Murdoch's Number One Harpy takes a tumble. Today's biggest phone hacking stories all in one spot.

[Snoutport]

Hello! Here is a breakdown for the best of the phone hacking stories I've come across! Please feel free to link any other interesting articles you run across!

Rebekah Brooks resigns over phone-hacking scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/rebekah-brooks-resigns-phone-hacking-scandal

Rupert Murdoch loves him some Rebekah Brooks. She is a nasty piece of work, too. She began as a secretary and through evil and low-down deeds clawed her way into Rupert Murdoch's evil dark heart. They are birds of a feather and Murdoch cares about her so much that he killed the News of the World. Yes, Murdoch took the world's LARGEST paper and killed it for this woman.

Murdoch did everything he could to keep her safe. Now all he can do is try to keep her out of jail.

The Murdochs were called to speak, under oath to Parliament and said no. Parliament said speak or go to jail. Suddenly the Murdochs have decided they will be able to speak to Parliament. Brooks too will be there answering questions.


Nick Clegg accidently called News Corp "News Corpse". I think we should start using that.

The Facebook/tweet campaign in Britain to boycott all things Murdoch is doing some damage to News Corpse. We should be doing the same thing here.

The FBI is investigating here. More members of Congress have called for investigations. In Britain only the far left has been left out of Murdoch's web. They were the target so no collusion has been found. It might end up being the same here.

In the US there is a line up of people now saying that there will be no investigation into things. BUT, my feeling is that these are early reporters for Murdoch trying to get things to quiet down.

Australia continues to look into News Corp. Murdoch owns (150?) papers in Australia. I can't imagine he hasn't been doing the same thing there that he did in England.

Rebekah Brooks: where it all went wrong --good read-- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/rebekah-brooks-news-international

Phone Hacking: Rupert Murdoch's daughter in 'furious' attack on Rebekah Brooks @ the Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8639163/Phone-Hacking-Rupert-Murdochs-daughter-in-furious-attack-on-Rebekah-Brooks.html

Rebekah Brooks's departure puts Les Hinton in the spotlight http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/rebekah-brooks-resignation-les-hinton-news-corps

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/15/phone-hacking-met-police-guardian This is a great article. Scotland Yard hired a Murdoch Minion (Who was arrested yesterday) as a secret adviser. His advice, apparently, was to pressure the Guardian to stop running stories about phone hacking. Yes, the police were trying to kill the story with the help of Murdoch's minions.

Prime Minister of England admits that he had Murdoch Editor and disgraced Communications head for PM over for a sleepover at the Prime Minster's summer house- AFTER he left in disgrace. Brooks also visited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/15/cameron-meetings-media-list-guests-chequers

A great collection of all the times News Corp and the police (who were investigating News Corp) went out and ate dinner together. Yes, as the police were investigating phone hacking, Rupert Murdoch's minions were taking the same police out for dinner, drinks, etc. DOZENS of times. These are the same officers who covered up the depth of the phone hacking scandal. One of them even retired after finding News Corp was clean now and was then hired for a lucrative position writing a column for...yes, one of Murdoch's papers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/13/john-yates-meeting-news-international

The BBC is reporting that Murdoch apologized to the Dowler family. (Murdoch's papers were hacking their dead daughter's phone) Isn't that nice? Murdoch made the family come to meet him in a hotel where the press was waiting, en masse, so that Murdoch could show the world he wasn't a bad guy! See, he had the family come down and get apologized to! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14168633

This is a video of a radio tower burning and collapsing. It has nothing to do with any of the phone hacking but it was pretty cool to watch and, I figured, I might as well end things with some fireworks! Have a great day!! And, remember, even if it isn't a very good weekend, it is better than Rupert Murdoch's. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14168281

[ClarkUSA]

1. Thanks again for the great compilation of news on the failing Murdoch Empire.

:applause:

I couldn't be happier to hear about the FBI investigation, too, even though the stautue of limitations on wiretapping charges may be up. There are other laws NI has broken if the investigation pans out.

[Snoutport]

6. Opening the news lately has been like Christmas morning!

What goody will I find under the tree this morning??!!

[ClarkUSA]

12. LOL

I know exactly how you feel. The Guardian is my homepage for now. :D

[Snoutport]

16. They are certainly doing the best job.

But now that I see that the MET was pressuring them to quit, all the more kudos to them!

[ClarkUSA]

18. Scotland Yard has lost its integrity in the public eye, that's for sure.

The Guardian has balls of steel compared to those idiots.

[Snoutport]

21. Yeah...the police collusion is very troubling

I think there will be great fallout in that area.

[ClarkUSA]

23. I hope you're right. As long as Cameron is PM, I have my doubts any real change will occur.

He and the Tories have made a Devil's pact with Murdoch (Cameron saw Brooks TWICE on Christmas, his second guest at Downing Street was Rupert Murdoch, AND he paid for Coulson to stay at Checquers two months after Coulson left in disgrace). I suspect that his contrition act and theirs are being orchestrated for maximum effect on the public.

