for the impartiality of broadcast news in Britain as against the "unquestioning" attitude of US networks, and warned the government not to allow the "Americanisation" of the British media. In characteristically blunt fashion, Mr Dyke said he was surprised at the "committed political position" of Rupert Murdoch's #
s. He urged the government to think carefully about its proposals to liberalise media ownership laws in Britain. "We must ensure that we don't become Americanised," he said in a speech at Goldsmith's College in London yesterday. Mr Dyke directed much of his ammunition against the global media giant Clear Channel,#