FT.com / World - Press baron courted over academies

FT.com / World - Press baron courted over academies: "The government’s top education adviser tried to enlist the owner of the Daily Mail into backing several city academies intended to force children from different ethnic and religious backgrounds to study together under one roof.

In spite of detailed discussions with Lord Rothermere to set up five so-called “community academies”, the plans were abandoned after company executives feared involvement would muzzle critical coverage by the group’s local newspapers."

There is so much that is disturbing in these two paragraphs, I can't even begin to dissect them now...