rupert murdoch
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Ruminating on Murdoch’s Influence
This is a comprehensive roundup on the ways in which Rupert Murdoch’s handling of his media empire has impacted your life—via journalism, via politics, via the relationship of the public and the press. The phone-hacking scandal has prompted revelations about…
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British Hacking Scandal Roundup
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the British phone hacking scandal is the lack of coverage in the US press. Among the US newspapers, the NY Times is the only one I can find which has done significant reporting on…
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Phone Hacking and Its Here, There and Everywhere Influences
News International’s phone hacking scandal has regenerated all over the web as the scandal continues to unfold, tracing back the hacking and subsequent bribery that’s been happening for years–more and more articles appear detailing the latest happenings in Parliament. With…
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Breaking Laws to Break the Story
Rupert Murdoch‘s U.K. tabloid News of the World, and its parent company News Group Newspapers (also owned by Murdoch), are under scrutiny after The Guardian reported that the group paid 1 million pounds (1.6 million dollars) in out-of-court settlements to…