[Snoutport]

24. I've kind of thought, since Sept. that this would bring Cameron down

your thoughts?

[ClarkUSA]

27. He's become a laughingstock, hasn't he? I see Ed Milliband as the next PM by a relative landslide.

All the recent Lib Dem voters aka. disillusioned Labour voters will abandon Clegg to vote for Labour this time. Ditto for the student set who were betrayed by Clegg's breaking his promise via bending over for Cameron's tuition brain fart.

[Snoutport]

17. AWESOME ARTICLE: Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch's American media empire 'could unravel'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8641379/Phone-hacking-Rupert-Murdochs-American-media-empire-could-unravel.html

Senator Barbara Boxer of California, a leading liberal, has questioned whether Mr Murdoch's media licences could be revoked under regulations requiring licence-holders to be of "good character"

[malaise]

Excellent post

Parliament said speak or go to jail.

I'm hoping for speak and go to prison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRv9b7S6Hm8&NR=1
My dream for Rupert Murdoch

add

[aquart]

4. Our Congress has those powers, too, doesn't it?

Why the fuck don't we use them?

[malaise]

9. Because the corporate media and the corporations

own Congress.
When Rupert and his goons tried to buy out the police who protect the royals now - that's pushing the envelope.

[Snoutport]

19. I'm hoping we'll see what we are seeing in England. Everyone attacking at once

and overwhelming Murdoch's papers. If one person attacks Murdoch's papers try to destroy them. The politicians in England all know that so they are going at him all at once.

A rarity to see them all working together like this!

[AndyTiedye]

11. Because Our Congress is Being Blackmailed by Faux

[Snoutport]

20. I'd agree...

[Snoutport]

29. We need to be pressuring our politicians...they are scared of Murdoch

[Snoutport]

26. Speak and go to prison would be my choice as well.

[aquart]

2. Thank you!

[fascisthunter]

3. I Really Would Like to Know who in Congress was in Cahoots with FOX and Murdoch

Has Murdoch given a lot of money to any particular canidate running for office?

[Snoutport]

31. Who hasn't he bought?

[sabrina 1]

34. I think what Congress members wanted from him was support

meaning, he would not attack them if they assured him they would 'behave themselves'. Like maybe Dems would agree to appear on Fox and let themselves be shouted down by his goons who pass for 'jouranilts'. I always wondered why democrats ever appeared on that network. Remember when we all wanted them to boycott Fox so they would be left with only their own party and it show how illegitimate they were?

British MPs apparently all had to pay homage to him or fear being smeared in one of his publications or all of them.

I also remember that after a decade of destroying the Clintons on Fox, being shocked when I read that Murdoch threw a party for Hillary when she was running for the Senate. I wonder what she promised him in return for agreeing to show his support for her? I've read recently that Bill went to him and asked him to do that.

So, if Hillary felt she needed to grovel to a man who was out to destroy her husband's presidency, it looks like he had enormous influence over our elected officials.

[JawJaw]

5. Bloggerheads

This guy seems to be slighty ahead of the curve in putting Rupert's murky newspapers under the spotlight:

http://www.bloggerheads.com/

In recent days he seems particularly interested in US citizens that may have been hacked by the NOTW, and how that might help widen the investigation outside the remit of UK authorities..

[CJCRANE]

10. Interesting blog...

Thanks! :thumbsup:

[Snoutport]

32. Thanks! I'd never seen them before

Interesting stuff

[laureloak]

7. Murdock is like Edward Armstead in Irving Wallace's

THE ALMIGHTY

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/582623.The_Almighty

[salin]

8. nice synopsis of another fast movind day in the House of Murdoch

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Snoutport.

[Snoutport]

14. Report of Les Hinton stepping down!!!! maybe fox next?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1497975

[malaise]

15. LOL

Falling like dominies - you predicted that this would be huge! :yourock: . :evilgrin:

[JuniperLea]

22. I'm beginning to think this is far bigger...

Than any of us thought!

:evilgrin:

Pox News is infecting the airwaves with the standard "nothing to see here... move along... the librul media is making a mountain from a mole hill again... move along... nothing to see..." which really cracks me the hell up!

Too late! We're all very, very interested and our eyes will NOT be averted from this train wreck easily!

:popcorn:

Hee hee!

[malaise]

28. It's huge

massive - I'm waiting for the US hacking to be exposed.

[Snoutport]

33. :0) I've been saying it will crush Murdoch and bring down the conservative govt.

of the UK...if not the states as well. :0) So far I've been pretty danged right.

[Rex]

25. Hello America, this is the UK calling with your 6:00am wake up call!

Please any DC people lurking TAKE NOTE - 'The Murdochs were called to speak, under oath to Parliament and said no. Parliament said speak or go to jail.'

NOTICE WHAT THEY DID THEIR?

The used the POWER of their OFFICE.

Amazing.

[AngryOldDem]

30. NPR had an interview with a former Murdoch paper reporter today and he was asked about her.

Wow. What a piece of work.