Thursday 23 June 2011

Who knows what is said between consenting adults in corridors



















The government is set to rule whether to approve News Corporation's bid for complete control over BSkyB. The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has it on his head to navigate the crevices of this particular conundrum.

It is right that such important decisions - ones that could widely affect the balance of power in the media - are made off the back of cold, hard deliberation. The decision falls on Jeremy Hunt's shoulders after Vince Cable's position became untenable by his overt bias in opposition to News Corp.

Let us hope that Hunt's positioning does not suffer equal bias; albeit one on the opposite end of the political divide. This could be a difficult one to sell however when Cameron has recently been spotted accepting party invitations from Mr Murdoch himself.

We cannot watch Mr Hunt 24/7 so it would be mere wild speculation to suggest that Mr Cameron is intercepting his cabinet colleague on occasion to beg a small favour for a friend...
Posted by Todd Atticus at 17:42
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