News International

News International/News Corporation

News International is the company responsible for managing the media interest of its owner Rupert Murdoch.

The media interests of News International in the United Kingdom include:

• BSkyB (39% Stake)
• The Times
• The Sunday Times
• The Sun
• The News of The World
• The London Paper
• Harper Collins (Publishing house)

In the United States Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp owns:

• Myspace
• The New York Post
• Fox News
• 20th Century Fox
• Fox Searchlight Pictures

Media Monopoly

The main concern with Rupert Murdoch's media monopoly is that he can use it to manipulate public opinion and therefore put pressure on politicians who oppose his business interests. In October 2003 in the United States a study by the nonpartisan Program on International Policy Attitudes showed that 60% of U.S. citizens believed either that, clear evidence had been found of links between Iraq and Al Qaeda; W.M.D. had been found in Iraq; world public opinion favored the U.S. going to war with Iraq. 80% of the people who believed these falsehoods received their news primarily from Rupert Murdoch's Fox News. The clear bias of Fox News has not been displayed in The Times but Krugman argues that "a number of former Times employees have said that there was pressure to slant coverage — and everyone I’ve seen quoted defending Mr. Murdoch’s management is still on his payroll" .