Sunday, November 25, 2007

A channel too far?

Apparently Rupert Murdoch, who owns The Sun and The Times and has stakes in many other media outlets has said that Sky News should become more like the US Fox News (which he also owns), so as to provide "a proper alternative to the BBC". Well, it would do that all right - have you ever watched Fox News? I first stumbled on it by chance, and honestly thought initially that it was a satirical spoof news show! Assuming it hasn't changed (I haven't really bothered to watch it since) it is so far to the right as to be out of sight. Talk about "My country, right or wrong", it's more "My country, who else matters"! I implore Sky News - which is really pretty good - not to go down that line.

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