Alternet: 4 Ways the Murdoch Scandal Points To Rot at the Top

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By Adele M. Stan

4 Ways the Murdoch Scandal Points To Rot at the Top

Gag money, lies, political warfare and conflicts of interest are all in a day's work at Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
 
It started with a phone-hacking scandal at a British tabloid, but the scandal now engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation empire encompasses several of his newspapers, including the once-venerable U.K. paper, the Sunday Times, and points to malfeasance by Murdoch's top lieutenant, Les Hinton, the former executive chairman of News International who is now based in New York in his current role as CEO of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal. News International is the News Corp division that comprises all of Murdoch's British papers.

Although yesterday's revelations are rich in new details, those details simply reinforce a narrative that has long defined the company ethos of News Corp, an ethos we describe in four points:

    * The targeting of Rupert Murdoch's political enemies
    * Lying to public officials in official investigations
    * Buying the silence of troublesome employees
    * Lack of full disclosure of conflicts of interest

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1. I'm pretty sure Murdoch is behind much of it

however, is it something that can be proven in a court of law?