Harriet Harman calls for cross-party action to limit Murdochs' power in UK
Source: The Guardian
talks on tighter rules for media ownership Labour's deputy leader has called on politicians of all political parties to work together to legislate for the breakup of the Murdoch family's media empire in the UK on the eve of a keynote speech from Rupert's daughter Elisabeth at the Edinburgh International Television festival.
Harriet Harman, declaring that "the age of deference to the Murdochs is over", said she wanted to make an "open offer" to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to hold talks on setting tighter limits for media ownership once Lord Justice Leveson's report into press standards is published.
She said there was a historic opportunity for politicians to legislate and it was time "to deal with the issue of the invincibility of the Murdoch media empire", reaching cross-party agreement in a way that she said should be about "nobody gaining political advantage".
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