Tom Watson: Sky News under pressure

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Tom Watson: Sky News under pressure
Posted by TV Newsroom on Saturday 16 July 2011

On Friday Morning, Labour MP Tom Watson was live on Sky News discussing the breaking news story that Rebekah Brooks had resigned as CEO of News International.

Towards the end of the interview, conducted by Colin Brazier, Tom said: “I realise you might be under a bit of pressure with this interview because Rupert Murdoch is a very powerful media mogul.”

Colin defended himself and the news channel saying: “No such pressure being applied to anybody working on this news channel.”

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