大戰(1) - 不能說的秘密

近日傳媒好不熱鬧，一方面大鬧梁振英大宅300呎僭建物是誠信問題，另一方面ATV、TVB、王維基、專貴議員們在發免費電視牌照上各執一詞，這些吵鬧巳足夠娛樂我們數星期了，然而這些娛樂大眾的爭拗背後，卻是一場更精彩的政治鬥爭，反地產霸權的你們應該睜大眼睛，看清形勢，免得企錯邊，做了別人的啦啦隊！

要求傳媒中立，我相信除經濟日報做得到之外，沒有幾多間做得到。事實上，傳媒影響政治，在英美非常嚴重，請大家看看以下圖表:

資料來源: 經濟日報 (2012年11月3日)

奧巴馬競選總統時，看看傳媒的影響力如何？支持奧巴馬的報章總發行量為911.8萬份，支持羅姆尼的報章總發行量為513萬份，誰勝誰負，高下立見！

在英國，梅鐸的新聞集團怎樣影響英國政治，更是很值得我們借鏡。在維基百科找到以下資料:

In Britain, in the 1980s, Murdoch formed a close alliance with Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, and The Sun credited itself with helping her successor John Major to win an unexpected election victory in the 1992 general election, which had been expected to end in a hung parliament or a narrow win for Neil Kinnock's Labour.[49] In the general elections of 1997, 2001 and 2005, Murdoch's papers were either neutral or supported Labour under Tony Blair. This has led some critics to argue that Murdoch simply supports the incumbent parties (or those who seem most likely to win an upcoming election) in the hope of influencing government decisions that may affect his businesses.

最尾的一句才是最精景，商人透過媒體公司對政治的影響，意圖影響政府的決定來利及自己的生意，這就是筆者之前所講「攻佔傳媒才是皇者」！

維基百科還這樣提到首相卡梅倫與梅鐸的關係:

In August 2008, British Conservative leader and future Prime Minister David Cameron accepted free flights to hold private talks and attend private parties with Murdoch on his yacht, the Rosehearty. Cameron has declared in the Commons register of interests he accepted a private plane provided by Murdoch's son-in-law, public relations guru Matthew Freud; Cameron has not revealed his talks with Murdoch. The gift of travel in Freud's Gulfstream IV private jet was valued at around £30,000. Other guests attending the "social events" included the then EU trade commissioner Lord Mandelson, the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and co-chairman of NBC Universal Ben Silverman. The Conservatives have not disclosed what was discussed.

In July 2011 it emerged that Cameron met key executives of Murdoch's News Corporation 26 times during the 14 months that Cameron had served as Prime Minister.

有否覺得文中的私人飛機和遊艇的情節很熟口熟面？

筆者從不評論DBC事件，原因是我從來都「唔」認為DBC是為人民發聲，黃楚鏢以平租送豪宅，Baby做助選，所謂「還聲於民」，定還是「還聲於前朝」？

香港的情況如何？下篇再談！