Comments on: The Post’s “Reverse Ferret” http://pdberger.com/the-posts-reverse-ferret/ A British freelance writer living in New York Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pdberger http://pdberger.com/the-posts-reverse-ferret/comment-page-1/#comment-136605 pdberger Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:59:55 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=2370#comment-136605 An interesting thought, Gavin. And, to be honest, I am not sure. Newspapers here certainly do not hold the same kind of sway as UK newspapers. It's not like there's a Sun that can print an allegedly election-swinging <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_newspaper#Thatcherite_king_of_the_tabloids:_the_1980s" rel="nofollow">front page</a>. But the networks are pretty powerful. And I'm sure the courting works both ways. An interesting thought, Gavin. And, to be honest, I am not sure.

Newspapers here certainly do not hold the same kind of sway as UK newspapers. It’s not like there’s a Sun that can print an allegedly election-swinging front page.

But the networks are pretty powerful. And I’m sure the courting works both ways.

]]> By: Gavin Miller http://pdberger.com/the-posts-reverse-ferret/comment-page-1/#comment-136576 Gavin Miller Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:59:36 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=2370#comment-136576 In Alistair Campbells Diaries which span the "Blair Years" he talks a lot about courting Murdoch and being invited to his parties and such like .. Campbell was politically not comfortable with this but saw it as necessary in gaining his support which would go a long way to winning an election and staying in power. Is it therefore not possible that Obamas people have courted Murdoch in the same way .. or do the politician rather than the media hold the power in the US? In Alistair Campbells Diaries which span the “Blair Years” he talks a lot about courting Murdoch and being invited to his parties and such like .. Campbell was politically not comfortable with this but saw it as necessary in gaining his support which would go a long way to winning an election and staying in power.

Is it therefore not possible that Obamas people have courted Murdoch in the same way .. or do the politician rather than the media hold the power in the US?

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