Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband, Charlie Brooks, have been charged with perverting the course of justice during the U.K. phone hacking scandal. ITV's Keir Simmons reports.
Updated at 11:05 a.m. ET: LONDON - Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's empire and sent shockwaves through the British political establishment.
"I have concluded ... there is sufficient evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of conviction," Alison Levitt, the principal legal adviser to Britain's Director of Public Prosecutions, said in a statement.
Brooks, 43, who quit as News International chief executive in July, faces three separate allegations of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. If convicted she could face a prison sentence.
Also charged were Brooks' race horse trainer husband, her secretary and other staff from News International, including her driver and security officials from the British newspaper arm of Murdoch's News Corp media empire.
The news is a personal blow for Murdoch and also embarrassing for British Prime Minister David Cameron, who was close friends with Brooks, 43, and her husband, Charlie Brooks.
Former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks reveals details of sympathy messages received from British Prime Minister David Cameron after she was forced to resign over the phone hacking scandal. ITV's Lucy Manning reports.
The action against the woman who was one of his most trusted lieutenants comes as Murdoch faces increasing pressure in Britain. He has been forced to close one newspaper, withdraw a major takeover bid for a lucrative TV group and been described in a parliamentary committee report as someone who is not fit to run a major international company.
She and others are accused of conspiring to "permanently ... remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International" and to "conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment from officers of the Metropolitan Police Service," according to the CPS.
All eyes on court as Murdoch confidante Rebekah Brooks lays bare ties to UK elite
The criminal charges are the first to be filed since police launched a new inquiry into phone hacking in Jan. 2011. Previously, two people were jailed in 2007 for hacking the phones of members of the royal household.
The offenses were all alleged to have taken place in the frantic days last July when Murdoch closed down the 168-year-old News of The World amid widespread public disgust over revelations that it had hacked the cell phone of a missing schoolgirl who was later found dead.
Murdoch announced his decision on July 7, 2011. Levitt said the alleged offenses took place between July 6 and July 19.
Brooks and others will all appear in court in London on June 13.
'Unprecedented posturing'
Minutes before British police announced their decision, Brooks and her husband issued a statement, saying "we deplore this weak and unjust decision."
"After the further unprecedented posturing of the (Crown Prosecution Service) we will respond later today after our return from the police station," the statement added.
MSNBC's Martin Bashir talks about the explosive testimony by Rebekah Brooks and how it will affect the inquiry into the British phone hacking scandal.
Police re-launched an investigation in January last year into claims journalists at the tabloid routinely hacked into the phones of celebrities, politicians and victims of crime to generate front page stories.
They are also investigating whether staff hacked into computers and made illegal payments to public officials including the police to get ahead in their reporting.
More than 160 staff are now working on one of the biggest investigations ever carried out by London police and almost 50 people have been arrested.
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the underlings always take the fall.
It's as close to Murdoch as it gets. This is far from over... could be quite the party with news leaks, etc. by November. We'll see if it stretches to the U.S. by then.
Best view of Murdoch I've seen...
http://cove.kcpt.org/video/2215966370
It shows how much raw power he has in the U.K.... want to change governmental parties? Go to Murdoch. Losing an election? Turn it around the day before the election with Murdoch.
With just slight imagination, take this to the U.S. and weigh the damage done by his 24/7 all media attack on our political views... all the power to put us where we are today... in one man.
The underlings always take the fall first. Just ask Nixon.
Just what I was thinking. If they have enough to charge Rebecca, surely they have enough to charge Rupert. What are they waiting for?
Yep, Brooks was Murdoch "Scooter Libby." They almost always have a firewall.
Seems they are forgetting Pierce Morgan, wasn't he also head of NOTW?
You knew that some of Murdoch's lackies would be throwing themselves on their swords to protect him. I do love her red hair though...beautiful.
Anybody that believes anything from any media source owned by Murdock is stupid. The man has no morals and is trying to destroy America. Fox news has no creditability yet the right wing nuts and republican party uses it to lie to the American public.
