whatever happened to that U.S. investigation of rupert murdoch's news corp. ???

[spanone]

July 24, 2011

U.S. readies Rupert Murdoch investigation

"The truth has a way of coming to the surface. We're going to keep asking questions to make sure that no American laws were violated in this growing scandal."

So says Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., as the prospect of a U.S. investigation into the doings of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. appears to be getting serious.

The U.S. Justice Department, responding to calls 10 days ago from Boxer and other U.S. lawmakers to open an investigation, was reported Friday to be drawing up subpoenas in the matter. The Justice Department has also asked British police for cooperation in its investigations, Bloomberg News reported.

Whether the whole truth will ultimately emerge, or Murdoch's besieged media empire found to have broken U.S. law remains to be seen. But more allegations that could buttress calls for a U.S. inquiry continue to come out.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-24/business/29808879_1_james-murdoch-news-corp-rupert-murdoch

[TroglodyteScholar]

1. The same thing that's happened to this thread in the past 10 minutes.

That is... nothing.

[spanone]

3. bwahahahaa...interesting article here...just found

U.S. Attorney Recuses Himself From News Corp. Investigation


December 20, 2011 12:35 pm ET by Eric Boehlert

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, has recused himself from the office's ongoing investigation into News Corp. because of a longstanding friendship with a News Corp. board member.

The U.S. Attorney's office does not publicly announce when recusals are made, but spokeswoman Ellen Davis confirmed to Media Matters that Bharara took himself off the investigation several months ago. Bharara consulted with the Department of Justice's ethicist who concluded he did not have to recuse himself, but that "in order to avoid even the appearance of impropriety" he opted to do so, says Davis.

In the wake of this summer's sweeping phone-hacking scandal in Britain, the U.S. Attorney's office launched an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to determine if the company has been engaged in a pattern of corrupt business practices in America.

Allegations include a Murdoch-owned marketing firm hacking into a competitor's password-protecting website in order to steal proprietary information. As part of a civil lawsuit, which was abruptly settled for $30 million, News Corp. admitted its computers were used for the hacking attacks. A News Corp. whistle blower has also gone on the record alleging the same U.S. marketing firm routinely engaged in predatory pricing and other anti-competitive practices. Media Matters reported in September that in the wake of the hacking scandal, U.S. investigators for the first time had reached out to the News Corp. whistleblower.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201112200009

[malaise]

7. Should be interesting

I can't wait for Murdoch, Ailes, St Rudy et al to be exposed.

[Initech]

2. We're like Officer Barbrady from South Park: Move along!

Nothing to see here!

Go back to bed America your government is in control.

[hootinholler]

4. It's hard to tell

Even if there is an ongoing investigation the DOJ will be playing it close to the vest.

Unless there is some intrepid reporter in the right place at the right time, we may never know.

[leftyohiolib]

5. close to the vest untill it cools down then into the void it will go

[T S Justly]

6. If it ever existed, it's lost favor to Occupy/social media investigations and prosecutions. K&R (nt)