Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Rupert Murdoch gets a pie thrown in his face



Rupert Murdoch was attacked by a protestor wielding a shaving foam pie as he gave evidence at the Culture Media and Sport committee on phone-hacking.  His wife Wendi Deng was quick to defend her husband.  I hope his empire crashes down on his head too.  I hate Fox news and I think he is a slimeball.
 In case you are not up on what this scandal is all about I got this information from wikipedia.com Starting in 2006, there were allegations that individuals working for the News of the World, a British Sunday-only tabloid newspaper (eventually forced into closure by the scandal) published by News International—a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation—had engaged in phone hacking. The scandal came to prominence in the midst of an attempted takeover of British Sky Broadcasting by News Corporation, which was forced to abandon the acquisition.[32] While the original allegations were limited to the hacking of celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family, further allegations that victims of the phone hacking included murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7/7 London bombings generated widespread public outrage in the United Kingdom. The News of the World published its final edition on 10 July 2011 after 168 years of publication.[32]


On 6 July 2011, British prime minister David Cameron declared that a public government inquiry would convene to investigate the affair, once police inquiries had been completed. On 13 July, Cameron named Lord Justice Leveson as chairman of the inquiry, with a remit to look into the specific claims about phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World, while a separate inquiry would consider the culture and ethics of the British media.[33] He also said the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced "entirely".[32] The scandal attracted attention in the United States, where News Corporation is headquartered and operates a multitude of media outlets. On 15 July, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that the Department of Justice was following up calls for an investigation into the company.[34] Source:wikipedia




 

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