Murdock and his family and all of the executives in Murdock's organization should be sent to jail. They are the owners/leaders. They get paid big dollars to know what is going on under them. The plausible deniablity claim is B/S. Hold them accountable.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
Rebekah - GUILTY
Between this and the JP Morgan fiasco I guess they were wrong all these years....things wouldn't be any better if women ran things!
Hey Steve - there's seems to be one woman in a sea of men so piling on her is par for the course. Take a gander at how many female CEO's there are in the USA and you might be taking your comment back. BTW: Compensation is still way less than it would be for a male in the same position.
The British Parliment last month declared in a scathing report Rupert Murdoch and his son are UNFIT to operate a news network or TV network. Here in the US, a media watchdog group has filed a petition with the FCC to revoke all 27 FOX licenses and shut down the network for serious federal violations of FCC law. So far, the FCC, and surprisingly FOX's competition, have not said a word about this.
Make some noise people. Contact the FCC and demand the FCC obey its own laws and revoke the licensing of FOX Networks.
Steve seems to be saying haven't improved with women in high positions! Sounds durogatory to both sexes!
Crooks are crooks!!!!!
The evidence -- and omission of it -- substantiates that the FOX cesspool is not legitimate news, is not in facgtg news of any kind, is their refusal to report on the scdandal, at the head of which is owner Rupert "Illegally Hack the Private Voicemail of Murdered Children" Murdoch.
But the dupes addicted to the FOX cesspool will be the last to admit that fact because their self-image and self-esteem would suffer in front of their own faces. To be so willingly blind, duped, manipulated, and directed to hate "Liberals" -- it was Liberals who founded he US, in spite of the opposition of the "Conservatives" -- based solely on childish name-calling. That's all that the FOX cesspool has to offer -- as substitute for actual reportage, fact, and "argument": name-calling.
Stupid is easy. We'll see what percentage of those addicted to that cesspool finally wake up and admit how foolish they've been by attacking thought, reason, and intelligence, in defense off ignorance. And admit that they have actively participated in the extremist right-wing Murdoch -- and Roger Ailes -- efforts to destroy the democratic US.
The only thing that can keep them from admitting their huge error is shame, a childish and stupid obstinacy, and their addiction to continual knee-jerk lying.
Good!!! Bring down Rupert Murdock too! Take Fox News off the air in the US!
They have done nothing but spread hate and poison.
Probably won't be all that bad...going to jail that is...... if she should spend some time in prison... as it no doubt will be a year or so, to then return to the land of the free where a hefty 'pension' would be waiting, never having to work for anyone again.
These folks always end up in the country club style jail.. Do they have country club style jails in GB like they do in the USA?
Yeah.....It is doubtful that Ms Becky or her collegues would be getting a 20 year sentence, like that mother in Florida who 'stood her ground' against her abuser husband firing a warning shot into the wall and is now doing 20 years hard time leaving 3 small children -1 a baby- no doubt or probably in the care of the same abuser husband. Just gotta loooove American or one should say Florida justice..
Anyhoo....Don't hear of much happening on this side of the pond regarding the hacking thing that supposedly happened here too. Not much coverage on it in the media here except now and again on the internet or used to hear about it on Current tv when Keith Olbermann was there. Hmmm
Peace.....
Murdoch's CRIMINAL EMPIRE
FOX News RAP Sheet =
Illegal phone hacking
11 Criminal Arrests at the Sun
6 arrests on conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, an indication of an attempted cover-up of the scope of phone hacking.
