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murdoch critisizes bbc

utick · 2009-08-29 14:39:04

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0829/murdochj.html '''Mr Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Sky, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, said free news on the web provided by the BBC made it 'incredibly difficult' for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news. '''' boo-fcuking-hooo

29-08-2009 2:39pm

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0829/murdochj.html

'''Mr Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Sky, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, said free news on the web provided by the BBC made it 'incredibly difficult' for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news. ''''

boo-fcuking-hooo

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#2 29-08-2009 2:40pm

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It's finally happened

the old mans lost his marbles

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#3 29-08-2009 2:41pm

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"Murdoch criticises rival company shocker"

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#4 29-08-2009 2:41pm

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I saw him on the news this morning, it gave me a laugh

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#5 29-08-2009 2:42pm

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rupert murdoch? Is that the guy whos face bares an uncanny resemblance to a scrotum thats been sitting in the bath way too long?

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#6 29-08-2009 2:44pm

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James Murdoch was speaking, some relative or another

Nepotism ftl

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#7 29-08-2009 2:48pm

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The provision of news should be free. news organisations can make money through advertising or access to their archives.

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#8 29-08-2009 2:50pm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8186701.stm

what a cnut

I'd love to see News Corp go under

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#9 29-08-2009 2:52pm

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Murdoch talking about quality? Was his gig at the Edinburgh Festival?

The sh1t that is Sky, and The Sun "newspaper"? :pac::pac::pac:

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#10 29-08-2009 2:52pm

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I can see how it would be hard to make money charging for something you can easily get for free alright

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#11 29-08-2009 2:54pm

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oh how I hope that company fails.

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#12 29-08-2009 2:55pm

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My name is URL wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8186701.stm

what a cnut

I'd love to see News Corp go under

meh in the past many newspapers tried to charge for online news, most of them went back to free so i guess it didnt work, hopefully it fails again

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#13 29-08-2009 2:56pm

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phasers wrote: »

James Murdoch was speaking, some relative or another

Nepotism ftl

That's his son. Remarkably, when it came to interview time, he turned out to be the best qualified candidate!

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#14 29-08-2009 2:58pm

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Why would anybody want to pay to listen to people complaining about the poxy recession anyway. I get bored to death everyday for free anyway.:rolleyes:

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#15 29-08-2009 3:01pm

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hes a tad unscrupulous alright but i must admit i kinda admire him in some ways

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#16 29-08-2009 4:44pm

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utick wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0829/murdochj.html

'''Mr Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Sky, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, said free news on the web provided by the BBC made it 'incredibly difficult' for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news. ''''

boo-fcuking-hooo

Sun 20p

Irish Times €1.80

People pay more for quality

Lots of free sites out there and there private companies don't have a right to be subsidised

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#17 29-08-2009 5:16pm

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phasers wrote: »

James Murdoch was speaking, some relative or another

Nepotism ftl

He's Rupert son

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#18 29-08-2009 5:16pm

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He's only crying 'cos he has to get people soon to pay for access to his news sites and he's feeling a financial pinch on the newspaper front.
So the less competition thats free and is (in my view substantially far better) out there, of course he's against it.

Fcuk him.

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#19 29-08-2009 5:27pm

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maybe he's worried that he won't be able to control who wins the next election in Britain!......I have no sympathy for him and IMO, the less control that man has over the people of this world, the better*

*I have no opinion in relation to his control over the people of other worlds

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#20 29-08-2009 5:31pm

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Perhaps he's just trying to end the scurrilous rumours he's less of a tosser than his oul fellah......

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#21 29-08-2009 5:35pm

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Even Sky news were presenting this event almost as "wtf are you on about?"

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#22 29-08-2009 5:45pm

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indough wrote: »

hes a tad unscrupulous alright but i must admit i kinda admire him in some ways

Ah ya, the way he twists peoples opinions to his own twisted ones is fierce admirable! :rolleyes:

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#23 29-08-2009 5:46pm

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tarbuck wrote: »

Even Sky news were presenting this event almost as "wtf are you on about?"

They're probably anxious about losing their jobs if Sky news was ever to become a subscription service.

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#24 29-08-2009 5:48pm

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Pay for something I used to get for free?

Preposterous.

Think though - what did you used to get for free, and now feel like paying for now? Im drawing a blank.

