Originally Posted by
Getintaethem
No, wrong again I am afraid. It is different to the "press", there are laws in the UK with regards to news broadcasting on television that means that they need to follow due impartiality. Therefore, the news teams need to be impartial, the management of the company cannot exert any influence that affects their impartiality and the shareholders certainly cannot. If this happens then the onus is on the person being subjected to this to inform the police as a law has been broken. In all the years of Murdoch being involved there has never been any hint that this has been the case (murdoch's being involved in editorial manipulation) and they have won news broadcaster of the year etc.