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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNews Corp.: We Have No Record Of Fox News Subpoena
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/news-corp-fox-news-subpoena-doj_n_3343719.html<snip>
May 27 (Reuters) - News Corp said on Monday it is still reviewing whether it has any record of a notification from the United States government involving a subpoena for a Fox News reporter's phone records.
The media conglomerate was responding to the Justice Department, which said it told News Corp about the seizure of phone records for James Rosen, a reporter with Fox News, in August 2010.
"While we don't take issue with the DOJ's account that they sent a notice to News Corp, we do not have a record of ever having received it," said News Corp spokesman Nathaniel Brown, who added the company is looking into the matter
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A law enforcement official who asked not to be named said in a statement Monday that "In the investigation that led to the indictment of Stephen Kim, the government issued subpoenas for toll records for five phone numbers associated with the media. Consistent with Department of Justice policies and procedures, the government provided notification of those subpoenas nearly three years ago by certified mail, facsimile, and e-mail." The official said notice went to both News Corp and to the reporter, Rosen.
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News Corp.: We Have No Record Of Fox News Subpoena (Original Post)
kentuck
May 2013
OP
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)1. Even if news falls in their lap they will still dig for the news.
Because digging for news is what Fox does
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)2. BWAHAHAHA ... What lackey stooge intern will take the bullet for this one?
"Oh him/her? No longer under our employ. No idea what happened to the alleged subpoena."
siligut
(12,272 posts)3. If the DOJ used certified mail, then they have a receipt
And email also retains a record, as do faxes, this will all be in the fax log.
News Corp is has a very convenient memory.
railsback
(1,881 posts)4. There's nothing convenient about that memory
siligut
(12,272 posts)5. Just the standard GOP memory
"I don't remember" is their mantra.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)6. I so wish to see someone pop up and say "Here it is!" n/t