If News Corp hacked the phones of 9/11 families, Fox News is finished

[T_i_B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jul/15/usa-rupert-murdoch

There are few universally sacred cows in American politics these days, but the families of the victims of 9/11 are among them -- conservative pundits Ann Coulter and Glenn Beck notwithstanding.

So with the bombshell that News of the World reporters may have sought not only to hack into their cell phone records and voice mails but to bribe a former NYPD officer to help, the U.S. government finally got engaged in doing more than posturing.

Any proof that News Corp did try out its phone hacking here could jeopardise more than an as-yet incomplete acquisition or one newspaper. As the LA Times noted, convictions among News Corp employees could potentially endanger the company's broadcast licences in the US and, as King's call for an FBI showed, endanger the company's reputation among once-loyal conservatives. That would likely be a bigger loss to the company than even News of the World, given Fox News' near-monopoly on conservative viewers these days.

[peace frog]

1. While I would be thrilled if it came to pass,,,it won't

Given the stranglehold the extreme RW has on the US, Faux News ultimately will be protected should Murdoch go down in flames.

[Jefferson23]

2. I expect we'll learn about a lot more dirt in the near future.

:woohoo:

[Gman]

3. That assumes conservatives have real principles

They'll overlook it just like they overlook everything about Beck. Bachman and Palin.

Furthermore this isn't the UK. A few underlings cN be thrown under the bus and it's back to business as usual.

[Ian David]

4. How long until Alex Jones claims Fox "News" planted fake messages on 9/11 voicemails? n/t

[pennylane100]

5. One of the things I love about DU is that I learn so much about everything..

I had not heard of Alex Jones, so I googled him. He seems to live deep in tin foil country.