Tomorrow's UK Hearing w/ Murdoch and Brooks will be televised...

[brooklynite]

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=8910

9:30 AM Eastern Time

[ladjf]

1. I presume that they will be asked whether or not they have committed

crimes and that they will say "No". Then what?

[brooklynite]

5. I suspect a lot of "were you aware that so and so was doing x?" questions.

...to which the answer will likely also be "no" or "I don't know", but it sets up some intersting scenarios if any of the other players feel they're being thrown under the (double-decker) bus.

[ladjf]

12. and "I don't recall". nt

[gratuitous]

14. From my observation . . .

Parliament is a little more bare knuckle than the U.S. Congress, and the smarmy politesse that degrades so much of our political discourse goes away very quickly when a witness is trying to dodge questions. It could make for some very interesting viewing.

[ladjf]

15. We hope that you are correct. nt

[bemildred]

2. Oh good.

:popcorn:

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. The Guardian has a list of questions it feels should be asked tomorrow. Interesting reading:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/blog/poll/2011/jul/18/questions-culture-select-committee-poll


I like these questions:

# How could a company which obstructs the police and misleads Parliament and regulators be considered a fit and proper company to run a media organisation?
Observer
# Do you agree that the actions of your company between the beginning of 2009 and the end of 2010 could be termed a cover-up?
Observer

( Observer is a newspaper asking the questions)

[PDittie]

4. Also live on Current TV w/Keith

http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/watch-historic-murdoch-testimony-live-on-current-tv

[myrna minx]

8. Thanks for the link.

:hi:

[lame54]

6. They're at home right now...

reviewing their Alberto Gonzales tapes

[brooklynite]

7. More interesting than what Murdoch and Brooks say...

...is likely to be what the MP's say. I expect the Tory members are going to want to show their independence from News Corp, and the Labour members are going to want to tie them together.

[Snoutport]

9. THey are so toxic can anyone show them respect and kindness?

or is that a poison pill? my guess is we will see who is still under murdoch's influence tomorrow.

[Snoutport]

10. THANK YOU!~!!!

I didn't know that! Hope you don't mind, I linked your post to my post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1515537

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. This is great, but will Murdoch suddenly have a health issue

and be unable to attend?

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. It looks like C-SPAN 2 will be covering it also! 3 earlier witnesses..Stephenson, Fedorcio & Yates..

Gotta get up early. This will be Paul Stephenson, Dick Fedorcio and John Yates. Hmmm...why isn't C-SPAN covering Murdoch and Brooks? The 2 most important people in this?

"Investigation of Illegal Phone Hacking"

Tuesday, July 19, 2011
British House of Commons - Home Affairs Committee
Hearing on Previous and Current Phone - Hacking Investigations
7am - 8:30am ET

Members of the Home Affairs committee will question two senior police officials who recently resigned their posts about their roles in previous and current phone - hacking investigations. Mr. Yates testified before this committee last Tuesday and has been criticized for deciding in 2009 not to re-open the previous inquiry into phone hacking.

Order of Witnesses:
7:00a - Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson (resigned on Sunday)
7:45a - Dick Fedorcio ( feh- DOOR - key -oh) , Metropolitan Police, Director of Public Affairs & Internal Communication
8:15a - Former Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates (resigned on Monday)

Link to C-SPAN 2:

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

Link to schedule:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/schedule