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  • News of the World vs. WikiLeaks

    07/19/2011 7:05:51 AM PDT · by conservatism_IS_compassion · 24 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | JULY 19, 2011 | Bret Stephens
    How does this year's phone hacking scandal at the now-defunct British tabloid News of the World . . . compare with last year's contretemps over the release of classified information by Julian Assange's WikiLeaks and his partners at the New York Times, the Guardian and other newspapers? At bottom, they're largely the same story. . . . Both, in short, are despicable instances of journalistic malpractice, for which some kind of price ought to be paid. So why is one a scandal, replete with arrests, resignations and parliamentary inquests, while the other is merely a controversy, with Mr. Assange's name...
  • Phone hacking: Australian politicians fight back against Rupert Murdoch's News Limited

    07/18/2011 10:11:11 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 5 replies
    The Telegraph, UK ^ | July 18, 2011 | The Telegraph
    Rupert Murdoch's News Limited is the most powerful media organisation in Australia, but has come under unprecedented scrutiny in the wake of the UK phone hacking scandal. Some have questioned its domination of the newspaper industry and are demanding an official investigation into News Limited's operations, although it has yet to find any evidence of wrongdoing. Here is some of the fighting talk that has come from Australia's leading politicians: Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, on Australian radio: "It's [News Limited] decided it wants to have an election. Ignore the fact that we had an election nine or 10 months ago....
  • News of the World phone hacking whistleblower found dead

    07/18/2011 10:40:23 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    http://www.guardian.co.uk ^ | Monday 18 July 2011 18.04 BST | Amelia Hill, James Robinson, Caroline Davies
    Death of Sean Hoare – who was first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson knew of hacking – not being treated as suspicious 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. Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home. Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but...
  • Critics: WSJ edit is suck-up to Murdoch

    07/18/2011 9:09:57 AM PDT · by Sub-Driver · 12 replies
    Critics: WSJ edit is suck-up to Murdoch By: Reid J. Epstein July 18, 2011 09:38 AM EDT Safe to say the Wall Street Journal’s defiant editorial page defense of News Corp. in the growing phone hacking scandal did not convince anyone in the liberal blogosphere or the Journal diaspora. The scathing editorial, which attacks the Guardian, the New York Times, ProPublica and politicians who have called for investigations into News Corp., drew outrage from both inside the Journal newsroom – anonymously, of course – and from former Journal reporters. “(The) WSJ Editorial is sad,” wrote Sarah Ellison, former Journal reporter...
  • News and Its Critics (WSJ Editorial on News Corp. investigation)

    07/18/2011 6:40:16 AM PDT · by abb · 17 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 18, 2011 | Editorial
    snip ...British tabloids have been known for decades for buying scoops and digging up dirt on the famous. Fleet Street has long had a well-earned global reputation for the blind-quote, single-sourced story that may or may not be true. The outrage in this case stems from the hacking of a noncelebrity, the murder victim Milly Dowler. snip The idea that the BBC and the Guardian newspaper aren't attempting to influence public affairs, and don't skew their coverage to do so, can't stand a day's scrutiny. The overnight turn toward righteous independence recalls an eternal truth: Never trust a politician. snip...
  • Dow Jones CEO Hinton to Resign

    07/15/2011 1:29:56 PM PDT · by library user · 20 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | July 15, 2011
    Just a headline so far. The war against Murdoch and FOX News continues. Hinton is the latest casualty.
  • Guardian apology for Brown medical records story (Murdoch Witch Hunt walk-back begins)

    07/15/2011 11:12:55 AM PDT · by abb · 5 replies
    UK Press-Gazette ^ | July 15, 2011 | Dominic Ponsford
    The Guardian has apologised to The Sun fora front page report on Tuesday which stated that the paper had accessed the medical records of the infant son of former prime minister Gordon Brown. In a correction published on page 36 of today's paper, The Guardian admitted the mistake and apologised for the error. The Sun is now pursuing other news organisations which ran the story. The allegation that The Sun had hacked the medical records of Gordon Brown's infant son Fraser in 2006 led the news agenda and looked like being nearly as damaging for The Sun as allegations about...
  • In Interview, Murdoch Defends News Corp.

