Nick Clegg's rise could lock Murdoch and the media elite out of UK politics

[Turborama]

Hi everyone, I thought you might find the possible downfall of Murdoch's influence quite interesting... :hi:

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At the Sun, we deliberately ignored the Lib Dems. The cosy pro-Cameron press may now be left floundering


David Yelland
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 18 April 2010 23.00 BST

I doubt if Rupert Murdoch watched the election debate last week. His focus is very firmly on the United States, especially his resurgent Wall Street Journal. But if he did, there would have been one man totally unknown to him. One man utterly beyond the tentacles of any of his family, his editors or his advisers. That man is Nick Clegg.

Make no mistake, if the Liberal Democrats actually won the election – or held the balance of power – it would be the first time in decades that Murdoch was locked out of British politics. In so many ways, a vote for the Lib Dems is a vote against Murdoch and the media elite.

I can say this with some authority because in my five years editing the Sun I did not once meet a Lib Dem leader, even though I met Tony Blair, William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith on countless occasions. (Full disclosure: I have since met Nick Clegg.)

I remember in my first year asking if we staffed the Liberal Democrat conference. I was interested because as a student I'd been a founder member of the SDP. I was told we did not. We did not send a single reporter for fear of encouraging them.

More (well worth reading in full): http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/18/clegg-media-elite-murdoch-lib-dem

Also posted in this LBN thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4348723

[Anarcho-Socialist]

1. Albeit unenthusiastically, I would enjoy a Lab or Lib-Lab coalition victory

if only for the sucking up that Murdoch et al would have to do for the next few years.