Murdoch Still Owns Good News For the World

[gallery columns="2"] I watched BBC Newsnight once again dissecting the the fall out of the News International scandal. Its getting to the stage of being ridiculous, so much important news being missed or not reported in depth. Anyway at the end of one interview the question was asked what is happening to all of our Institutions in the UK? Almost everyone one of them at some point in the past few years has been seen to fall short of moral fibre. No one answered the question with any authority. I thought it was a good question and it got me thinking. We've lost the moral compass because we've removed faith from the public arena. Morality has become a private affair indeed in our secular society our morality slogan is promoted by the Nike Sports Company " Just Do It" Do what feels good to you at the time. When questioned about your past actions you can always rewrite the history of what you did, is that not what our politicians and leaders do? This particular case has highlighted it would appear organised corruption among journalists and police officers. A couple of years ago it was corruption among MPs and bankers. The interesting thing is in the year that we celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible,( the one book that has changed the world for good), no one yet has mentioned that even the Bible has been taken over by Rupert Murdoch. Yes he owns the company the prints the NIV. Mmmm do you think there might be a conflict of interest ? For me there is just something so wrong with the commercialisation of "Christian Aids to Devotion". We have a whole industry built up around sacred music, Christian discipleship and the lists goes on. Murdoch's control of the NIV is just one example. here is the question will we ever be able to get back to a less commercialised Christianity? I'd love to think we could. I wonder if the internet could be part of the answer . just remember that so many things can be produced at a local level with an amazing professionalism that couldn't have happened ten years ago. Anyway what I was wanting to say was perhaps the decline in moral standards reflects a society that has decided to write its own bible and we are now beginning to see the effects.

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