As the Federal Parliament approaches dealing with the Government's proposed media laws, it would appear that there is more than a creeping realisation that the implications could be considerable if the Government has its way.
Crikey, bluntly puts the more than real possibility of Rupert and the other media barons controlling what we read, see and hear this way:
"And any politicians who doubt the existence or reality of that power, or the need to retain the existing controls on it, should read Rupert Murdoch's frank comments about politicians and power in a forthcoming interview with The New Yorker:
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, whenever I'm in town they say, 'Can't you come over for a cup of tea?' When you're invited by the Prime Minister to have a cup of tea, you have a cup of tea. It's sometimes very inconvenient -- if you're only there two days and you have a month's work to do. And you have to be careful to have a cup of tea with them both, or they are very suspicious that you are lining up with the other one."
Crikey, bluntly puts the more than real possibility of Rupert and the other media barons controlling what we read, see and hear this way:
"And any politicians who doubt the existence or reality of that power, or the need to retain the existing controls on it, should read Rupert Murdoch's frank comments about politicians and power in a forthcoming interview with The New Yorker:
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, whenever I'm in town they say, 'Can't you come over for a cup of tea?' When you're invited by the Prime Minister to have a cup of tea, you have a cup of tea. It's sometimes very inconvenient -- if you're only there two days and you have a month's work to do. And you have to be careful to have a cup of tea with them both, or they are very suspicious that you are lining up with the other one."
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