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Two Ex-News Of The World Employees Claim James Murdoch Misled Parliament

Two Ex-News Of The World Employees Claim James Murdoch Misled Parliament | TPMMuckraker. According to Murdoch’s testimony to Parliament, he made the deal without knowing about a piece of evidence known as the “for Neville” e-mail. The e-mail, from 2005, contained transcripts of 35 hacked phone messages from Taylor’s phone, and identified them as “the transcript for Neville.” The Guardian identified “Neville” as News Of The World reporter Neville Thurlbeck.

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Parliament Committee Hearing Day

I love that there was little hot air from the Parliament committee and a ton of hot air from the News Corp. side. I didn’t expect anything less, but the speed and tone of the questioning is refreshing compared to the “opening remarks” from U.S. Congressional hearings. I love the bit where either one of the Murdoch’s is a bit petulant or wants to answer for the other and the Read More...

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Jaw Dropping Stories from England

Graeme Robertson/Getty Images This just keeps getting crazier. First up is the story of John Yates, London Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, who resigned today: John Yates resigns from Met police over phone-hacking scandal Yates’ resignation is following an even bigger shocker of London Metro Chief of police Sir Paul Stephenson’s resignation yesterday: Sir Paul Stephenson quits as Met faces toughest challenge in a lifetime There is speculation that British Prime Read More...

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Blood in the Water

photo: David Shankbone I’ve been absolutely riveted by the events in the UK news media over the past week or so. Every day reveals a new ethical low for the editorial and publishing staff, particularly those higher up in the chain. It’s nothing short of a media scandal of Watergate proportions. I thought it was a bit of bloviation when, in Newsweek, Carl Bernstein compared the phone hacking by the Read More...

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