Monday, July 11, 2011

Britain debates whither sleaziest man in the world should run BSkyB

The culture secretary is seeking fresh advice from regulators on News Corp's takeover bid for BSkyB, amid the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

Jeremy Hunt has written to media regulator Ofcom after the 168-year-old paper was shut down.

Mr Hunt requested a new assessment of the bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which also owned the paper.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called on Mr Murdoch to "do the decent thing" and reconsider the bid.


"do the decent thing" and reject the bid.

Yes I know, pigs will fly first.

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