6 resignations of CEO’s and Commissioners
2 Attempted Suicides by Senior Journalists working for News International
7 arrests of editors and reporters
2 reporters jailed
Police Bribery
Hush Money
Lying before the British Parliament
Criminal Investigations
Civil Court Cases
Cash settlements with Murdoch’s victims
Resignations
So much fuss over what governments do every minute of every day. Where's the outrage about government spying? Where's the calls for "justice" when it's government destroying people with false information and innuendo? Never has government intrusion and domestic spying and manipulation been as prevalent as today, ALL governments. And yet, people act as if it isn't happening. Could it be the general population are oblivious or just choose not to see it? Where do you think these media nerds learned how to do this? And to think these are the same people that put Bernie Madoff in prison for running a Ponzi Scheme. If it weren't so tragic is would be funny.
Irony is not without a sense of humor, it seems. When it's government doing it, it "for your protection and safety", But, let it be someone else and doing it to defeat their efforts and it borders on treason. "Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice"?!?, seriously? This charge coming from the government? THE most corrupt people on the face of the planet? Where is the conspiracy really? What do you suppose the various "intelligence" services do everyday? Or politicians when there campaigning? Or your local police departments? DO you really think they aren't listening to phone calls?, reading e-mails and IM's?
There can be no doubt now. We must open up investigations on News Corp/Fox News in the USA. Somebody has to answer for putting crosshairs across this country. Somebody has to answer for spurring people to carry guns during protests and political conventions. Fox News is to blame for most everything that is tearing our country apart today.
Have you noticed that she has really aged in the last few month-
well if you can't do the time, don't commit the crime.
Piece by piece, thread by thread, more will come out, more will be charged, but will they continue to protect Murdoch? Murdoch has made billions peddling scum, and the sheeple eat it up. Our lust for sensationalism and support of papers like Murdoch's give us this crap, daily, and we wonder why society is being flushed down the tiolet?
My theory is that Rupert has so much dirt on so many powerful people that they're protecting him.
Yup, and I suspect the power of manna convinced the Judges in Florida to rule that Faux News can lie--falsify and mislead "news" reports. I'm sure not many of the right wing base knows that.
Why are you guys talking about News-corps tendency for government bribery, corruption, destroying evidence, mis-information, and their executives who may be thrown in prison?
If you go to Fox news and you'll see the true headline is "Obama promotes gay marriage", and it may even become mandatory to teach children to become gay in "gay class" at school!, Obama may also be a gay alien and a citizen of Mars... i think his children are androids as a cover...
Fair and balanced :o)
The interesting thing is that up till now the underlings have kept stumm, perhaps because they believed the Met and CPS weren't really interested in going after them, or because somehow the establishment would protect them. Now that they could theoretically being going to jail for life perhaps their amnesia will cure itself.
He won't in the end be protected: he's a weasle who employed weasles. When those weasles face jail-time, they'll flip and spill their guts about him -- and his arrogant son James.
This ain't over till the fattest of the scurilities sings: and that's Murdoch himself, blaming his son while his ship of moral bankruptcy sinks.
Rupy is like Hitler...he'll let the entire empire crumble to protect himself!
Murdock is a unique villain. It seems that calling someone Hitler has become a substitute for calling them something profane.
Charmin-2818555.......
History often repeats itself. So do personalities within it.
Rupert Murdock is not Hitler. But, he shares many of the same character traits. Chief among these is the belief that he (Murdock) is anointed to reign over the remainder of mankind (us).
Murdock does not share Hitler's charisma nor his oratory skills. But, he has artfully substituted control of a vast and corrupt media empire by which he deceives his victims.
Rupert Murdock is a dangerous fascist. You are correct that he is a "unique villain". But, using Hitler in any description of Murdock is not hyperbolic.
Let us hope this episode brings Murdock down or, at least, substantially reduces his power. This is yet one more reason it is so important that President Obama is reelected. Should republicans regain the White House, it is a near certainty no investigation of Rupert Murdock will occur in the United States.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/06/leveson-murdoch-cameron-brooks-privilege
yes re-elect obumma so he can finish his job collapsing the economy
Everyone here blaming murdoch are the same people claiming Obama couldn't have known about "fast and furious" or "Solyndra". What a bunch of hypocrits. Murdoch must have known, but Obama was innocent.