    07/15/2011 6:14:36 AM PDT · by Scanian · 9 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 15, 2011 | Bruce Orwall
    In his first significant public comments on the tabloid newspaper scandal that has engulfed his media empire, News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch vigorously defended the company's handling of the crisis but said it would establish an independent committee to "investigate every charge of improper conduct." In an interview, Mr. Murdoch said News Corp. has handled the crisis "extremely well in every way possible," making just "minor mistakes." News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal. The six-year saga centers on dubious reporting tactics at the company's News of the World tabloid in the U.K., a controversy that in...
  • It is in America that Rupert Murdoch faces ruin

    07/14/2011 1:32:43 PM PDT · by bobk333 · 13 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 8:15PM BST 14 Jul 2011 | Anne Applebaum
    The New York Times has put several journalists on producing acres of newsprint detailing the impact of the story on British politics, on News Corp's stock price, on London police... No doubt the NYT is motivated by its ever-earnest search for “all the news that’s fit to print”. But there are other things going on here, too. Murdoch is more than just another proprietor: he’s a bitter enemy. He owns the Wall Street Journal, the NYT’s main upmarket rival. He owns the New York Post, its main downmarket rival. More to the point, Murdoch owns Fox News, the enormously profitable...
  • FBI Opens News Corp. Hacking Probe (Regime opens direct attack on 1st Amendment)

    07/14/2011 1:29:58 PM PDT · by abb · 64 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 14, 2011 | Devlin Barrett
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into whether employees of News Corp. might have hacked or attempted to hack into the private calls and phone records of Sept. 11 victims and their families, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigation was opened Thursday morning, following a request a day earlier by Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) who heads the House Homeland Security Committee and whose Long Island district was home to many victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks. The investigation will try to determine whether employees of News Corp. illegally accessed the private calls, voice-mail...
  • News Corp may be at risk for U.S. probe over bribery (Drudge: WILL OBAMA TARGET MURDOCH?)

    07/11/2011 5:33:31 PM PDT · by CedarDave · 14 replies
    Reuters US ^ | Mon Jul 11, 2011 | Jeremy Pelofsky and Carlyn Kolker
    Rupert Murdoch's News Corp could face probes by U.S. authorities for possibly violating bribery laws, compounding the media mogul's problems after a phone-hacking scandal in Britain. The Obama administration has significantly stepped up enforcement of anti-bribery laws in the last two years, winning big settlements from the likes of Daimler AG and BAE Systems Plc by focusing on bribes they paid to foreign officials to win lucrative contracts. Bribes for business have represented the bulk of these anti-bribery cases brought by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is unclear whether U.S. authorities would use scarce resources...
  • News of the World hacking row escalates(Murdoch newspaper scandal)

    07/05/2011 10:01:37 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 25 replies
    BBC News ^ | 7/5/2011 | BBC
    New allegations have emerged of payments to the police as the row around the News of the World escalates. The paper's owners have passed to the police e-mails which appear to show that payments were authorised by the then editor, Andy Coulson. It comes as a solicitor representing some of the relatives of people who died in the 7/7 bombings says families may have been victims of hacking. MP's will hold an emergency debate in the House of Commons later. BBC business editor Robert Preston says the e-mail disclosure was "a significant development." He said it had an important political...
  • Red Lines

    06/12/2011 5:21:20 PM PDT · by Cindy · 17 replies
    INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | June 12, 2011 | INTERNET-HAGANAH.com
    SNIPPET: "There are some good reasons for allowing at least a few jihadi forums to operate." SNIPPET: "However, there are limits to our ability to exploit all the intelligence opportunities a forum may present. To put it another way, jihadi forums contribute to future terrorism in ways that are unpredictable and/or beyond our ability to control. This would be the view held by those other government agencies who prefer to seek out and destroy forums and to take down forum activists. For my part, I can live with keeping online those forums we have sufficient access to monitor and resources...
  • Remember this?

