way I am free to spend my money on what I like. I have never bought his papers and will never subscribe to Sky. The man is vile. His Fox News network and British papers practically railroaded us into war in Iraq costing the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

Sorry to invoke Godwins Law so early in on the thread but not every job is sacred. Would you have objected to the closure of Auswitz on the grounds that people would lose their jobs?

Muppet.

Having seen the front page of the Sun this morning, I feel pretty vindicated in my disgust.

Murdoch could just pull of the the UK and it will little impact on his business empire.
That would be great.

Uh my father and many of my family are international business men and they would not have the time to be debating this topic on MN.

You are not running anything other than your mouth my dear.

murdoch is revolting. ive never read any of his papers or purchased sky because i think hes awful

@ op running a big business.

So, OP, is your position that no one should ever take a stand on anything if it might cause someone somewhere to lose a job?
Fundamentally, Murdoch decided to throw hundreds of employees on the scrapheap for his own purposes. And will do so again if he deems it advantageous to him. Your anger is misplaced.

Yes you are being unreasonable. Murdoch is making people unemployed because this particular strategy suits him at this moment. In the past when the government (Tory and Lab) caused mass unemployment through their policies the Murdoch press thought it was great. They were real supporters of the 'get on your bike' mentality. Murdoch has brought nothing but shame on this country with his filth and anything goes outlook, so long as it makes money. I for one hope and pray the boycott continues and that the appalling attitude fanned by the likes of the Sun disappear into the great blue yonder.