James,
So it is ok for Murdock to break the law because someone else in your mind has done something untoward?
It is very telling how skewed the conservatives mindset is with your post.
GermanGem
yes re-elect obumma so he can finish his job collapsing the economy
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Central to being a so-called "conservative" is irresponsibility piled on top of lying:
When the economy collapsed, BUSH was in the White Huse. It is President Obama who had to put aside his intent to reform -- re-regulate -- Wall St. in order to save the economy from the greedy capitalists who carre only about themselves. And those leeches include Murdoch and his irresponsible and dishonest defenders.
Clue: lying is IMMORAL. To lie in defense of what only a twisted mind could believe is moral is self-deranging amorality. All those who attack Preisdent Obama based upon lies they know are lies need psychiatric help.
And an education in ethics, and ethical reasoning.
"Fast and furious," and "Solyndra," were BUSH initiatives.
But you wouldn't learn those facts, or about the massive and vast Murdoch scandal from the FOX cesspool because that cesspool is NOT a source of NEWS. Is NOT a legitimate news source. As you've been told for years: it is far-right wing PROPOGANDA against democraccy and the majority. Against the interests of the very dupes who suck down the sewerage fed them by that cesspool.
Defending the obviously corrupt head of a criminal enterprise -- Murdoch -- by attacking someone else with lie-based accusations is about as mature as a second-grade elementary school psychology. I can almost understand the defensiveness, and the sense of smallness, such immoral, dishonest defenders feel. But those problems are not the fault of President Obama, despite the fact of your jealousy of him for being intelligent and knowledgeable about reality. And for having been vindictated by the fact that the FOX cesspool delusions you've been beleiving and perpetuating arre crumbling in front of your stupid faces. That crumbling is jot the fault or doing of President Obama; it is the fault of those who originated the delusions, and fed them to stupid dupes who attacked elites while believing themselves superior to elities -- which is itself elitist: Murdoch, and REPUBLICAN operative Roger Ailes.
Marklepew,
I never said it was ok. pay attention!! I said you were all hypocrits for saying Obama didn't know about things under his watch, but Murdoch must be guilty and knew everything that weas going on.
JNagarrya -
If they were actually "Bush's Fault" you know this current administration would already have release the files instead of of hiding everything.
By the way I watch Fox news every morning and all I get is the weather and traffic, I dont know where you sheeple get all this crap about politics from.
James: I think all people should be held responsible for their actions, regardless of party, creed or ideology. If there is an actual law broken, then follow the chain of responsibility wherever it may lead. If Obama acted improperly (but not illegally) then hold him responsible at the ballot box. But you are the one trying to deflect responsibility by Brooks and the Murdochs -- in a story thread about them -- by hand waving about Fast and Furious.
james-4012986
JNagarrya -
If they were actually "Bush's Fault" you know this current administration would already have release the files instead of of hiding everything.
By the way I watch Fox news every morning and all I get is the weather and traffic, I dont know where you sheeple get all this crap about politics from.
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So let's look at your "logic" straight:
You got the RIGHT-WING PARTISAN LIE that President Obama, who is not in charge of the DOJ, and can not lawfully order it to do or not do anything, hasn't released "Fast and furious" documents which are ALLEGED by REPUBLICANS to exist, from watching only the weather and traffic as "reported" by the FOX cesspool.
I have a selection of bridges for sale. Prices negotiable to fit your budget.
Here are a few free clues:
Constitution: CONGRESS shall make the laws. The President can only sign or veto those laws.
Constitution: CONGRESS holds the purse; so it is CONGRESS that spends the money, not the President. The President can only implement the laws made by CONGRESS, with the money allocated by CONGRESS, as stipulated in the law made by CONGRESS.
Constitution: all money bills shall originate in the House. The House is controlled by REPUBLICANS.
