Rupert Murdoch

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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    [Why the rush to close down the paper?] News of the World closes, innocent people lose their jobs and baby Murdoch and his management team continue with business as usual at another paper site.

    [What are they hiding?] The hackers were News Corp employees, not terrorists, not China, and, not North Korea, They knew who and what they were targeting, so what were they really after, another Dow Jones power play?

    The U.S. stated that in some cases ‘hacking’ would be treated as an ‘act of war’. What is our position when a citizen of the U.S. is caught hacking within another country? Could it become a case of treason?
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Murdoch is the world's most corrupt scumbag. He doesn't just own several newspapers, he own mass media in general, he owns so many stations and other media outlets. He is THE monopoly of the media world.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    The 'News of The World' folds amid hacking scandal.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14070733

    Brilliant!

    Hopefully 'The Sun' will soon go the same way.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    looks like murdoch's son can be facing charges in the UK and the US.

    i am gonna predict now that no charges are brought here in the US...

    Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by U.S.

    http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/ ... ed-by-u-s/

    As the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s media empire widens, attention is increasingly being focused on his son, James Murdoch. The Guardian reported on Friday that the younger Murdoch, who has already admitted misleading Parliament, “could face criminal charges on both sides of the Atlantic.”

    James Murdoch is the deputy CEO of News Corp, the US company which owns the British company News International that allegedly paid police officers in the United Kingdom for information. This could make him liable to prosecution in the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits American companies from bribing foreign officials.

    Current TV’s Keith Olbermann summarized the latest developments in the scandal before turning to Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff for commentary. Wolff began by saying that the elder Murdoch should really be out apologizing to everyone who has been harmed by his company’s actions, but “that’s not Rupert Murdoch.”

    “This is a company that’s all about — it’s about power,” Wolff explained. “You hurt me, you diss me, we smack you down.” He added, “These people will do anything.”

    “Is James Murdoch really at legal risk?” Olbermann asked.

    “I think it’s an exaggeration, somewhat,” Wolff replied, but he quickly noted, “Anything could happen now. … The unimaginable is now occurring.”

    “This is the snowball effect,” Wolff said, explaining that when it comes to Rupert Murdoch, “these politicians … in the UK have had to put up with this guy for a long time. He’s never been pleasant about it. He’s always extracted blood. So finally there’s an opportunity. ‘We can get rid of this guy.’”

    Wolff concluded by saying that we can expect “new revelations every day” as “more shoes drop.”
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    looks like murdoch's son can be facing charges in the UK and the US.

    i am gonna predict now that no charges are brought here in the US...

    Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by U.S.

    I bet you're right. His 'ol man has so much power that charges against him won't happen.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    Jeanwah wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    looks like murdoch's son can be facing charges in the UK and the US.

    i am gonna predict now that no charges are brought here in the US...

    Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by U.S.

    I bet you're right. His 'ol man has so much power that charges against him won't happen.
    if you are rich, you can buy justice. plain and simple...

    murdoch's son will not only not be charged in the states, he will also walk free in any trial brought in the uk. you heard it here first, kiddos....
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    This scandal has exposed Murdoch News Corporation for what it is, a 'MONOPOLY'. A monopoly that used its satellite holdings to break local, national, and international laws.

    This scandal has served as a wake-up call because you now have the UK, the USA and Australia seeking to breakup that 'monopoly'.

    Murdoch's biggest fear is that they'll make him divest his holdings just like they did with AT&T, because Murdoch is all about power and control, this would be a fate worst than jail. That's why Rupert, the big man himself, has flown to the UK.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Leave Rupert Murdoch alone, he's an old fella from my neck of the woods.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Murdoch gave up his Aussie citizenship back in ’85 just so he could buy a TV station in the U.S. With one phone call, Rupert closed down a major UK newspaper and put hundreds of innocent people out of work. You think good old Rudy wouldn’t twist the screws on Australia to keep his control and power in the media? So much for your down-under, homeboy, god save the queen loyalty !!!!
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    puremagic wrote:
    Murdoch gave up his Aussie citizenship back in ’85 just so he could buy a TV station in the U.S. With one phone call, Rupert closed down a major UK newspaper and put hundreds of innocent people out of work. You think good old Rudy wouldn’t twist the screws on Australia to keep his control and power in the media? So much for your down-under, homeboy, god save the queen loyalty !!!!

    You take that back! :lol:
    Obviously I wasn't being serious with my above post, take a chill pill :roll:
    Like I give a damn about this greedy guy, he apparently wants to charge people for accessing his news websites.
    And what are you talking about with ''god save the queen loyalty''?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtcq8RDDPFU
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    coincidence or not???

    this timing is very suspicious to me...

    News Corp. phone hacking whistleblower found dead

    The Guardian:
    Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.
    According to the Guardian, police are not treating Hoare's death as suspicious:

    "The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing."
    Whatever happened, this sure adds a new twist to this lede from the New York Times:

    “Bury your mistakes,” Rupert Murdoch is fond of saying.
    Even if Hoare's death is completely unrelated to the News Corp. scandal, it seems likely that a lot of valuable information is going to be buried along with him.

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/1 ... t=FaceBook
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Why am I not shocked, Gimme?
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,470
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Why am I not shocked, Gimme?
    probably because as a general rule whistleblowers are rarely treated as the heroes that they are and often die under mysterious circumstances just as a scandal they exposed is breaking, or shortly afterward...

    i will reserve judgement for a final cause of death, but my spidey sense is telling me something is not adding up and we have lost a great wealth of evidence with this person's passing....
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,829
    If he has to sell Fox TV, I hope the Simpsons all find a job together on a new show.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    If he has to sell Fox TV, I hope the Simpsons all find a job together on a new show.


    i just hope someone looks after ralphie wiggum.... hes needs some stability. 8-)
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    it's fun to watch rupert squirm
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Rupert's son is pretty creepy. Apple not falling far from the tree n' stuff.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    this phone hacking is the tip of the iceberg for murdoch ... betcha the whistleblower knew a lot more shady stuff ...
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    norm wrote:
    it's fun to watch rupert squirm

    OMG, I love it!! I've been watching this guy build his empire over the last 20 years and it's just awesome to see the scumbag squirm and fall. (I'm usually not that happy about someone's misfortune, don't get me wrong)

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