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Originally Posted by Media Boy (Post 35328229)

Well.... Someone I know think his Dad is.

Rupert Murodch is like Vito Corleone

Lachlan Murdoch is like Sonny Corleone

James Murdoch is like Michael Corleone

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Not looking good for Lachlan, then....

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35328240)

Not looking good for Lachlan, then....

Its not looking good for any of them

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It was a "Godfather" reference......

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15685350

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In the hearing, Mr Murdoch said he had not been shown a copy of the "For Neville" email - assumed to refer to former NoW chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, which contained transcripts of voicemail messages revealing that Gordon Taylor's phone had been hacked - at a June 2008 meeting with legal manager Tom Crone.
At that meeting he agreed to authorise an increase in the out-of-court offer to Mr Taylor.
He said he was given "sufficient information to authorise the increase of the settlement offer" but added: "The nature of the so-called 'For Neville' email... any wider spread or evidence or suspicion of wider spread of wrongdoing - none of these things were mentioned to me."
However, in a statement released just hours after the hearing, Mr Crone said it was "regrettable", but he could "perfectly understand" why James Murdoch felt the need to discredit him and former editor Colin Myler.
"The simple truth is that he was told by us in 2008 about the damning email and what it meant in terms of wider News of the World involvement.
"It seems he now accepts he was told of the email, of the fact that it contained transcripts of voicemail interceptions and that those interceptions were authorised by the News of the World.
"Perhaps Mr Murdoch could explain who he thought was doing the authorising at the News of the World?
"At best, his evidence on this matter was disingenuous."

So who is telling porkies?

I watched part of this today but I was so disgusted that my TV was in serious danger of damage and him indoors took the remote away..

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It seems like it could go even further now?

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Police investigating phone-hacking at the News of the World have recovered a series of ‘bombshell’ emails which they believe takes the inquiry to ‘a new level’.
The emails were among tens of thousands held by the newspaper at a data storage facility in India.
Police are believed to want to question News International chief James Murdoch and former Sun and News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks about their contents.
Discussions have taken place with the Crown Prosecution Service about whether Mr Murdoch should be arrested and interviewed under caution.

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Mr Murdoch confirmed he had not been detained for questioning by police, but informed sources say that will change in the coming weeks. One source told the Mail: ‘It is possible the most shocking revelations in the phone-hacking scandal are yet to come.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ils-found.html

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Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35328148)

the rate this is going, the sun will shut down and sky and fox will lose their broadcasting lisences

will this be the end of news corp, or at least then of of the murdoch control of news corp

will news corp be sold to one of its rivals (time warner maybe?)

One can only hope

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...al-staff-named

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The full scale of phone hacking at News International, Britain's largest and most powerful newspaper group, finally began to emerge on Monday when the Leveson inquiry into press standards heard that 28 of the company's staff are named in notes seized from a private investigator who specialised in the practice.

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The suggestion that the identities of more than two dozen NI staff were scribbled in the margins of Mulcaire's notes is the clearest indication yet that journalists at the company engaged in the practice systematically.

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Jay read out a list of damning new statistics that illustrate the scale of what he called the "thriving cottage industry" Mulcaire was running on behalf of his client. He revealed that Mulcaire received a total of 2,266 requests from News International journalists in the period covered by his paperwork, 2,142 of which were made by four employees. They have not been named to avoid jeopardising the police inquiry. The most prolific of them made 1,453 of those requests.

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Mulcaire's 11,000 pages of notes mentioned 5,795 names, he confirmed, who could be potential phone-hacking victims. Scotland Yard also gave evidence to the inquiry, admitting in its opening statement that it had grown too close to the press.

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Heads will roll... :D

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Originally Posted by Alan Fry (Post 35330334)

Heads will roll... :D

How many is the sixty four dollar question.

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http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/o...m-consultation

Consultation on measuring media plurality

Please consider sending a message via 38 Degrees to Ofcom about this issue..

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35330683)

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/o...m-consultation

Consultation on measuring media plurality

Please consider sending a message via 38 Degrees to Ofcom about this issue..

Done:D

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l for one will support this and therefore send a message.

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35330683)

http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/o...m-consultation

Consultation on measuring media plurality

Please consider sending a message via 38 Degrees to Ofcom about this issue..

just sent mine :)

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I am becoming increasingly irritated with the coverage of the Leveson Inquiry.Both Sky and the BBC keep cutting the actual coverage to discuss and 'explain' what is being said and constant recapping instead of just letting it run and allowing the viewer to hear what is said.:rolleyes:

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I've given up and I'm following the proceedings on the BBC site.