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Ex-Publisher Says News Corp. Official Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Giuliani
The New York Times ^ | November 13, 2007 | RUSS BUETTNER

Posted on 11/13/2007 4:40:09 PM PST by alicewonders

Judith Regan, the book publisher who was fired by the News Corporation last year, asserts in a lawsuit filed today that a senior executive at the media conglomerate encouraged her to mislead federal investigators about her relationship with Bernard B. Kerik during his bid to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.

The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post.

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The News Corporation controls a vast array of media outlets worldwide, including Twentieth Century Fox, the New York Post and the Fox News Channel, where Ms. Regan once hosted a talk show.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: fox; giuliani; giulianitruthfile; judithregan; kerik; lawsuit; lovenest; newscorp; regan
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To: Liz; indylindy
Omerta!


21 posted on 11/13/2007 5:37:48 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: alicewonders

I know there are an abundance of Rudy haters here, but consider the source.


22 posted on 11/13/2007 5:38:21 PM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: calcowgirl

Rudy looks like De Niro in that pic ROFL


23 posted on 11/13/2007 5:38:56 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: popdonnelly

I hate Rudy. Now hit the abuse button.


24 posted on 11/13/2007 5:39:27 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

No Way! (I love DeNiro! lol)


25 posted on 11/13/2007 5:40:10 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl

No sh*t. Argh. Those two are attached at the hip and have shared the kiss.

No way does Rooty not know all there is to know about Bernie and vice versa.

Rupert loves Hillary and Rooty both because he supports them both.


26 posted on 11/13/2007 5:43:12 PM PST by dforest (Duncan Hunter is the best hope we have on both fronts.)
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To: Enchante

Consider: Who is stupid enough to tell someone to outright lie to Federal investigators? That is likely to earn that person a trip to the Federal penitentiary.


27 posted on 11/13/2007 5:44:07 PM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Boo hoo.


28 posted on 11/13/2007 5:45:02 PM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: popdonnelly

See post #16. It’s not just the NYT - the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.com. This is only the beginning of stuff that’s going to come out about Rudy - this is why he is not a good candidate for us.


29 posted on 11/13/2007 5:51:00 PM PST by alicewonders (Duncan Hunter needs to be our next Sec. of Defense, Dir. of Homeland Security - or Vice President!)
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To: alicewonders
None of the Rudy-philes have ever responded to any of my questions regarding that scenario!

Does anyone really doubt that poor Rudy will start to feel poorly around July of 2008?

Why would any self-declared Republican voter seriously consider Rudy G for POTUS in the nomination phase?
That same question applies to the other top two liberal MSM favorite news/entertainment/poll worthy RINO candidates, McCain and Romney.

If we really are all trained to vote for the lessor of two evils for POTUS, perhaps it is time we pay the price for our folly.

30 posted on 11/13/2007 6:00:28 PM PST by sarasmom (Hunter /Thompson 2008! 15-35% of Democrats would be happy to vote for Hunter Thompson as POTUS!)
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To: alicewonders

Everyone involved has demonstrated a powerful incentive to lie.

Can’t they all lose?


31 posted on 11/13/2007 6:02:27 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: Liz

Kerik/Giuliani ping.


32 posted on 11/13/2007 6:03:01 PM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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To: Enchante
Well for one thing it is impossible to ‘smear’ someone like Judith Regan, the vicious lying slut who sleeps around with married men and who tried to publish OJ’s boastful “murder manual”...... what is not in dispute is that she is a whore, a liar, and a shameless opportunist who was happy to cash in on OJ’s notoriety, even when it meant promoting his murder manual and inflicting even more depravity upon our society and misery upon those families.

Good evening, Mrs. Kerik.

33 posted on 11/13/2007 6:05:35 PM PST by Petronski (Congratulations C.C. Sabathia - A.L. Cy Young 2007)
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To: Petronski

LOL!


34 posted on 11/13/2007 6:07:18 PM PST by alicewonders (Duncan Hunter needs to be our next Sec. of Defense, Dir. of Homeland Security - or Vice President!)
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To: sarasmom
What happens if post-convention Rudy becomes the Republican nominee, the MSM dumps their garbage truck full of "goodies" on Rudy and he either has to or chooses to decide he no longer wishes to be the Republican candidate for President? Do the Republicans take the runner-up to the nomination, Rudy's VP, or be forced to resort to a write-in campaign? Can the courts rule like they have with nominees for other offices that it's too late and the Republicans are stuck with Rudy even though his negatives are higher than his positives?

Just curious. Does anybody know?

35 posted on 11/13/2007 6:08:58 PM PST by penowa
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To: penowa
What happens if post-convention Rudy becomes the Republican nominee, the MSM dumps their garbage truck full of "goodies" on Rudy and he either has to or chooses to decide he no longer wishes to be the Republican candidate for President?

That's a very good question and a frightening scenario. It would be a good way to almost guarantee a democrat win. Reminds me a little bit of the timing of revelations about Mark Foley right before the 2006 elections and before that, the story about Bush being arrested for drunk driving before - was that the 2000 election?

Anyway - timing is everything & you'd better believe that there are stories out there being held until just the right time on Rudy - the guy just has so much baggage.

36 posted on 11/13/2007 6:14:17 PM PST by alicewonders (Duncan Hunter needs to be our next Sec. of Defense, Dir. of Homeland Security - or Vice President!)
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To: JRochelle

Don’t leave Murdock out.


37 posted on 11/13/2007 6:21:51 PM PST by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nilhilism)
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To: alicewonders

“FOX has been really atrocious lately - I can hardly stand to watch them. Something has changed there.”

So true. Can’t watch them during the day and don’t like their evening programming either. Must be why I am on the puter now.


38 posted on 11/13/2007 6:22:51 PM PST by casino66 ( If I vote Dem I'll get everything 'free')
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To: Petronski
"Good evening, Mrs. Kerik"

LOL, good one! But rest assured, I have not the slightest personal connection with anyone even remotely connected with this case. My reasons for despising Judith Regan are not personal but moral, professional, political, and yes spiritual. People like here are a blight on our society, regardless of whether she is telling the truth in this specific instance - I very much doubt it, but when tens of millions of dollars are at stake someone like her will say and do just about anything.
39 posted on 11/13/2007 6:23:33 PM PST by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT")
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To: Enchante

Thank you Rudy schill. Regan is merely doing business the New York way. Ya got a problem with that???


40 posted on 11/13/2007 6:26:02 PM PST by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nilhilism)
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