Revealed: Senior MP's secret links to Murdoch

[babsbunny]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-senior-mps-secret-links-to-murdoch-2315111.html

Culture chairman, who will this week quiz media moguls, is friends with Les Hinton and Elisabeth Murdoch

By Jane Merrick, Brian Brady, James Hanning and Andy McCorkell

The MP who will lead the attack on Rebekah Brooks and Rupert and James Murdoch this week over their roles in the phone-hacking scandal has close links with the media empire, it is revealed today.

John Whittingdale, the Conservative chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport committee, admitted he was an old friend of Mr Murdoch's close aide, Les Hinton, and had been for dinner with Ms Brooks.

The Independent on Sunday has also learnt that Mr Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth, seen as the future saviour of the company, has also met Mr Whittingdale a number of times. Among her 386 "friends" on Facebook, the only MP she lists is Mr Whittingdale. He is also the only MP among 93 Facebook "friends" of Mr Hinton.

[Monk06]

1. Here's the big question. Was Rupert Murdock responsible for the death of Princess DI ?

Something tells me the Queen is getting a lot of satisfaction
from Murdoch's discomfiture. She may even be pulling some strings.

[TheMadMonk]

2. Maybe she is, but I doubt it's over that. Di royally embarrassed...

...the Royal Family "nine ways from Sunday". By being truly charitable, instead of just going through the proper motions; By being an ordinary, reachable person in her clubbing with Fergi; by refusing to put up with her husband mistress and divorcing Jugears over her; and having done so, by refusing to descend into quiet charritable obscurity, but instead very puiblically taking up with the scion of a Middle Eastern property developer.

[Monk06]

4. It was DI who embarrassed the Royal Family but it was NOW who had the dope

on everyone. QEII is relishing this I am positive.

[malaise]

3. Have you ever seen a more incestuous set of political

elites?
So the man in charge of culture, media and sports is owned by Murdoch. Sweet.

sp.