The Murdoch paywall

1. Do you agree with James Murdoch that the BBC should not be allowed to provide free news online?
   I disagree with James Murdoch on his views against having free news, and having news that is all paid for. Having news that is free and funded by TV licences means that audiences that are able to access news which can be seen to be of good quality and also “bias”. This means that by the BBC providing information that is free means that audiences are able to get information that can be seen to be provides by a trusted source. James Murdoch referred the BBC as “expansion of state sponsored journalism a threat to the plurality and independence of news provision” this suggests that BBC is leading to large institution being phased out and therefore the news market and range of news that is available for the public. Although BBC has been seen to be a non-bias organisation it can be argued that in the recent year that BBC has been bias on to big situations. The first situation being in regards to the potential split proposed by Scotland, there is a suggestion that BBC did not show as much coverage for the Scottish side and therefore can be suggest to be bias. The second time is during the elections there were suggestions of certain parties not having enough coverage and therefore again suggesting that the BBC is bias. Although it can be argued that the BBC is bias and it can also be said that it can be seen in the favour for the UK and benefit them. I therefore believe that it is vital that the BBC a non-profit organisation is available online, as I feel it means that information can be seen to be more reliable and advert free which means that the audiences are able to get straight to the story. I believe that based on Repert Murdoch’s statement “the world is changing and newspapers have to adapt” it suggests that NewsCorp should adapt this as a company. The reason for this is can be said that NewsCorp have to adapt their newspaper in order to be able to meet the need of their customers and therefore ensure that survival of their company. This therefore leading the success and ensure that NewsCorp is able to survive that changing market. 

Was Rupert Murdoch right to put his news content (The Times, The Sun) behind a paywall?

i think he was right as it means that audiences are able to get news content that has been thought through and information is more reliable.