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Ex-News Of The World Employees Claim James Murdoch Misled Parliament;...
I"m still struggling with Mr. Computer, so forgive the brevity. Just click on this to read TPM's thorough account of two former NOTW employees. Here's the tease: A former reporter and the former legal...
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Direct from Fox-guarded hen house: Rupert Murdoch ally is "responsible" for...
Here is another link I can't follow since my New York Times access is limited, but I can share the email alert: Joel I. Klein, the former New York City schools chancellor, was in a tricky position....
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British lawmakers demand that James Murdoch clarify hacking testimony
Yes, by all means, James, "clarify" your testimony. Or as I call it, "weasel": LONDON (AP) -- British lawmakers on Friday demanded that James Murdoch clarify why testimony he gave to a parliamentary...
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Old allegations of spying by News Corp. could be used against them in hacking...
News Corps. has its own "lather, rinse, repeat" pattern. Hack, settle, buy. That's what they've done with many a business who has retaliated after having been hacked by them. They end up settling for...
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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...
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Quickie: 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...
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UK 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...
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News 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...
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News 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...
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Oops! 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...
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Jude 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...
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The 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...
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Rupert 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...
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The 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...
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Quickie: 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...
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Sen. 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...
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Report: 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...
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Rupert 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...
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The 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...
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Secret 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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