It was a very VERY bad day for Rupert Murdoch....

[Snoutport]

Parliament in London just demanded that the head of Rupert Murdoch's News International provide them information detailing the payoffs they have made to the police. Rebekah Brooks, one of Murdoch's favorite employees slipped up and admitted that the newspapers had been paying police for stories. Paying police for stories is VERY illegal. Not only illegal for the papers to make the payments but also for the police to accept them.

The article: MPs ask Rebekah Brooks for details of Sun's payments to police http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/30/mps-ask-rebekah-brooks-sun-payments-to-police

So far, in this news hacking scandal, the police, mostly under the influence of John Yates, have completely covered up that Murdoch's papers have been hacking thousands of telephones. Yates got grilled by Parliament as well where they discussed that while investigating Rupert Murdoch's papers, he was having dinners and lunches with the people he was supposed to be investigating. If he was accepting payoffs for tips then he was also getting bribed, basically, to cover up the whole investigation.

The article: Police lunch date under scrutiny in hacking case http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-lunch-date-under-scrutiny-in-hacking-case-2256734.html

The loss of police protection is going to BLOW this whole case wide open!! Once Parliament knows what officers have been taking bribes from Newscorp they will be removed and can no longer protect Murdoch and his ilk.

[snagglepuss]

1. You made my day. Thanks for posting. nt

[Snoutport]

8. Oh, believe me, it was VERY much my pleasure!! nt

[kag]

44. Me Too!

THIS is the kind of story I love waking up to!

[monmouth]

2. Rupert and Beck....As "Loretta's" mother "Rose" would say..."Your

life is going down the toilet!" It's just a matter of time..Karma, I love it...

[glinda]

18. My favorite line from Moonstruck.

[ZombieHorde]

3. I wonder if Rupert Murdoch is too rich to go to jail. nt

[Cal33]

7. Hope he'll fly in his private plane back to Australia, and bring his

greed and lies back to where he started out. Not sure if the
Ozzies would want him back.

[Snoutport]

22. Canada has a NO LYING IN THE NEWS LAW! we should send him to Canada!

[madmax]

47. Imagine that!

No lying in the news? Wow, what a novel idea. :sarcasm:

Those Canucks might be onto something ;)

[Cal33]

80. I thought he already tried to get into Canadian TV, and has already been

rejected there, even though his friend the Canadian Prime Minister (or is it President) tried to help
him, but didn't succeed.

[Snoutport]

13. His son might be the one who approved the million dollar payoffs.

the heir apparent could do some jail time instead. Rupert won't last forever but we have the heir to worry about.

[Snoutport]

53. the son just got moved out of the UK to another job...i wonder if it is

to keep him from going to jail?!

[tsuki]

72. Is that what is behind the 'promotion' to NYC? Baby Roo comes to the Big Apple. nt

[Frisbee]

36. I wonder if...

Newscorp is "too big to fail", at least in the eyes of the GOP.

[AlbertCat]

62. Newscorp is "too big to fail",

Newscorp looses money every quarter.... from what I hear. It's a propped up business.

[SharonAnn]

68. Propped up by what? I though Newscorp was the parent corporation. Fox is a subsidiary.

[Jackpine Radical]

70. Wait, wait--this invites exploration.

C'mon, somebody. There could be dynamite behind this. Koch money? Saudi money? Could be very interesting.

[ThomCat]

55. Let's hope not.

I hope he ends up in jail for a long, long time and takes a lot of his senior people with him.

[lark]

57. If it were in the US - he'd never get so much as a slap on the wrist

Hopefully the UK is made of sterner stuff and they will acutally support the law, regardless of who has broken it. We'll see how much money talks and bs walks in that country.

[northoftheborder]

4. WOW.

[stevedeshazer]

5. +1

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. It was a wondermous delightful scrumptious day for the non-fans of Murdock!

[BanzaiBonnie]

14. And what about here in the US?

Is there any question that they would be doing the same thing here?

We've wondered why so many of the Dems act scared and vote against the interests of regular people. What has the Murdock Machine have on them?

