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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Wed May 2, 2012, 07:38 PM May 2012

Murdoch facing new challenge as US senator (Rockefeller) contacts Leveson over hacking

Source: The Guardian

Rupert Murdoch's global media empire is facing a challenge on a new front in the billowing phone-hacking scandal after a powerful US Senate committee opened direct contact with British investigators in an attempt to find out whether News Corporation has broken American laws.

John Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation, has written to Lord Justice Leveson, who leads the British judicial inquiry into media ethics, asking if he has uncovered any evidence relating questionable practices in the US.

"I would like to know whether any of the evidence you are reviewing suggests that these unethical and sometimes illegal business practices occurred in the United States or involved US citizens," Rockefeller writes in a letter released on Wednesday.

The development adds to the potential dangers facing News Corp, a publicly-traded company with its headquarters in New York. Rockefeller has taken a close interest in the unfolding phone-hacking saga, but it is the first time that a Senate committee member has acted in his official capacity.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/02/murdoch-phone-hacking-us-senator

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Murdoch facing new challenge as US senator (Rockefeller) contacts Leveson over hacking (Original Post) Newsjock May 2012 OP
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #1
I'd be in favor of bringing back the stocks just for Rupie. beac May 2012 #2
I love it, love it and love it...waiting for the next episode of the movonne May 2012 #3
CREW is pushing for the demolition of FOX BlueToTheBone May 2012 #4
That would suit me just fine! A worthy goal if ever there was one! calimary May 2012 #14
I second that april May 2012 #16
K&R n/t dmr May 2012 #5
I'd love to hear our southern hemisphere buddies, the Aussies, ask similar questions. MADem May 2012 #6
Potentially huge! salin May 2012 #7
Kick and Rec all Murdoch scandal threads Kingofalldems May 2012 #8
Way to go Jay! Lasher May 2012 #9
Murdoch = L0oniX May 2012 #10
Does anyone here skydive forever May 2012 #11
say goodbye Ruppie!!!! Wellstone ruled May 2012 #12
Bring their EVIL Corp Empire Down!!! glowing May 2012 #13
Picture .... look at his hand ... one creepy guy Ichingcarpenter May 2012 #15
Have we found the flaw in the death star? myrna minx May 2012 #17
Senator likely to be rebuffed in News Corp inquiry Eugene May 2012 #18

beac

(9,992 posts)
2. I'd be in favor of bringing back the stocks just for Rupie.
Wed May 2, 2012, 07:46 PM
May 2012

How I'd LOVE to see his smug mug peering out from one of these:

BlueToTheBone

(3,747 posts)
4. CREW is pushing for the demolition of FOX
Wed May 2, 2012, 07:55 PM
May 2012

and maybe it will happen. What a great day that would be in the world.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. I'd love to hear our southern hemisphere buddies, the Aussies, ask similar questions.
Wed May 2, 2012, 08:33 PM
May 2012

Roopie's new theme song needs to be "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide."

skydive forever

(443 posts)
11. Does anyone here
Wed May 2, 2012, 09:09 PM
May 2012

really think anything will happen to him here in the states? He is far above the law over here. Hell, we have ex politicians (Bush, Cheney) bragging about ordering torture and nothing happens to them. God I hate being this cynical.

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
13. Bring their EVIL Corp Empire Down!!!
Wed May 2, 2012, 10:23 PM
May 2012

Could u imagine if Fox was Banished from the airwaves.... We might just get real news rather than contrived outrages and lies...

Fox news starts the meme; some people are saying..... Then spend the entire day making a mundane issue into a scandal. Then the other news programs end up covering it, whether it's CNN to compete or Rachel Maddow to clear up the lies.

Without them, there might be a chance for actual news to leak thru into our country... We may be able to rely on the evening news rather than Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert satirizing the truth for us

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
15. Picture .... look at his hand ... one creepy guy
Thu May 3, 2012, 01:11 AM
May 2012


I doubt anything will happen since he owns too many politicians these days.

Eugene

(61,595 posts)
18. Senator likely to be rebuffed in News Corp inquiry
Fri May 4, 2012, 09:07 PM
May 2012

Source: Reuters

Senator likely to be rebuffed in News Corp inquiry

By Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON | Fri May 4, 2012 4:35pm EDT

(Reuters) - The British judicial inquiry investigating questionable reporting practices by Rupert Murdoch's media properties is unlikely to cooperate with a prominent senator's request for evidence of misconduct in the United States, three people familiar with the inquiry said.

The sources said that the judicial inquiry, created by British Prime Minister David Cameron and chaired by Sir Brian Leveson, a senior English judge, is not authorized to provide legal assistance or evidence to other bodies or organizations, including foreign government agencies or components. Nor is the inquiry investigating matters outside Britain.

Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, on Wednesday sent a letter to Leveson asking if his inquiry has uncovered any misconduct on the part of Murdoch's News Corp that occurred in the United States or violated American laws.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/04/us-newscorp-inquiry-rockefeller-idUSBRE8431KH20120504
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