While the Murdochs have been doing their best to keep out of the press over the past few weeks, the scandal that threatened to dismantle their empire is roaring back at them, this time with some allegations that look next to impossible to side step. From the Guardian: Rupert ...read more
The scandal that knows no end just keeps getting worse and worse. This time, the ramifications will be devastating. From the Guardian: Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in July 2000, has been told by Scotland Yard that they have found ...read more
If it wasn't clear before that Fox News is not a news organization and acts only as a mouthpiece for the GOP and Rupert Murdoch's financial interest, after the phone hacking scandal, it really should be. Fox News's coverage of the scandal has been, to put it mildly, hilarious. ...read more
Matt Taibbi on how the phone hacking scandal was a natural consequence of modern corporate capitalism: Once the media business made the collective decision to always put money above editorial judgment, I think scandals like the News of the World affair became inevitable. ...read more
Two key quotes from Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch during the parliamentary hearing in the UK today (transcript via the Guardian): Rupert Murdoch: I didn't know of it [paying police bribes]. I'm sorry... if I can just say something. And this is not as an excuse - ...read more
While the Murdochs scramble to contain the disaster over the phone hacking scandal, elements out of their control continue to escalate to the point of no return. Over the weekend, former executive of News International Rebekah Brooks was formerly arrested on suspicion of ...read more
Breathtaking news from the UK. Via the Guardian: News International announced on Thursday that it is closing the News of the World after this Sunday's edition, with no end in sight to the political and commercial fallout from the phone-hacking scandal after 72 hours of ...read more