[Kablooie]

17. That's what I want to know too. Someone better get on the ball and investigate.

Where's Sherlock Holmes when you need him ... wait a minute ... he already did his job, didn't he? Being British and all.

So where's James Bond when you need him? ... wait a minute ......




...


Hecule Poirot? ... nope.

[glinda]

19. Nancy Drew.

[monmouth]

78. Brenda Starr, girl reporter....n /t

[demwing]

30. How about Jim Rockford

or Phillip Marlowe, or Sam Spade?

Jason Bourne?

Monk?

[Iwillnevergiveup]

32. No, it's definitely gotta be

Chief Inspector Jane Tennyson.

[demwing]

33. Can't we find any great American detectives?

All the best are Brits :)

[guruoo]

34. Columbo

and Fang...

[demwing]

35. Bingo!

thanks ;)

[Snoutport]

54. The NY times is the paper that broke this story (again) it had died but they did an inv

investigative report last fall and totally found all this hidden info. I wish they would work on that here!

[AlbertCat]

65. Can't we find any great American detectives?

Nick Danger.... third eye!

[formercia]

67. All we have is J Edgar Hoover

no, wait...Louis Freeh...no, wait......Both cut from the same cloth.

[lark]

58. Sam Spade needed

He'd get to the bottom, even if not regular law enforcement. :>)

[glinda]

20. I have also wondered. Might be real big.

[AlbertCat]

63. It was a wondermous delightful scrumptious day for the non-fans of Murdock!

Was it supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus?

[midnight]

9. k&R

[LiberalAndProud]

10. So Yates kept it a secret for eight years?

I hope my pessimistic nature is misplaced here, but I have an uneasy suspicion that Yates will be the fall guy here and Murdoch will skate away.

[Snoutport]

16. It came out that Parliament members were told not to pursue things or the Murdoch's papers would go

after them so they chickened out on the investigation. (or they had already been tapped and were scared that personal info would get out)

New people are not scared and going after them.

[dhill926]

11. then it was a VERY good day.....

for 99.99% of the people on the planet......

[The Doctor.]

12. Hope she's safe.

[Snoutport]

31. She is one of his favorites. She worked up from a secretary I think to BIGGEST boss!

They've been protecting her this whole time too. She was given three orders to appear before an investigative committee and she just didn't bother to show up... so they just closed the case.

[RainDog]

15. k&r n/t

[upi402]

21. big kick

in this evil old goat's ass!

[Blue Owl]

23. Flush that POS into the cesspool of his own creation

good riddance...

[liberal life]

24. He is going down! Great news day after day...

Now how do we tank Murdoch in the US? Apparently it is still easy to get away with stuff in the US, seems his son is moving to the US to get away from the scrutiny.
Murdoch’s UK newspapers Forced to Provide Details of Payments made to police officers. Rupert’s Son Flees the Country
http://fucorporatemedia.com/news/10728

[MedicalAdmin]

It's official. We are now the 3rd world hellhole that criminals flee to.

We have officially become the last refuge of scoundrels.

[MedicalAdmin]

38. It's official. We are now the 3rd world hellhole that criminals flee to.

We have officially become the last refuge of scoundrels.

[donheld]

25. I hope it gets worse

[Douglas Carpenter]

26. good. A bad day for Rupert Murdoch is a good day for journalism.

[bertman]

27. Excellent. Thank you, Snoutport. REC. nt

[TxVietVet]

28. Hey, Rupert! Karma's a bitch.

Is any of this being reported in the US M$M?

[quakerboy]

29. It would be nice to see it actually result in something

A slap on the wrist seems likely at this point. A few weeks ago, even that seemed unlikely, so its progress. But I doubt its such a bad day for ol Rupert. People like him don't really have "bad" days in the same way that, say, a single mother with not enough income to pay bills consistently does.

[Lorien]

37. K & R. nt

[intaglio]

39. Corruption in the Met - no shert, Shilock

I recall, back in the bad old days of the 1970's, that the Met was called "The best police force money can buy,"

[border_town]

40. So is this going to be another

go after the police, but he and his cronies walk away? Or, does that only happen in America?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. Love IT!