In view of those facts, why are the Republicans blaming the President for not creating jobs, when it is CONGRESS that must make the laws AND allocate the money to do so?
And why do FOX cesspool addicts -- lemmings -- parrot those same false allegations against the President, instead of asking CONGRESS why it is not enacting jobs legsilation? Is it because FOXtards are stupid? or because they are immoral liars?
OH JAMES, James, the active republicans in office are certainly not stupid. But they are definitely liars. Most every reputable news agency has clinically proven that fox news are part of the right (rich) wing and will say just about anything. Again they say most anything from lies to unsubstantiated innuendo. James you must get an informed life. Come on bud - help us out with your education. Please!!!
Yes, he was. But, Congress was dominated by Democrats. For the record, Congress controls the economy.
Bush warned Congress for years that if they didn't do something about Fannie and Freddie the economy would collapse. The Democratically-controlled Congress of the end of his term told Bush to sit down and shut up, and that they were handling everything just fine without his input, and that there were no problems with Fannie and Freddie. History proved otherwise.
As to Rupert Murdoch, it might surprise people to know that he funded both Republican and Democratic political candidates and BOTH the RNC and DNC with $20,000 soft money donations.
ZING>>>>
Reference to Hitler in a few comments... WOW, that was fast...
When it comes to their humanity, the stretch isn't that far, Dave.
A fascist is not defined as such by the commission of holocausts. It is defined by actions against diversity of views.
In the view of Murdoch -- and of the FOX cesspool dupes -- there is only one correct belief: theirs. It is their view that all other views are to be DESTROYED. And in so doing establish a ONE-PARTY system -- which was done in WWII Germany by Hitler.
Fascism is fascism, regardless the name of the fascist. Like it or not, the comparison of Murdoch and his methods to Hitler's is not as far off the mark as you and his blind defenders so desperately hope.
Go right ahead: keep clinging to that empty hope: when the final collapse of the Murdoch Empire of Sleaze occurs, you'll go out of your mind with depression at having no certain reality to which to cling. And guns, "bibles," and lying won't solve the problem for you.
I don't if I should laugh or cry at the last two comments.
murdock, fox and all his news is the most, corrupt, most biased most uuntrue news in the world, I hope he sees jail time too for this, the piece of scum has made all the decent news channels have a bad name in reputation and the gall of those morons to call there news fair and unbiased, we report you decide, its always been more like we distort so you decide the way we want you too!!
Wouldn't say ALL his news is biased, because he usually leaves in a couple of token "fair and balanced" shows on side channels. Otherwise Fox News is extremely corrupt--which is why gullible idiots like to watch it.
If our anti-trust laws hadn't been thrown out, Rupert would NEVER have been able to even get a foothold in America, let alone build his empire here. No TBTF corporation would ever have gotten to that point. Didn't we learn anything from Ma Bell? But, then again, our politicians are all owned by these same corporations and wealthy owners, from the lowly dog catcher to the top of the ladder. Vote NONE OF THE ABOVE or NO VOTE this November. Throw every politician out of office and don't elect any of their politician opponents. Until we get a truly honest candidate, nothing will ever change and the Murdoch's of the world will continue to rule our lives.
anti-trust, we won't get an honest politician by staying home. demand better from the current crop with action. this murdoch thing would have never taken hold if there weren't people ready to put their feet in the street to demand action from their elected officials. it was never in the politician's interest to put this up for public trial, but they were forced to because they had thrown the people under the bus with austerity measures. that led to the people becoming more interested in what was going on politically. time for the american people to rise up too and end the corporate ownership of our government. we can't do that if we sit on the sidelines. sitting it out let's them win. they will continue to mobilize their voters with fear. we need to mobilize our voters with hope and determination.
vote obama/biden and for every democrat on the ticket in november and then when we've taken back the government from the crazies on the right we can demand through public action those we've elected do our bidding. If they don't we groom candidates who will challenge them from the left. Without showing them who they really report to, we can never win because we'll never win the money fight. Time for the only ones to feel fear are the elected officials. Let them know we will not be silenced or taken advantage of any longer.
how does not voting get you anything ?