    04/01/2011 6:42:37 AM PDT · by patriotgal1787
    The Radio Patriot ^ | April 1, 2011 | Andrea Shea King
    Last night on my radio program, I read an open letter to Fox News president Roger Ailes written by Sharon Rondeau of The Post & Email, taking him to task for not reporting on and investigating Barack Obama's background and Constitutional presidential eligibility.It reminded me of another letter written nearly two years ago by John Hemenway, Esq. to Rupert Murdoch, CEO of NewsCorp., parent company of Fox News...May 14, 2009Dear Rupert,
  • NEWS CORP - ROGER AILES: Judith Regan's New Story Is That Roger Ailes Did Not Tell Her To Lie

    02/27/2011 8:52:14 AM PST · by blam · 27 replies
    TBI ^ | Henry Blodget
    NEWS CORP ISSUES WEAK STATEMENT ON ROGER AILES: Judith Regan's New Story Is That Roger Ailes Did Not Tell Her To Lie Henry Blodget Feb. 27, 2011, 11:32 AM Now that there's a rumor going around that FOX boss Roger Ailes is going to be indicted for telling underling Judith Regan to lie to federal investigators, it makes sense to take a closer look at what News Corp. has said about the matter. When the New York Times broke the story last week that Judith Regan had accused Ailes of this--and had a recording of the telephone call to prove...
  • News Corp.’s Net Income More Than Doubles, Led by Its Cable Networks

    02/02/2011 9:31:38 PM PST · by smokingfrog · 1 replies
    NY Times ^ | 2 Feb 2011 | Brian Stelter
    Joining other media companies in reaping the benefits of a rebounding advertising market, the News Corporation said Wednesday that it had more than doubled its net income in the quarter that ended Dec. 31. The News Corporation reported net income of $642 million, or 24 cents a share, compared with $254 million, or 10 cents a share, in the period a year earlier. The company registered a $275 million charge related to the layoffs and changes at MySpace, the beleaguered social networking site that it is trying to sell. As in previous quarters, cable networks like Fox News Channel and...
  • Person of the Year

    12/18/2010 10:44:07 AM PST · by Kaslin · 33 replies · 3+ views
    New York Times ^ | December 17, 2010 | RAJIV SRINIVASAN
    FORT LEWIS, Wa. — Mark Zuckerberg is a name I grew quite familiar with even through my year in Kandahar. Facebook was the novelty through which I interacted with most of the world back home. Though it was accessible only on our trips to the forward operating base — no connectivity on our stranded outpost in the Zhari District. Despite all that Facebook meant to me while at war, I was less than thrilled to find that Mr. Zuckerberg had been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. The distinguished title goes to the man or woman deemed to have...
  • Jon Stewart Rips Fox's GOP Contribution, Ignores Viacom's Dem Donations

    08/19/2010 6:25:54 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 7 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | August 19, 2010 | Noel Sheppard
    Comedian Jon Stewart on Wednesday bashed Fox News for parent company News Corporation's $1 million donation to the Republican Governors Association. Unfortunately, Stewart failed to inform his viewers that Viacom, the parent company of Comedy Central, has so far given disproportionately to Democrats this year. Also missing in the "Daily Show" host's attack of FNC and Glenn Beck was that News Corp. prior to this contribution had historically given more to Democrats than Republicans. Such facts were unimportant Wednesday evening, for Stewart was on another in a long line of Fox News is the devil incarnate rants (video follows with...
  • News Corp. Gives $1 Million to GOP

    08/17/2010 9:57:52 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 17 replies
    WSJ ^ | 18 Aug 2010 | By NEIL KING JR. And LOUISE RADNOFSKY
    News Corp., owner of the Fox network, Fox News and newspapers including the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, gave $1 million in late June to the Republican Governors Association, making it one of the largest corporate donors to the GOP group this election season. The donation, disclosed in Internal Revenue Service filings, marks a shift for the media giant, which traditionally has given smaller sums to candidates and committees and spread them relatively evenly between the two parties. News Corp. spokesman Jack Horner said the contribution was intended to promote the company's core beliefs. "News Corporation has...
  • News Corp. plans national newspaper for tablet computers and cellphones

    08/14/2010 5:53:24 AM PDT · by Erik Latranyi · 7 replies
    LA Times ^ | 13 August 2010 | Dawn C. Chmielewski
    News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch is embarking on an ambitious plan for a new national digital newspaper to be distributed exclusively as paid content for tablet computers such as Apple Inc.'s iPad and mobile phones. The initiative, which would directly compete with the New York Times, USA Today and other national publications, is the latest attempt by a major media organization to harness sexy new devices to reach readers who increasingly consume their news on the go. The development underscores how the iPad is transforming the reading habits of consumers much like the iPod changed how people listen to...