Rudd's temper tantrum and poor sportsmanship is most un-Australian, he's behaving more like a jilted bride at the alter, than a PM who's received a little bad press.Kevin Rudd hits replay on NBN conspiracy theory
by: SID MAHER
From: The Australian
August 09, 2013 2:44PM
KEVIN Rudd is persisting with his conspiracy theory that the National Broadband Network is a threat to the Foxtel pay-TV business, despite both Foxtel and its half-owner Telstra demolishing the idea.
The Prime Minister today intensified his attack on News Corporation executive chairman Rupert Murdoch and claimed the company had directed its editors to “go hard against him”.
He maintained his argument that concerns about the NBN's impact on Foxtel were driving negative coverage of the Labor government by Murdoch newspapers, which include The Australian.
Yesterday both Telstra chief executive David Thodey and Foxtel chief executive Richard Freudenstein declared the NBN good for business, saying it would help, not harm, Foxtel's prospects.
“The critical thing for Foxtel is to get access to more homes to be able to sell the Foxtel service,” Mr Thodey said. “Anything that helps us do that is good news, and so the NBN, in that sense, is helpful.”
Remember kids, Murdoch endorsed Rudd back in 2007 when he was running against John Howard.
Did a more 'stable' John Howard throw himself to the floor kicking and screaming and accuse Murdoch of having some ulterior agenda for backing Rudd and not him?
Murdoch has met with all our PM's in waiting over the last few decades, it's just Rudd thought he was special.
