BSkyB: only 1 in 20 (Brits) back Murdoch takeover, poll reveals

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Source: The Guardian

James Robinson | Monday December 27 2010 20.32 GMT

Strong public resistance to Rupert Murdoch's controversial bid for full control of http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/bskyb">BSkyB was revealed yesterday in a survey commissioned by opponents of the deal.

An ICM poll that questioned more than 2,000 people found that 44% were opposed to the deal, with just 5% supporting it. A further 41% said they had no strong view and 11% were don't knows.

News Corp, the media giant that Murdoch chairs, wants to buy the 61% of BSkyB it does not already own. Last week, the business secretary, Vince Cable, who was to rule on whether it could proceed, was tape-recorded telling undercover journalists he had "declared war" on Murdoch and subsequently lost the responsibility.

The survey – commissioned by Guardian Media Group, owners of this newspaper, and BT, Associated Newspapers Ltd, Northcliffe Media, Trinity Mirror plc and Telegraph Media Group – showed there is public opposition to the deal across the political spectrum.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/27/bskyb-poll-murdoch-takeover

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