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    It was a question that threatened to take the discussion about free online media content into a ferociously political dimension. Fullerton: "When Rupert Murdoch's Sun (newspaper) put its support very firmly behind (the leader of Britain's Conservative opposition) David Cameron nine months out from an election, should the BBC be worried? What can Mr Murdoch expect in return?" It was a brute of a question and went, of course, directly to the speech that kicked this debate into being, a well-reported discourse in Edinburgh in August by James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son and News Corporation's chief executive for Europe and Asia. Full Article at The Australian
    When Rupert Murdoch's Sun (newspaper) put its support very firmly behind (the leader of Britain's Conservative opposition) David Cameron nine months out from an election, should the BBC be worried? What can Mr Murdoch expect in return?
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago
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  1. There have been years when we've felt like we (ABC staff) were all in a bunker. That has changed with Mark's leadership.
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago
  2. When you arrive as a chief executive you're meant to declare a state of disaster so you can change everything. Instead, I found a place working very well.
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago
  3. If Murdoch tries it and fails, too bad. If he tries and succeeds, great.
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago
  4. I personally think the (incumbent) Labour Party in England, Tony Blair (Gordon Brown's predecessor as prime minister) and company, thought they owed so much to The Sun. They didn't. Blair would have been elected without (The Sun's) support.
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago
  5. Do you think public broadcasters should be in the online space?
    SOURCE: The Australian 3 weeks ago

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