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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 3021" data-attributes="member: 175166">I'm sure you're correct, CH.And when Murdoch has his monopoly (does anyone see any politician with the courage to stop him?), we'll all find out what expensive mediocrity is.&nbsp; The price of a packet of fags and two pints of beer won't seem like such a good bargain then.&nbsp; The issue is not the cost of a Sky subscription or PPV television, it's freedom of speech and the ability to see and hear what we wish on television and radio.&nbsp; The price of our acquiescence in his plans to control the media will result in our paying exorbitant subscriptions to view only what Murdoch wants us to see.&nbsp; Don't expect anything radical.This is not all paranoia and conspiracy theory; any standard text on economic theory will confirm that an organisation with a monopoly will seek to exploit that position.&nbsp; Even the USA, the most powerful capitalist economy the world has ever known, has recognised the dangers posed by monopolies and cartels by creating (and using) draconian anti-trust laws - as Bill Gates knows to his cost.&nbsp; Would that the UK had the same powers (or determination) to resist Murdoch's ambitions.wolsty}&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 3021, member: 175166"] I'm sure you're correct, CH. And when Murdoch has his monopoly (does anyone see any politician with the courage to stop him?), we'll all find out what expensive mediocrity is. The price of a packet of fags and two pints of beer won't seem like such a good bargain then. The issue is not the cost of a Sky subscription or PPV television, it's freedom of speech and the ability to see and hear what we wish on television and radio. The price of our acquiescence in his plans to control the media will result in our paying exorbitant subscriptions to view only what Murdoch wants us to see. Don't expect anything radical. This is not all paranoia and conspiracy theory; any standard text on economic theory will confirm that an organisation with a monopoly will seek to exploit that position. Even the USA, the most powerful capitalist economy the world has ever known, has recognised the dangers posed by monopolies and cartels by creating (and using) draconian anti-trust laws - as Bill Gates knows to his cost. Would that the UK had the same powers (or determination) to resist Murdoch's ambitions. wolsty }> [/QUOTE]

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