Despite the best efforts of Hulture Secretary Jeremy Cunt to wave through News Corp’s takeover of BSkyB, Ofcom is now expected to rule on the suitability of News Corp as a ‘fit and proper’ owner of the broadcasting giant.
Of all of the outcomes that could come of of this whole sordid affair, the blocking of Murdoch’s bid for BSkyB, and his subsequent influence over the UK’s media landscape, will surely figure highly.
Many commentators are already doubting how the deal could now go through. Greg Dyke, former director-general of the BBC, said: “I cannot see any way how News International will be allowed to take over the whole of BSkyB. It’s just a case of how the government can get out of it.”