Watching BBC News - now over 100,000 people have e mailed to object to the BskyB takeover by Newscorp. Send any message you like (they have to read them all and it slows the process up). This has prompted the house of Lords to try and halt the takeover.
To: [email protected]
or just go to: www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_3/
Subject: Bskyb - Newscorp consultation
Dear Jeremy Hunt
I along with every single adult I have spoken to today is totally opposed to
you allowing the Newscorp takover of Bskyb.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation already owns 40% of British newspapers and 40% of BSkyB, the UK?s largest commercial broadcaster. In the US, Australia and elsewhere this degree of media dominance would not be allowed. News Corporation has admitted responsibility for hacking the phones of
politicians and celebrities, and now stands accused of tampering with the
phones of Milly Dowler's parents, Sara Payne, and now horrifically relatives of dead relatives from 7/7 and the armed forces. But your government wants to give Murdoch power over half of our media, allowing him to then squeeze out his
rivals one by one. This takeover is unconstitutional and your government should protect the British people and disallow it.