[net-gold] JOURNALISM : MEDIA : NEWSPAPERS : COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT: Tony Blair Says Rupert Murdoch Did Not Lobby Him on Media Policy
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- Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 15:11:26 -0400 (EDT)
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JOURNALISM :
MEDIA :
NEWSPAPERS :
COUNTRIES: GREAT BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT:
Tony Blair Says Rupert Murdoch Did Not Lobby Him on Media Policy
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Tony Blair Says Rupert Murdoch Did Not Lobby Him on Media Policy
Former PM at the Leveson inquiry highlights cases where his government
went against the News Corp founder's wishes
Dan Sabbagh and John Plunkett
Guardian.co.uk
Monday 28 May 2012 10.25 EDT
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/28/blair-murdoch-media-policy
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Tony Blair has told the Leveson inquiry that Rupert Murdoch did not lobby
him directly over media policy when he was prime minister and highlighted
examples where his government had gone against the News Corporation
founder's wishes.
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Blair said on Monday that he and Murdoch had "a working relationship until
after I left office". After this they became closer and Blair was
godfather to Murdoch's daughter Grace, he added.
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He told Lord Justice Leveson that Murdoch "didn't lobby me on media
stuff", but said that was "not to say we weren't aware of the positions
their companies had", in particular his strong views in opposition to
European integration.
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But he said on regulatory matters affecting Murdoch's business directly,
"we decided more often against than in favour".
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Lance Price, former Labour and No 10 press officer, had previously
described Murdoch as the "24th member of the cabinet".
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Blair said: "Am I saying he's not a powerful figure in the media? Well no,
of course he is, and, of course you're aware of what his views are, and
that's why I say part of my job was to manage the situation so that you
didn't get into a situation where you were shifting policy.
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"I would say very strongly we managed the position that I believed in on
Europe and that was a position the Sun and the News of the World
frequently disagreed with me on."
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On his relationship with Murdoch, Blair said: "Europe was the major thing
that he and I used to row about. I believed in what I was doing, I didn't
need him or anyone else to tell me what to do."
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Robert Jay QC, counsel to the inquiry, said Price had also said he had
been told Blair would never change policy on Europe without talking to
Murdoch first.
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He replied: "No we would never have given an assurance to Mr Murdoch or
anybody else that we were not going to change policy without seeking their
permission. That's absurd.
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"Having said that, if we were about to engage in a major change of policy
on an issue that mattered to any particular media group we would probably
have tried to prepare the way for it, but I think that is perfectly
sensible and there's nothing wrong with that."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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