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#25 29-08-2009 5:55pm

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Overheal wrote: »

Think though - what did you used to get for free, and now feel like paying for now? Im drawing a blank.

Ubuntu Linux. I actually send them a few quid every now and then to show my appreciation.

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#26 29-08-2009 6:59pm

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thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Ah ya, the way he twists peoples opinions to his own twisted ones is fierce admirable! :rolleyes:

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

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#27 29-08-2009 7:06pm

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indough wrote: »

he built a global media empire out of nothing

Not exactly out of nothing, in fairness:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch#Early_life_and_family

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#28 29-08-2009 7:24pm

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indough wrote: »

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

I think your username is entirely apt tbh

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#29 29-08-2009 7:29pm

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An Fear Aniar wrote: »

Not exactly out of nothing, in fairness:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch#Early_life_and_family

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firstly that is wikipedia, secondly it says his father left him debts and some shares

either way its still nothing compared to what he has built

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

I think your username is entirely apt tbh

and what does that have to do with anything? your posts and argumentative attitude in here make you sound like a bell end, and your own username doesnt exactly inspire confidence either to be honest

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#30 29-08-2009 8:42pm

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So he wants people to pay for propaganda now? He is truly on cloud cuckoo land.

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#31 29-08-2009 8:48pm

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He's a cunt.

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#32 29-08-2009 8:54pm

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But isn't Sky News available FTA and available for free online?

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#33 29-08-2009 10:23pm

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I would actually pay for BBC news, whereas you'd have to pay me to watch Sky or Fox News.

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#34 30-08-2009 1:46am

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055642372

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#35 30-08-2009 1:48am

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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Sun 20p

Irish Times €1.80

People pay more for quality

Lots of free sites out there and there private companies don't have a right to be subsidised

... Guardian €1

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#36 30-08-2009 2:14am

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indough wrote: »

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

If I wa him, I'd sue everyone who criticises me and my company.
I'd go for the Simpsons first.

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#37 30-08-2009 2:36am

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indough wrote: »

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

Right 'argumentative attitude' (whatever the **** that's supposed to mean) and username aside, your argument is completely facetious. You say he built an 'empire' out of nothing when it is clear that he was born into ridiculous wealth. And 'ethics' has absolutely nothing to do with it, I just look to a broadcaster to convey the truth and give a balance which Murdoch and his ilk do not do Have ya ever seen Fox News? Or dya think the criticism against it is commie propaganda?! :rolleyes:

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#38 30-08-2009 2:38am

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Alan Rouge wrote: »

... Guardian €1

Guardian €1 FTW!

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#39 30-08-2009 2:54am

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Murdoch is, without doubt, completely free of morals; a capatalist in the truest sense of the word.
I think he is a reprehensible scumbag; a frighteningly successful one.
The fact is, though, we, as a country, along with those we consider allies, however nebulous, allow him to be so.

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#40 30-08-2009 5:00am

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indough wrote: »

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

That could just as easily apply to Josef Goebbels who I have no doubt you also believe was an estimable man. And you're calling other posters bellends?:rolleyes:

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#41 30-08-2009 10:12am

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indough wrote: »

most overused smilie ever!

he built a global media empire out of nothing, achieving more in life than anyone on here could ever probably hope to, he may not have adhered to your strict code of ethics in doing so but thats all subjective anyway and is irrelevant

His "code of ethics" in regards to business hasn't been mentioned. The fact that he frequently rails against inherited privelege yet parachuted his children into their jobs over others heads is just a good example of his hypocritical nature.

The main issue however, is his use of that business to propogate his own political views, 'dumb down' the news and act in general as his personal mouthpiece. This makes him a scumbag.

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#42 30-08-2009 10:14am

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utick wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0829/murdochj.html

'''Mr Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Sky, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, said free news on the web provided by the BBC made it 'incredibly difficult' for private news organisations to ask people to pay for their news. ''''

boo-fcuking-hooo

Gotcha! Excellent. Murdoch is pissed off, and O'Reilly is pissed off - and, hopefully, Independent Newspapers will have to go into examinership as well. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Brilliant. Nothing lasts forever, even the egos of these two men, men who had the law changed in order for them to gain a dominant position in their respective British and Irish markets. These men have long been the greatest threat of democracy, particularly progressive social democracy, in these two countries.

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