Rupert Murdoch Blog Posts
A Londoner Reflects on Murdoch and Media Corruption
The recent U.K. government report on “rampant law breaking” at News Corp. was by any measure a devastating critique not so much of one man and his son, but of a power elite that has for too long considered itself beyond scrutiny or accountability. Rarely in British political history has there been such a united front against the perils of concentrated media power. This is the real story behind the report.
Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?
The answer: the Federal Communications Commission and Congress.
While the media mogul was called before Parliament and hammered by regulators in the United Kingdom, few in the halls of U.S. power are willing to call News Corp. to account for the “culture of corruption” that has spread through its media empire.
How Will Murdoch's U.K. Implosion Be Felt in the U.S.?
A scathing report in Britain that Rupert Murdoch and other News Corp. executives engaged in an extensive cover-up of “rampant law breaking” may have ramifications for the media mogul in the United States.
How far-reaching those consequences are depends on U.S. politicians’
willingness to face down one of the most powerful media figures of our
generation.
Murdoch's Date With Justice
A legal net is closing around media mogul Rupert Murdoch. On Monday a top investigator in London reported that senior News Corp. employees authorized hundreds of bribes to police officers and other government officials. And just this morning his disgraced son James stepped down from his role as executive chairman of News International.
Could the Latest News Corp. Arrests Lead to a U.S. Investigation?
The new year is not off to the rosiest of starts for News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. On Saturday five senior journalists at his London tabloid the Sun were arrested and charged with bribing public officials for information. This spate of arrests is the latest development in Scotland Yard’s ongoing investigation into News Corp.’s ever-expanding corruption scandal, which led to last summer’s closing of the tabloid News of the World, home to phone hacking and other underhanded approaches to sleuthing the news.
In the Belly of the Murdoch Beast
I always feel a little better when I go home to Los Angeles. My hometown takes a lot of flak about its Tinseltown image and how “fake” the people are supposed to be. But I can assure you that the working folks of my hometown are as real as the 99-percenters anywhere else in the country.
Last Friday, more than 100 of my fellow “real” Angelenos took their concerns about the corporate media and their power to corrupt our democracy right into the lap of one of their most notorious figures: News Corp. potentate Rupert Murdoch.
Rupert, Is That You?
Leonard Nimoy made a cameo as the “president of television” in the opening segment of Fox’s Emmys broadcast. The Star Trek veteran was a pinch hitter for Alec Baldwin, who played the role in the skit’s original incarnation — and then walked when Fox cut a line about its parent company, News Corp., and the phone-hacking scandal.
Whack a Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch's problems — including possible illegal behavior in the U.K. and the U.S. — won’t go away no matter how hard he tries to cover them up.
On Tuesday, British authorities released a letter that exposes a massive News Corp. cover-up of illegal phone hacking. This is a serious scandal, but we aren't afraid to have a little fun at Murdoch's expense:
Today we're launching a game — Whack a Murdoch — that helps you vent your anger about News Corp.
The Trouble with Rupert
There are many reasons that the scandal that's engulfing Rupert Murdoch has riveted public attention over the last seven days. It's a story that features all of the classic elements: twists of fate, betrayal, deception, abuse of power, and, even, murder.
But beneath Murdoch's meltdown lies a bigger problem, and its one that's not confined to the United Kingdom. It plagues all consolidated news organizations that reach a certain size and stature, but especially News Corp: The problem of media that get too cozy with power.
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