Murdoch has many faults, but his bravery in taking on the absolute madness that was early 1980s print unions/Chapels is to his credit. Fleet Street in 1984 was almost unworkable and shortsighted luddism of the worst kind. Not allowing computesr FFS. I started work for a media group (United) then...it was unbelievable. The print unions ran everything and were among the highest paid people in the country, with a cosy closed shop of fathers to sons jobs, the print was closed for almost anything and there were multi-chapels at each newspaper, all who could strike for anything and bring everyone else out too, workers completley unsackable whatever they did, which was mainly blatant moonlighting.