An ICM poll that questioned more than 2,000 people found that 44% were opposed to the deal, with just 5% supporting it. A further 41% said they had no strong view and 11% were don’t knows.
News Corp, the media giant that Murdoch chairs, wants to buy the 61% of BSkyB it does not already own. Last week, the business secretary, Vince Cable, who was to rule on whether it could proceed, was tape-recorded telling undercover journalists he had “declared war” on Murdoch and subsequently lost the responsibility.
The survey – commissioned by Guardian Media Group, owners of this newspaper, and BT, Associated Newspapers Ltd, Northcliffe Media, Trinity Mirror plc and Telegraph Media Group….
As we all know you can write a survey to get any damn result you want.
And those that would be competing against a (one assumes) newly invigorated Sky really don’t want to have to face a newly invigorated Sky.
Fancy that eh? Businesses against competition?
One might think of Adam Smith’s comments about businessmen seldom meeting except to plot against the public…..
8 responses so far ↓
1 ambrose murphy // Dec 28, 2010 at 1:15 pm
101%?
2 Ross // Dec 28, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Moreover isn’t the implicit notion here that quasi judicial processes should be subject to public opinion?
3 Kay Tie // Dec 28, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Since Rupe controls Sky, and always has, what’s the problem with owning all of it?
4 Pete // Dec 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm
“One might think of Adam Smith’s comments about businessmen seldom meeting except to plot against the public…..”
So the idea would be that we just consolidate the media into one organised block and thus get rid of the need for meetings?
5 Ted S. // Dec 28, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Ambrose:
Rounding could result in a total of 101%.
Tim:
Are you sure you didn’t want the “Yes, Minister” link to fixing opinion polls?
6 Ted S. // Dec 28, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Bah, I don’t know precisely how the formatting here works. Let’s hope the link shows up this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gMcZic1d4U
7 Neil Reddin // Dec 29, 2010 at 10:48 am
Of course, the significant number of the 44% who currently have a Sky subscription will be cancelling it forthwith … ?
8 Tim Almond // Dec 29, 2010 at 11:49 am
Kay Tie,
Since Rupe controls Sky, and always has, what’s the problem with owning all of it?
Rupe’s just the Great Satan to Guardian readers. They’ll always oppose anything he wants to do.
Of course, it’s couched in “media dominance”, but none of the Graun writers seem to have much problem with taking the BBC’s cash.
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