 |  | Max Clifford thinks newspaper editors will be nervous after the dramatic decision to close the News of the World as he defends News International chief executive and former editor Rebekah Brooks.  |
POLITICS
Max Clifford thinks newspaper editors will be nervous after the dramatic decision to close the News of the World as he defends News International chief executive and former editor Rebekah Brooks.
He describes how he spoke to her after he found out he was a victim of tabloid phone hacking and why he does not believe she was involved.
The film was followed on air by a debate on the News of the World closure with Alan Johnson, Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo.
MONOPOLY
>> SATURDAY, JULY 09, 2011
There's a surprising interview from the 'Today' archive (from 2009) between James Naughtie and Will Hutton. Naughtie asks Hutton to speculate on the future of newspapers in the U.K. Hutton replies: Well I think there is going to be a transitional period. It could last 10 years, it could be as long as 20 years, in which the way we've done it over the last period is plainly going to be uneconomic and there are not going to be new ways of doing it that ARE economic, and I think that what's going to happen is that in Britain at least..I actually think the BBC..there's a grave danger it's going to become THE sole news provider in the country, with one or two organisations - maybe the Guardian/Observer, maybe News International, maybe the Daily Mail and General Trust organisations - just falling besides the wayside, and in this period actually people are turning more to the BBC. The evidence from OFCOM is that people are actually using television news and BBC radio more actually, not less. So we'll be in a danger...we'll be in a period when there'll be a monopoly provider... So, Will Hutton two years ago was predicting that the BBC was the main danger when it comes to a potential news monopoly in this country. That monopoly situation looks to be getting ever more likely. He does offer some hope though that after 15 or so years of the BBC monopoly people would be so fed up they'd be flocking willingly to pay for news online. Cold comfort.
PULLING WHOSE STRINGS?
The BBC is hysterical in the sustained attack on Murdoch. Give THIS a listen to if you want to hear the comrades in full battle cry. I was particularly amused when Humphrys pointed out the global reach of the evil Murdock empire. So unlike the BBC!! And if that was not enough, try THIS if you have a strong stomach. There is NO pretence of balance here, just unrestrained bias against Rupert Murdoch. Note the image they use to accompany their Jihad against NI.
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