Monday, 24 January 2011

Impartiality over Prime Minister and BSkyB Deal

The Prime Minister's private dinner with News Corporation executives raises questions over his impartiality in the light of News Corp's attempt to take over BSkyB, one MP tells Channel 4 News.

Link to the article: Channel 4 News

The Labour MP, Tom Watson, demanded to know whether Prime Minister David Cameron would be holding any meetings with Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corporation, on his visit to the UK over the next few days.

Mr Watson told Channel 4 News that "deep questions" over impartiality had been raised by the news revealed in the Independent, that Mr Cameron and his wife dined privately with Mr Murdoch's son and chairman of News Corp in Europe and Asia, James Murdoch, as well as News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband, over Christmas.