Quickie- Paul McCartney: I'm going to police over hacking claim
Via Today's Quickie: LONDON (AP) -- Former Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he would contact police over his ex-wife's claim that the couple had been spied upon by a British newspaper. [...] Until...
View ArticleQuickie: News Corp. still paying Rebekah Brooks. Murdoch tells her to "travel...
Today's Quickie: H/t to Think Progress for linking to this little news flash from The Telegraph. According to the Telegraph, says TP, Rebekah Brooks is still on the company payroll. “My understanding...
View ArticleUK lawyer to start News Corp action in U.S.
Happy Friday, Murdochs! A British lawyer is accusing you of breaking American law. What?! But.. but... waitjustaminutethere... They say they knew nothing, saw nothing, heard nothing. Everyone knows...
View ArticleVideo- Rupert Murdoch heckled at CA education forum by OWS protesters
Hey, they got applause. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement heckled News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum Friday, accusing the media...
View ArticleVideo- Countdown: British Labour Party member Tom Watson shares new details...
Sorry for the lack of posts, there is nothing going on. The post Video- Countdown: British Labour Party member Tom Watson shares new details in Murdoch scandal appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleNews Corp.'s James Murdoch gets a pay raise
Is there anyone, I mean besides the Koch brothers, who is less deserving of a pay raise than a member of the Murdoch family? James Murdoch is smack dab in the middle of a huge phone/computer hacking...
View ArticleNews Corp. was warned of hacking three years ago
Via WaPo: A legal adviser to Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers warned the company three years ago there was overwhelming evidence that several senior journalists at the News of the World were using illegal...
View ArticleNews Corp "phone-hacking might only be the tip of the iceberg." 10 stories...
More hijinx will undoubtedly ensue, more shoes will drop, but here's the latest: LONDON (Reuters) - David Sherborne, who is representing 51 "core participants" at an inquiry set up as the hacking...
View ArticleOops! James Murdoch received and responded to 2008 messages that referred to...
James, James, what's to become of you and Daddy Dearest? Wasn't it you who claimed oblivion to that enormous scandal that swirled around you like an industrial-sized toilet flush? Visit msnbc.com for...
View ArticleJude Law confirms Rupert Murdoch’s news empire hacked his phone on U.S. soil
Seriously, can the sh** finally hit the fan? What more does it take to bring Rupert Murdoch and his gang of thugs down? Via Raw Story: In a statement to a British court Thursday, [Jude] Law said that...
View ArticleThe Times of London admits hacking
It's already been established that phone hacking took place on U.S. soil. Now, once again, the plot sickens. Via WaPo: The editor of The Times of London has said managers at the paper knew as far back...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch hit by threat of new legal fight in US, in "five-star crisis...
This post from The Independent helps explain why Rupie has hired a former US Justice Department and White House counsel, among others, to defend his, er, um, honor [sic]. Rupert Murdoch's global...
View ArticleThe Australian Financial Review: Corporate espionage and piracy by Rupert...
Rupert Murdoch's in more hot water, and this new scandal is a doozy. Via the Australian Financial Review: A secret unit within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation promoted a wave of high-tech piracy in...
View ArticleQuickie: Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person..."
Today's Quickie: This is my favorite sentence of the day: Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to exercise stewardship of a major international company, a committee of MPs has concluded, in a report...
View ArticleSen. Jay Rockefeller asks UK for evidence linking News Corp. scandal to...
We already know that Rupert Murdoch is "not a fit person" to run his global empire. We also know that the Murdoch family and their employees continue to be in deeper and deeper doo-doo across the...
View ArticleBIG problem: Former News Corp. exec expected to head Tribune Co., Rupert...
UPDATE: And he actually tweeted this, too: I'm heartsick. I am watching the painful demise of my home paper, the L.A. Times, the paper I've subscribed to for decades, the paper I insist on holding...
View ArticleReport: News Corp. evidence points to cover-up in phone-hacking scandal
Today's Quickie, or as I like to call this one, "Moment of Duh": It's been awhile since the News Corp. hacking scandal got any real attention, so just for old time's sake, here's a quick update via...
View ArticleRupert Murdoch hit by 600 fresh claims of phone hacking
Looks like Rupie is sinking lower and lower (if that's even possible), because he's in deeper hot water than he has been (if that's even possible). The Guardian is reporting that there are around...
View ArticleThe conspiracy widens: More than 800 potential new Rupert Murdoch phone...
Link Only a few days ago I posted that Rupert Murdoch was hit by 600 fresh claims of phone hacking. Make that 800 and counting. The Guardian has previously reported: The revelations come at the worst...
View ArticleSecret recordings of Rupert Murdoch and Sun staff: "We will hit back."
Rupie was caught on tape, and Gawker has video and more details here: ExaroNews a British investigative web site, has just published the full transcript of a secretly recorded meeting between media...
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