Administrator Toups Posted July 15, 2011 Administrator Share Posted July 15, 2011 Anyone paying attention to this phone-hacking scandal? Murdoch's empire has been crumbling lately! - News of The World newspaper shuts down - former editors of NOTW being arrested - Rebekah Brooks resigns As CEO Of News International; she was also a former NOTW editor - Les Hinton resigns from Wall Street Journal - Murdoch pulls his $12.6 billion bid for British Sky Broadcasting - The FBI is investigating whether News Corp. employees also tried to access the phones of Sept. 11 victims Hopefully, in some way, Faux News goes down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 I have (I mentioned it in the status thing earlier today). It's repulsive, but also fascinating. I am surprised at how long this has been happening - I expected the media to move on within a week or less. I'm even more surprised that Brooks, who is known as being like a daughter to Murdoch, was pushed out. It looks like one reason may be that his daughter blames Brooks for all these problems. I don't think Fox News will be affected. Corporate-owned FCC has said they won't be investigating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 Really? Did they also hack into the phones of 9/11 victim families? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 There's some speculation about how far into America this goes, due to the 9/11 stuff. The man who publishes the Wall Street Journal has resigned so it may have more effect here. Guiliani, always a good character reference (ask Kerik) is out and about. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/15/new.york.giuliani.hacking/ I can't help feeling sorry for the hundreds of people who lost their jobs to protect Rebecca Brooks. For nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 What is critical is here finding out what Murdoch knew and how much control he had over all of this. If that was going on over in UK, what's to say that celebrities and politicians here have not been hacked? There are big questions and there need to be answers to them fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 16, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted July 16, 2011 Jude Law is suing The Sun tabloid: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jude-law-sues-rupert-murdochs-212093 Hugh Grant's part in this story: http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/07/15/hugh-grant-news-of-the-world-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted July 16, 2011 Members Share Posted July 16, 2011 THis really keep unraveling. I am glued to find out the latest details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted July 16, 2011 Members Share Posted July 16, 2011 It all reminds me of when Adam Chandler lost ownership of Channel 5, the British TV station he coveted, because of a lack of morals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted July 16, 2011 Members Share Posted July 16, 2011 This whole thing is disgusting. I always thought it was such a tragedy that Murdoch was able to get his hands on the Wall Street Journal, since that newspaper was previously the gold-standard when it came to conservative media publications. If Fox News goes down (which is very unlikely), I wonder if the Fox Broadcast Network will go down as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 16, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted July 16, 2011 Looks like Scotland Yard was in on it. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/world/europe/17police.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 17, 2011 Members Share Posted July 17, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8640422/The-week-that-ended-Rebekah-Brookss-News-International-career.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 17, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted July 17, 2011 Wow, Brooks was arrested today. Fox News' lack of coverage on this scandal: <object width='320' height='240'><param name='movie' value='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf'></param><param'>http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf'></param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg3?id=201107170005'></param><param'>http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg3?id=201107170005'></param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'></param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'></param><embed src='http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/flash/pl55.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='config=http://mediamatters.org/embed/cfg3?id=201107170005' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='240'></embed></object> LOL at some of the Fox News people not wanting to talk about what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted July 17, 2011 Members Share Posted July 17, 2011 This is no surprise, unfortunately. In the early-1990's, I seem to recall that NBC News was criticized for lack of reporting on a GE scandal (although I forget what that GE scandal was about). With the Dan Rather "Memogate" scandal of 2004, I'm pretty sure that CBS News spent very little time reporting on it (aside from doing damage control). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 OMG Phone-hacking whistleblower found dead! Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 19, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted July 19, 2011 Damn!! This just gets more crazy! "Police said Hoare's death at his home in England was not considered to be suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association news agency." Not considered to be suspicious, my ass! Rupert's testimony is Tuesday - that should be interesting. NewsCorp is taking a major hit in the market: News Corp. Market Value Down More Than $8 Billion Amid Phone Hacking Scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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