[HughBeaumont]

42. Please. Rupey isn't going to see MINUTE ONE behind bars.

I wouldn't be surprised if he walks away even richer from all this somehow. Justice is only for the "little people".

[whistler162]

43. Need a little Sally Fields at the end of Absence of Malice

[Javaman]

45. Not a bad day for him, a bad day for his corporation...

rupy will still be a billionaire at the end of the day.

And, I might add, still be spreading bullshit.

So in other words, nothing happened to him.

[Pacifist Patriot]

46. Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day....

I've got a beautiful feeling, Murdoch is going to pay.

[madmax]

48. I sing to that! nt

[Enthusiast]

49. I would love to believe

that Murdoch would be held to account for any wrong doing.

This could certainly never happen in the U.S.

I mean an investigation into wrong doing by Murdoch could never happen.

[Botany]

50. A bad day for Murdoch is a good day for me

But Rupert's evil spawn John Kasich just got his way in Ohio last night.
Murdoch has done real damage to the United States .... want an example?
Calling W the winner in Florida 2000 which started the whole nightmare.

I hope they arrest and jail that bastard in England.

[deacon]

51. Deport this bum. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

52. With all the bad news in this world...Rupert put a much needed smile of glee on my face. nt

[pacalo]

56. Now this development has teeth!

On the side, it occurred to me through your writing...

Paying police for stories is VERY illegal. Not only illegal for the papers to make the payments but also for the police to accept them.

...that we've become so desensitized to unchecked corruption in this country, I'm not surprised you felt compelled to emphasize what used to be taken for granted. :)

[Fire1]

59. Good! Best news I've heard in weeks. n/t

[Plucketeer]

60. If Murdoch's still in business,

it wasn't a bad enough day. :grr:

[WillyT]

61. Woo Hoo !!! - K & R !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:kick:

[caseymoz]

64. So, what's the British equivalent of RICO?

And when do we see just what Murdoch's papers are doing here? Can Wikileaks step in?

[Deep13]

66. Greed is never satisfied.

Even when it has everything, it will still be obsessed with wanting more.

[JDPriestly]

69. Murdoch's broadcasting licenses should be pulled all over the world.

[tsuki]

71. I guess you and I have been watching this. I wondered if Baby

Roo's "promotion" and move to NYC is to get him out of the line of fire. Baby Roo and Rebekah Brooks (Wade) worked closely together. It was Baby Roo and Rebekah Brooks (Wade) who invaded The Independent and dressed down the editor during the last election. I also read a report where the scandal may go as high as Brooks (Wade). If it does, will Baby Roo be implicated? This inquiring mind wants to know!

[glinda]

81. Who is baby Roo? Promoted to what in NYC?

His son?

[tsuki]

83. Yes.

James Murdoch, the youngest son of Rupert Murdoch, was named News Corp.'s deputy chief operating officer on Wednesday in a move that puts him a step closer to potentially taking over from his father.

James Murdoch, 38, will also serve as chairman and chief executive of the news and entertainment giant's international operations in addition to being deputy COO, News Corp. said.

He will move to New York from London and will report to News Corp. deputy chairman, president and chief operating officer Chase Carey and work closely with his father, News Corp.'s chairman, News Corp. said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/30/james-murdoch-promoted-at-news-corp/

[russspeakeasy]

73. Ruprick is "too big to jail".

[freshwest]

77. Too big to jail! Classic, thanks.

[southernyankeebelle]

74. Let's hope this is the end of the empire.

[MasonJar]

75. Murdoch obviously screwed up when he decided to go over the

Atlantic and try to take over England. He already owned America. It seems the British like their press to be actually free.

[xchrom]

76. Recommend

[and-justice-for-all]

79. Kick him the hell out of the UK...nt

[Corruption Winz]

82. Good times..

I probably enjoy this more than I should..... Probably not, actually.

In any event.. How do you "slip up" and admit to doing something that would obviously be illegal.

"Yeah, so I was killing this guy, right. Whoopsy-daisy." Ridiculous.

Republicans = Idiots.