Bearing in mind that the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport committee looks unlikely to hear from Rupert Murdoch, our chances of getting him onto WHYS are on the thin side. We know though that you're very interested in what influence those who own significant media interests in your country believe they have or should have over politicians. The relationship between media and politicians needs to be reset says David Cameron, and I'm curious how media owners want that relationship to be. So we're going to try and get their side of the story.
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ELECTRA IN TURKEY POSTED ON FACEBOOK<BR />
&NBSP;I CAN'T IMAGINE A POLITICIAN GENUINELY APPALLED. GIVEN THE CIR****STANCES , ANYONE STANDING UP AGAINST MURDOCH WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE SUPPORT BY THE REST OF THE PAPERS AND APPEAR AS A HERO THAT IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE LONG RUN.<BR />
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Burite in Uganda posted on Facebook<br />
The politicians know Rupert still wields a lot of power. He may be down but not out. The MPs are trying to fool the public by pretending to act. But in actual sense, nothin will be done to Rupert, his son or even his top executives.</p>
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Fox Vicsson posted on Facebook<br />
Hackgate has shown that if politicians unite across party lines and have the public behind them, they're strong enough to challenge international media empires.</p>
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Britt Warg, who's Swedish in the UK, tweeted:<br />
Every day I wake up and wonder what I will know about this #hackgate affair before I go to bed. Where will it end?</p>
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Margaret Murphy in Zimbabwe posted on Facebook<br />
So pleased to be reading all the common sense thats been written here. Politicians have courted Murdoch & co for so long now, he knows where all their skeletons are buried, nothing will happen. These enquiries will take years, and the 'bleeding hearts' will have forgotten what it was all about in the end and moved on to other issues!!</p>
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Martin Berry in Norway posted on Facebook<br />
so, the grubby "snouts in the trough" politicians want to ask questions of the immoral media? Better get the corrupt Police in to referee the event.</p>
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Conor Hey Blinkin Smith posted on Facebook<br />
the media is realising that a free press doesn't mean an immoral press, capitalism shouldnt come b4 the common good of the public.</p>
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Kojo Ansarfo Baidoo in Ghana posted on Facebook<br />
For the politicians, it will help us to find out what they're hidding. The media should keep hacking them for us.</p>
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Roy Quitter posted on Facebook<br />
Maybe it's making politicians wake up and realize that not all media outlets are as honest and ethical as they would like to think.</p>
Media bosses and the politicians
| Thursday, 7 July 2011 | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT
Bearing in mind that the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport committee looks unlikely to hear from Rupert Murdoch, our chances of getting him onto WHYS are on the thin side. We know though that you're very interested in what influence those who own significant media interests in your country believe they have or should have over politicians. The relationship between media and politicians needs to be reset says David Cameron, and I'm curious how media owners want that relationship to be. So we're going to try and get their side of the story.
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<P> ELECTRA IN TURKEY POSTED ON FACEBOOK<BR /> &NBSP;I CAN'T IMAGINE A POLITICIAN GENUINELY APPALLED. GIVEN THE CIR****STANCES , ANYONE STANDING UP AGAINST MURDOCH WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE SUPPORT BY THE REST OF THE PAPERS AND APPEAR AS A HERO THAT IS TRYING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. I DON'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE LONG RUN.<BR /> &NBSP;</P>
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<p> Burite in Uganda posted on Facebook<br /> The politicians know Rupert still wields a lot of power. He may be down but not out. The MPs are trying to fool the public by pretending to act. But in actual sense, nothin will be done to Rupert, his son or even his top executives.</p>
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<p> Fox Vicsson posted on Facebook<br /> Hackgate has shown that if politicians unite across party lines and have the public behind them, they're strong enough to challenge international media empires.</p>
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<p> Britt Warg, who's Swedish in the UK, tweeted:<br /> Every day I wake up and wonder what I will know about this #hackgate affair before I go to bed. Where will it end?</p>
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<p> Margaret Murphy in Zimbabwe posted on Facebook<br /> So pleased to be reading all the common sense thats been written here. Politicians have courted Murdoch & co for so long now, he knows where all their skeletons are buried, nothing will happen. These enquiries will take years, and the 'bleeding hearts' will have forgotten what it was all about in the end and moved on to other issues!!</p>
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<p> Martin Berry in Norway posted on Facebook<br /> so, the grubby "snouts in the trough" politicians want to ask questions of the immoral media? Better get the corrupt Police in to referee the event.</p>
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<p> Conor Hey Blinkin Smith posted on Facebook<br /> the media is realising that a free press doesn't mean an immoral press, capitalism shouldnt come b4 the common good of the public.</p>
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<p> Kojo Ansarfo Baidoo in Ghana posted on Facebook<br /> For the politicians, it will help us to find out what they're hidding. The media should keep hacking them for us.</p>
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<p> Roy Quitter posted on Facebook<br /> Maybe it's making politicians wake up and realize that not all media outlets are as honest and ethical as they would like to think.</p>