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Murdoch Folds News Of The World Over Hacking
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Posted on 07/07/2011 9:16:22 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Murdoch Folds News Of The World Over Hacking

This Sunday's News Of The World will be the last ever issue of the tabloid, News International chairman James Murdoch has announced.

He said this newspaper would not run any commercial adverts this weekend, adding the advertising space would be donated to causes and charities.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: murdoch; newsinternational; newsoftheworld
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As the chips fall........
1 posted on 07/07/2011 9:16:24 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
. . . "oh boy, there's chips?!"
2 posted on 07/07/2011 9:21:23 AM PDT by de.rm ('Most people never believe anything you tell them unless it isn't true."-Groucho Marx)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’ll admit, I haven’t been following this, and News of the World is a pretty bad paper.

But a lot of people were just put out of work, which bothers me. And most of them were probably totally innocent - drivers, printers, etc.


3 posted on 07/07/2011 9:24:17 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Sub-Driver
I FOUND A PICTURE OF YOU, OH OH OH OH
WHAT HIJACKED MY WORLD THAT NIGHT
TO A PLACE IN THE PAST
WE'VE BEEN CAST OUT OF? OH OH OH OH
NOW WE'RE BACK IN THE FIGHT
WE'RE BACK ON THE TRAIN
OH, BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG


A CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, OH OH OH OH
THE PHONE, THE TV AND THE NEWS OF THE WORLD
GOT IN THE HOUSE LIKE A PIGEON FROM HELL, OH OH OH OH
THREW SAND IN OUR EYES AND DESCENDED LIKE FLIES
PUT US BACK ON THE TRAIN
OH, BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG


(Caps in original)
4 posted on 07/07/2011 9:48:32 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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5 posted on 07/07/2011 10:06:53 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Sub-Driver

How do we get the New York Times to follow suit?


6 posted on 07/07/2011 10:09:20 AM PDT by Argus
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That didn’t take long I have feeling Murdoch going do that it is bad scandel hacking family phone of fallen UK soldiers that bad for business


7 posted on 07/07/2011 10:29:28 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: raccoonradio

That didn’t take long I got original album on vinyl LOL!


8 posted on 07/07/2011 10:30:25 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

NBC was already having a field day salivating over this even before the tabloid folded. Bet they are mad they’ll probably have to lead tonight with Casey Anthony, otherwise it would be this!


9 posted on 07/07/2011 10:40:06 AM PDT by GnuHere
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To: raccoonradio

I wish I could have posted that. No pics where I am. (In fact, I had to check properties on the light red x to confirm that you posted what I thought.)

When the Daily Mail gets embroiled in a similar scandal, I guess I’ll post lyrics to “Paperback Writer.”


10 posted on 07/07/2011 11:02:30 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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11 posted on 07/07/2011 11:25:41 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: GnuHere

I get BBC world news on Verzion FIOS this was lead story this morning not suprise BBC world news and UK News Corp Hate each other WITH PASSION


12 posted on 07/07/2011 11:27:14 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

In fairness this is the lead story on any and every news channel in the UK at the moment, regardless of affiliation or political bias


13 posted on 07/07/2011 11:50:58 AM PDT by Mitch86
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To: Sub-Driver
Note the following: Rupert Murdoch took the drastic, but necessary step to correct a situation that was going to reflect very badly on NewsCorp in general. And this I highly applaud him for doing so.

In sharp contrast, when the Rathergate scandal broke in early fall 2004 after FR member Buckhead's comment about the authenticity of the Texas ANG memos, CBS News completely denied the scandal until the blogosphere so clearly demonstrated that the memos were completely fake that CBS News finally had to back down--and very reluctantly, I might add! And Dan Rather and Mary Mapes didn't leave CBS News until several months after the scandal broke--and that was after an internal CBS News investigation that clearly showed the problems with that scandal.

14 posted on 07/07/2011 12:20:08 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Mitch86

Hey question are they totally taking Rupert Murdoch to the woodshed on this


15 posted on 07/07/2011 12:35:28 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: RayChuang88

Ray rack that take on that

Yeah I thought CBS news would be taken down for that scandel they got b***slap on that scandel


16 posted on 07/07/2011 12:37:50 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

Absolutely, you sense this is the ‘payback’ moment that pretty much every (non-murdoch) media outlet in the country, europe, even the world has been waiting for.

BBC Question Time is on in just over an hour. It’s a panel show where audience members question important (and not so important!) politicians on the news story of the day. One senses this is going to be a memorable episode!


17 posted on 07/07/2011 1:57:12 PM PDT by Mitch86
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The News Of The World is famous for printing "dirty" stories that other newspapers would not touch.

Now we'll never know what the vicar did to the choirboy.

18 posted on 07/07/2011 2:02:15 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: Mitch86

Keep us update on Question Time


19 posted on 07/07/2011 2:23:19 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: SevenofNine

About to start, the panel includes a Govt. minister (David Cameron hired the former NOTW editor Andy Coulson as a spin-doctor)
and a right-leaning radio/television presenter called John Gaunt who used to be a journalist for The Sun...the News Of The World’s sister paper!

These appointments are made weeks in advance so this is all just a happy conicidence, but I can sense there are going to be some awkward questions and red faces coming up!


20 posted on 07/07/2011 2:44:31 PM PDT by Mitch86
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