Rupert Murdoch: Blair says BBC "hates America"
{{date|September 18, 2005}}

Media magnate {{w|Rupert Murdoch}}, managing director and the largest shareholder of {{w|News Corporation}}, claimed that the [[United Kingdom|UK]] Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] offered his opinions about the BBC in a private conversation with him.  According to Murdoch, Blair views [[BBC]] {{w|BBC World Service|World Service}} broadcasts as portraying [[United States of America|America]] in a negative light, and accusing their coverage of {{w|Hurricane Katrina}} to be used for political statements.

Murdoch, a long-time critic of the BBC, apparently revealed details of his conversation with the Prime Minister during a session of the {{w|Clinton Global Initiative}} in [[New York]].  Murdoch's News Corp. owns {{w|Fox News}} and [[Sky News]], both BBC competitors.
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== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/media/story/0,12123,1572747,00.html
|title=Blair attacks BBC for 'anti-US bias' 
|author=James Robinson, David Smith and Ned Temko
|pub=The Guardian
|date=September 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050917/wl_uk_afp/usbritainblairbbc_050917223538
|title=Blair calls BBC coverage "full of hate for America"
|author={{w|Agence France-Presse|AFP}}
|pub=Yahoo News
|date=September 18, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4257190.stm
|title= Blair 'attacked BBC over Katrina'
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=September 18, 2005}}

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[[pl:Rupert Murdoch: Blair twierdzi, że BBC nienawidzi Ameryki]]
Media magnate News Corporation, claimed that the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair offered his opinions about the BBC in a private conversation with him.  According to Murdoch, Blair views BBC World Service broadcasts as portraying America in a negative light, and accusing their coverage of  to be used for political statements.

Murdoch, a long-time critic of the BBC, apparently revealed details of his conversation with the Prime Minister during a session of the Fox News and Sky News, both BBC competitors.

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pl:Rupert Murdoch: Blair twierdzi, że BBC nienawidzi Ameryki
Media United Kingdom Politics and conflicts Tony Blair United States North America Europe BBC