Keith Rich Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Over the last few years both Labour and the Tories have licked Murdoch’s boots in order to get his support at General Elections. There is a very good reason for this, inasmuch as whoever Murdoch supports…wins. Even John Major, in his autobiography, stated that her knew he would lose the 1997 election when he found out that Murdoch was supporting Labour. Shouldn’t we, therefore, have a press that is politically neutral and doesn’t try to influence its readers one way or another. If not then powerful people like Mr Murdoch will continue to decide who is put into number 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Keith - do you vote for whoever The Sun says, or any other newspaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 Keith - do you vote for whoever The Sun says, or any other newspaper? I don't read any newspapers and you don't know if I vote or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 we dont they tell us who THEY want us to vote for, we make up our own minds some of us dont vote full stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I don't read any newspapers and you don't know if I vote or not. So how do you know that people vote for who the papers tell them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I don't read any newspapers and you don't know if I vote or not. So if you don't read any newspapers and therefore have no first hand experience of their content, how do you know they influence how people vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 So how do you know that people vote for who the papers tell them? Because of the last x election results where it followed whoever Murdoch supported. 'MJscuba says: "how do you know [newspapers] influence how people vote?" You cannot be serious!!!! Are you telling me that you honestly don't think that they do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Because of the last x election results where it followed whoever Murdoch supported. 'MJscuba says: "how do you know [newspapers] influence how people vote?" You cannot be serious!!!! Are you telling me that you honestly don't think that they do? Do you allow them to influence your decision making when voting (if you vote)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 So if you don't read any newspapers and therefore have no first hand experience of their content, how do you know they influence how people vote? damn, youve found the plot hole in his thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Because of the last x election results where it followed whoever Murdoch supported. But the last x election results also followed what the opinion polls predicted. So it could just as easily follow that people voted according to the polls and that Murdoch simply jumped ship from time to time to be in support of the winning party. That would presumably benefit him more than if he had backed the wrong horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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