Sunday, 26 February 2012

Has Hugh Grant been proven right over his criticisms of Rupert Murdoch and the Murdoch Media roles against Society?

1055 [1044] GMT

London

Sunday

26 February 2012.

The © Muhammad Haque Ethical Commentary.

Rupert Murdoch’s “Sun on Sunday” [3]

Citing a mildly entertaining Hugh Grant [the actor] interview as shown on SKY.COM. That IS interesting. Sky.com and Murdoch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er0T2umHuo

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SUN on Sunday: RUERT MURDOCH "discovers" "decency" in journalism! A scoop, an exclusive and a shocker!

0945 Hrs GMT
London
Sunday
26 February 2012

Editor Muhammad Haque

RUERT MURDOCH "discovers" "decency" in journalism! A scoop, an exclusive and a shocker!

The claim is carried in the piece we publish below from the London website Metro.co.uk.

We make the first comment that this claim by Murdoch albeit done in the name of the ‘SUN on Sunday’ is ridiculous and offensive and totally untenable.

The following item together with the image/s has been published here from the website:

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/891415-the-suns-new-sunday-edition-promises-decency-from-its-reporters

The METRO.CO.UK website had just published the item on their website at appx 0915 GMT, just 25 minutes ago.

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The Sun's new Sunday edition promises 'decency' from its reporters

The Sun's new Sunday edition has pledged that its journalists will 'abide by the values of decency', after the News of the World was brought down by the phone hacking scandal.

News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch personally oversaw production of the launch edition and the paper did not shy away from the controversy the company has been embroiled in over the past year.

The Sun's first Sunday edition was published today (PA)

In an editorial titled 'A new Sun rises today', it acknowledged the closure of the media giant's previous Sunday tabloid had been a 'sobering experience'.

It said the Sun's reporters were expected to abide by both News Corporation's standards for business conduct and the Press Complaints Commission's editors code.

'We will hold our journalists to the standards we expect of them. After all a newspaper which holds the powerful to account must do the same with itself,' the editorial continued.

'You will be able to trust our journalists to abide by the values of decency as they gather news.'

The paper itself stuck closely to the formula that has made the weekday Sun such a success.

Its front page featured an exclusive interview with Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden about the traumatic birth of her daughter Hollie, accompanied by the headline 'My Heart Stopped For 40 Seconds'.

There are also columns by the likes of Katie Price, Toby Young, Nancy Dell'Olio and Heston Blumenthal, together with a non-revealing topless photo of X Factor judge Kelly Rowland on Page 3.

HUFFINGTON POST: Burger King Pulls Out Of Government Work Experience Scheme

0025 [0015] Hrs GMT London Sunday 26 February 2012.
Editor © Muhamad Haque.

From HANSARD [the House of Commons]
09 February 2012.
Barry Sheerman MP:
"...may we have a debate on the role of Tesco, which is ravaging our town and city centres throughout the country?
It is a dangerous monopoly and it is about time that it was curbed."
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Burger King Pulls Out Of Government Work Experience Scheme

Burger King has pulled out of the government's controversial work experience scheme.

The fast food giant said it had decided to cease its involvement in the Get Britain Working programme because of recent concerns expressed by the public.

Criticisms were levelled at the scheme after a Tesco 'job' advert appeared online, listing the wages for a night shift as "JSA plus benefits."

Sunny Hundal, Guardian reporter and writer of Liberal Conspiracy blog wrote: "This is nothing less than modern slavery. Tesco should be ashamed of itself for exploiting workers like this."

A Twitter storm erupted over the job advert, which Tesco later claimed was an 'IT' mistake. However right-to-work protesters forced a Tesco store to close last Saturday, after a small demonstration, which was later broken up by police.

Burger King said it had intended to take on youngsters on work experience at its Slough headquarters but had not recruited anyone for the scheme.

It said in a statement: "Burger King United Kingdom Ltd registered for the voluntary Get Britain Working work experience programme six weeks ago, with the intention of providing work experience at our HQ in Slough.

"Since then we have not recruited anyone for this scheme. Given the recent concerns expressed by the public we have decided to no longer have any involvement in the programme."

Supermarket giant Tesco this week offered to pay people on the scheme and asked ministers to remove the threat of benefit sanctions against those not completing their work experience.

Retail giant Poundland has reportedly withdrawn from the scheme after voicing similar concerns about its mandatory element.

Cait Reilly, hit the headlines in November, after being "forced" to work at Poundland stacking shelves, and being threatened with losing her benefits if she refused to comply.

Reilly claimed she was "being used as free labour, especially in the run-up to Christmas," and told the Guardian that the "experience" was unhelpful in her job search "No one really knew what we were supposed to be doing. We were just put on the shop floor and told to tidy shelves."

The Birmingham University graduate launched legal action against the government in December, her lawyer claiming that the "forced labour" is against the European Convention on Human Rights.

Employment Minister Chris Grayling defended the scheme yesterday, saying that half of those who joined it after the launch 11 weeks ago had now found a job, often with companies which offered them work experience.

He added that offering youngsters work experience, with the chance of a job at the end, was better than "simply leaving them" on benefits.

The politician claimed that firms reportedly pulling out of the programme, including supermarket giant Sainsbury's, had never formally been involved in the government initiative because they ran their own scheme.

He said a lot of large companies were coming under pressure from right-to-work activists to withdraw from the scheme.

Ken McMeikan, chief executive of bakery chain Greggs has voiced concern over the scheme, saying he was not comfortable with young people potentially losing their benefits if they leave the initiative.

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