A big h/t to Matthew Steeples of London, apparently Knightsbridge, who brings us a glance behind the paywall of the Financial Times for a look at how the lordly Conrad Black views rabble like Rupe Murdoch:“All his instincts are downmarket; he is not…
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The Disaffected Lib: Finally, A Good Rupert Murdoch Cartoon
From The Guardian’s Steve Bell:Apparently Rupe has decided to duck this invitation. Not to be outdone, Hugh Grant staged this puppet show featuring Ol’ Rupe, David Cameron and Nick Clegg:
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": The World They Made
If you want to know the state of the relationship between democratically elected governments of the West and the multinational corporations, all you have to do is look at the case of the Parliament of Westminster and News International. The British par…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Help Put an End to Rupert Murdoch’s Criminal Empire
The ongoing scandal in the UK involving media mogul Rupert Murdoch, is making waves everywhere.His stock prices are on the decline and citizens are beginning to mobilize against him.AVAAZ has launched a petition to End Murdoch’s Criminal EmpireMurdoch’…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Media Matters Petition for Congressional Review of Murdoch
Help Media Matters petition for a Congressional review of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire and manipulation of the public.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Christopher Michael points out the real problem underlying the News of the World’s scandalous demise:The Sun is either clairvoyant at predicting the results of British elections, or instrumental in determining t…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is Rupert Murdoch’s Empire a Criminal Enterprise?
If you asked former British prime minister, Gordon Brown, he’d tell you that the Murdoch newspapers have “links with criminals.” In particular, Brown is referring to the venerable Sunday Times, not the News of The World. Brown accused …
Continue readingLeDaro: Keith Olbermann: Rupert Murdoch and Watergate
Keith Olbermann interviews John Dean, one of the major figures of Watergate and the Nixon era. Will this bring the Cameron government down given Cameron’s past association with Murdoch? Only difference with Murdoch and Watergate is that Murdoch scan…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The New York Times as the Terrible Swift Sword of the Establishment: Rupert Murdoch is done like dinner
Rupert Murdoch in his heyday with a copy of the Times … but not the New York Times, alas for him. Below: Mr. Murdoch as he looks at 80.Almost more interesting than the salacious details of the criminal business model used by Rupert Murdoch’s News o…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Can Labour Topple Cameron’s Conservatives Over News Corp?
Could Rupert Murdoch bring down the coalition Conservative government of David Cameron? Or, put another way, would David Cameron be willing to save his own skin by flaying Rupert Murdoch’s?Cameron’s government depends on the support of Nick Clegg…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Investor Sues News Corp
Sorry Rupe, It’s Your Money She Fancies Amalgamated bank has Rupert Murdoch right in its crosshairs. As an investor, Amalgamated is suing News Porn Corp. in a class action suit alleging egregious corporate mismanagement.The claims, fil…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Scotland Yard Says Murdoch & Co. Subverting Investigation Into Police Corruption
Scotland Yard claims Murdoch’s News International is undermining the investigation into police corruption by Murdoch’s own journalists.NI has orchestrated a “deliberate campaign to undermine the investigation into alleged payments by corrupt journalis…
Continue readingRedBedHead: The Marvellous Meltdown Of Murdoch’s Media Machine
It couldn’t, to paraphrase, happen to a nicer newspaper. After 168 years the British News of the World has closed down in the face of a momentous scandal regarding phone hacking and corruption. That scandal is touching every aspect of British society, …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Rupert Murdoch Will Not Go Out in a Blaze of Glory
Rupert Murdoch, the man who has done so much to poison politics, is now trying to defend his “honour”, after a scandal with one of his tabloids.News of the World routinely hacked phone lines and even bribed cops to allow them to track 9/11 calls. And i…
Continue readingImpolitical: Timely question on Harper’s intentions on foreign ownership of Canadian media
Geoff Stevens wonders: “Will Harper open door to foreign-owned media?” Specifically, he wonders whether Rupert Murdoch’s empire might make its entree into Canada. The quiet meeting between Harper and Murdoch in New York in March 2009 is noted as are th…
Continue readingBlunt Objects: News of the World – You Shan’t Be Missed
Today saw the end of a century-and-two-thirds old British tabloid known as News of the World, publishing its very last issue with the sad spectacle of a headline, “Thank You & Goodbye.”If you haven’t followed the story of NotW, don’t hold it agains…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred escorts vied with shopgirls and mec…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Rupert Murdoch Slams Into a Wall
“We have more visibility perhaps on what we can see coming our way than you guys can, and look I can only, I’m tied because of the criminal investigation in what I can say, but I think in a year’s time every single one of you in this room migh…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The Annals of Media Criminality: News of the World; Welcome home, Tubby!
There’s no escaping Will & Kate: The National Pest. (Influential right-wing Canadian newspapers may not appear exactly as illustrated.) Below: Rupert Murdoch, Lord Tubby Black, and Peter Pocklington. Trust Rupert Murdoch, this decade’s Great Sp…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Rupert Murdoch Shutters News of The World
Scaly Aussie media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is shutting down his London rag, News of the World. In what is seen as a desperate bid to protect his News Corporation empire from the fallout of the NOTW telephone hacking scandal Murdock is axing (for no…
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