People power stirs to stump Rupert Murdoch

Who would have believed a couple of weeks ago that politicians would be distancing themselves from Rupert Murdoch as fast as they could?

Many ordinary citizens will be delighted that Rupert Murdoch’s grip on the UK media has been slightly loosened.

What has also been made clear from the whole business, however, is just how hand-in-glove the UK’s top politicians are with the media execs – and it has not proved a very enlightening sight.

Indeed, David Cameron’s attempts to tar the entire media with the News of the World brush was pretty poor.

Gordon Brown’s righteous indignation is also pretty hard to swallow, given how he and Tony Blair got so cozy with Murdoch when they were in charge.