S/MD/33. Has Rupert Murdoch been the saviour or the scourge of modern print journalism? Give reasons and examples

This paper considers the effect of Rupert Murdoch on the British Press, since his takeover of the News of the World in 1968. It examines the argument that Murdoch's Wapping move reduced the running cost of a newspaper to open up the market, only to enhance a biased, undemocratic press; through the dragging down into the gutter of the tabloid press, and prices wars in the broadsheets.