Lady Thatcher, the Media and Rupert Murdoch
Steve Hewlett looks at how laws under Lady Thatcher changed newspapers and TV.
The Media Show · BBC Radio 4
April 10, 201328m 20s
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Show Notes
Baroness Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch and media changes in the Thatcher years. With guests Baroness Dean of Thornton Le Fylde, former president of the print union SOGAT during the Wapping dispute, Andrew Neil, former Editor of the Sunday Times, Michael Green who ran Carlton TV and Professor Paddy Barwise who advised the BBC on how to handle proposals to scrap the licence fee.
Producer Simon Tilotson Presenter Steve Hewlett.