Murdoch Insists He Never Asked a PM for Anything in Any of those Meetings
May 4, 2012
We get a glimpse of a real journalist in action in The Sydney Morning Herald’s piece, “Murdoch’s 75 Meetings with PMs Since ’88.” Though Rupert Murdoch insists that he never leveraged the power of his British paper The Sun to gain favor from those in that country’s government, evidence presented during the Leveson Inquiry suggests otherwise. That Inquiry is examining the role of the press and the police in last year’s alarming phone-hacking scandal.
Writer Tom Wald reports:
“Rupert Murdoch shed light on his fluctuating relationships with British powerbrokers as it was revealed that he had 75 meetings with Prime Ministers over the past 24 years. The latest revelations at the Leveson inquiry included current Prime Minister David Cameron flying in on Mr. Murdoch’s son-in law’s jet for a meeting with the media tycoon on his daughter Elisabeth’s yacht on the Greek resort island of Santorini. . . .
“He met Margaret Thatcher eight times, John Major 10 times, Mr. Blair 31 times, Mr. Brown 17 times and Mr. Cameron nine times.”
So. . . I guess Murdoch and Cameron were meeting about the weather, perhaps comparing that of London unfavorably with the lovely Santorini. The trip must have been research. And the other 74 meetings, perfectly innocent as well.
Right. Keep in mind, folks, this guy owns the Wall Street Journal, too. Oh, joy.
Cynthia Murrell, May 4, 2012
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