murdoch’s company has lost billions in market cap since this broke. barely a mention on fox news and fox business. wsj plays the victim. casualties are mounting. murdoch says he is charge, but says that he really isn’t day to day. Then, why is his company paying people off?
Among his other sins, Rupert Murdoch has irreparably harmed the quality and reputation of two of the world’s great newspapers, the Times of London and the Wall Street Journal. Perhaps the one satisfaction is that his activities were uncovered by means of good journalism as a sort of reverse of Gresham’s Law. Of course if quality makes a resurgence, Queen Vic may become one of the most popular comics in the wold.
If it had happened here it would be nothing. How many times has the NYT and Washington Post defied court orders, not divulged their sources and printed state secrets. Want to hear a cell phone? Turn on you AM radio. Supreme Court says cops don’t need court orders to record cells. No expectation of privacy. Thank you liberals.
I, too, am appalled by the actions of “News of the World” and the other related stores coming out of Britain. OTOH, I can’t help but noting that they did what they did because they thought it would sell newspapers. By and large, they were right. I wonder how many of the people in Britain who are now outraged by NotW and Murdoch’s sleazy tabloid journalism were perfectly happy, even eager, to pay good money for it at the time.
You mean privacy is only dimly infered by the 4th Amendment.?You mean this case would tie up the court for decades. “I can’t define a cell phone but I’ll sign a two year contract if you give me one.”
Yes, in Lewreader-world, journalists not divulging their sources is TOTALLY the same thing as “journalists” hacking into the phone of a 13-year-old murder victim.
Eavesdropping on public conversations is legal and often unavoidable. Taking testimony from whistleblowers and protecting their identities is legal. Breaking and entering a private account and altering its contents is not.-———————————————————————————————————————-pabsungenis said, “Why do I keep feeling like I’ve stumbled onto Non Sequitur’s comments page by mistake?”Blueberries.
Doesn’t Peirs who wrote about tapping phones from Rupert, work for CNN now? Maybe he won’t last long enough to match Larry King in exes. If you want to blame someone, add in the public who eats up that drivel with a spoon.I admit, it’s like hearing Hitler say he was surrounded by bad guys, Next they will say they were only following orders. One thing all the “moral” right has in common after agreeing on which lie to tell is throwing anyone around them under the bus when things go south,
If only Her Majesty had in her empire some sort of remote continent on the far side of the world full of harsh, unforgiving terrain and crawling with all of the world’s deadliest animals that she could use as a prison colony for the likes of Murdoch.
yyyguy almost 13 years ago
in my university days we used to joke about the mounties pre-reading our mail. (yes, i’m hopelessly analog.)
pcolli almost 13 years ago
I wish I’d witnessed the shaving foam “pie” incident.I wonder how many people in the room surpressed a laugh.
Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
She out-Foxed him.
vwdualnomand almost 13 years ago
murdoch’s company has lost billions in market cap since this broke. barely a mention on fox news and fox business. wsj plays the victim. casualties are mounting. murdoch says he is charge, but says that he really isn’t day to day. Then, why is his company paying people off?
Samskara almost 13 years ago
Among his other sins, Rupert Murdoch has irreparably harmed the quality and reputation of two of the world’s great newspapers, the Times of London and the Wall Street Journal. Perhaps the one satisfaction is that his activities were uncovered by means of good journalism as a sort of reverse of Gresham’s Law. Of course if quality makes a resurgence, Queen Vic may become one of the most popular comics in the wold.
grapfhics almost 13 years ago
Murdoch’s statement that it’s not his fault reminds me if the boss complaining he is surrounded by idiots, what does that make him?
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
If it had happened here it would be nothing. How many times has the NYT and Washington Post defied court orders, not divulged their sources and printed state secrets. Want to hear a cell phone? Turn on you AM radio. Supreme Court says cops don’t need court orders to record cells. No expectation of privacy. Thank you liberals.
CoBass almost 13 years ago
I, too, am appalled by the actions of “News of the World” and the other related stores coming out of Britain. OTOH, I can’t help but noting that they did what they did because they thought it would sell newspapers. By and large, they were right. I wonder how many of the people in Britain who are now outraged by NotW and Murdoch’s sleazy tabloid journalism were perfectly happy, even eager, to pay good money for it at the time.
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
You mean privacy is only dimly infered by the 4th Amendment.?You mean this case would tie up the court for decades. “I can’t define a cell phone but I’ll sign a two year contract if you give me one.”
Christopher Shea almost 13 years ago
Yes, in Lewreader-world, journalists not divulging their sources is TOTALLY the same thing as “journalists” hacking into the phone of a 13-year-old murder victim.
jmastanduno almost 13 years ago
To hack, or not to hack. Ziss iss zee qvestion.
Pab Sungenis creator almost 13 years ago
Why do I keep feeling like I’ve stumbled onto Non Sequitur’s comments page by mistake?
Pab Sungenis creator almost 13 years ago
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leilahosley almost 13 years ago
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Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Eavesdropping on public conversations is legal and often unavoidable. Taking testimony from whistleblowers and protecting their identities is legal. Breaking and entering a private account and altering its contents is not.-———————————————————————————————————————-pabsungenis said, “Why do I keep feeling like I’ve stumbled onto Non Sequitur’s comments page by mistake?”Blueberries.
freeholder1 almost 13 years ago
Doesn’t Peirs who wrote about tapping phones from Rupert, work for CNN now? Maybe he won’t last long enough to match Larry King in exes. If you want to blame someone, add in the public who eats up that drivel with a spoon.I admit, it’s like hearing Hitler say he was surrounded by bad guys, Next they will say they were only following orders. One thing all the “moral” right has in common after agreeing on which lie to tell is throwing anyone around them under the bus when things go south,
spiritoflionelhutzlives almost 13 years ago
…if there was no demand for this cr@p, then there would be no supple…kill the demand…
vwdualnomand almost 13 years ago
hey rupert, foreign corrupt practices act….say goodbye to your stations and licenses.
mdblanche almost 13 years ago
If only Her Majesty had in her empire some sort of remote continent on the far side of the world full of harsh, unforgiving terrain and crawling with all of the world’s deadliest animals that she could use as a prison colony for the likes of Murdoch.