And who, then, will operate the gov't, if everyone there is thrown out, and no one is elected to replace them?
Your suggestion makes as much sense as the fake news spewed by the FOX cesspool.
Once more it is the people down below that take the fall. I wish for the day that people will wake up and realize that news media is not truth and that everyone will go out and experience everything from all walks of life. Perhaps then we can learn to respect and accept one another not for our differences but because we're all still human.
I still can't believe that half the country that watches FOX News, yes the network owned by News Corp. which is owned by Rupert Murdoch believes the news they receive from them to be truth. In turn creating a population that has become so divided not for reasons that help us through these tough times, but because they want us to believe that our differences is the problem. Wake up everybody!
Cliffmatiics: If you woud stop beliving what they tell you on NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS and check it out for your self, maybe you would have a better understanding of what is realy happening in this country with the "O'bummer Bunch" Take your head out of your ARSE!
The FOX cesspool has about 5 million dupes. The population is over 300 million. 5 is not half of 300.
Bashing all media becasue the FOX cesspool is not legitimate news is the FOX cesspool tactic.
Going out and getting your own individual exeperience, so you needn't make the effort to learn how to ddistinguish between fact and BS, between truth -- which matters -- and lie. And bashing President Obama based upon FOX sewerage is as stupid as stupid is.
Stupid is easy. It is also like a communicable disease: so do your country a favor by shutting up until you grow up into knowing the meaning of responsible citizenship, instead of attempting to mislead others exactly as you are mislead.
" NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS"
Hilarious. Where am I supposed to get news? Foxnews and the Drudge Report?
How does the liberal media conspiracy work exactly? My daughter is a journalism major and none of her professors is trying to indoctrinate her. How do they separate the "good" journalists that work at fox, like Glenn Beck, from the bad, liberals like katie Couric?
How is it that Fox ends up with people like Geraldo, convicted felons and traitors like Gordon Liddy and Oliver North, religious nut bags like Cal Thomas, crackpots like Glenn Beck?
Seems like Fox has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get anyone to work there.
Sam
You must understand when you are dealing with someone who defends FOX you are either dealing with a moron or a completely brainwashed person. They are completely out of touch with reality and only watch FOX's lies and listen to lies like the drug addict Rush. to re-enforce their twisted believes. To engage them in any kind f meaningful debate is pointless you would get a better response by talking to a potted plant.
Why does FOX have the highest ratings?
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/15/cable-news-ratings-for-saturday-sunday-may-12-13-2012/134161/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/14/cable-news-ratings-for-friday-may-11-2012/133946/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/11/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-may-10-2012/133446/
Why is this still news? And more importantly, have they actually bothered to try and convict the police officers that took the bribe? Why are we focusing on the CEO who probably has no idea that any of this is going on, when it was actual officers that took bribes and comitted a crime?
The CEO approved it and the officers should be charged too, along with everyone involved. You don't defeat an empire simply by taking out one guy. You take out everyone important so that the rest, with nobody to rally around, end up scattering in all directions.
It will be news for the rest of Murdoch's life, as powerful men/women squirm in their seats and try to protect him.
Of course, Todd82TA. CEOs get the huge bucks because they are masters of industry with indispensable skills, until something goes wrong, and then they are clueless innocents who couldn't possibly have known anything. And the evidence indicates that this scandal was known about in the highest reaches of the company. "Why is this still news?" Because chief executive Rebekah Brooks is being charged. That is news.
Well I guess this is still news because Tiger or Brittany or somebody else hasn't done something stupid. Of all the "news" out there, this is truly newsworthy.
TODD82TA & Charmin-2818555........
You two are poor magicians. We won't be taking our eyes off this important matter to focus on "Tiger or Brittany" as you would dearly love.
Go sell your slight-of-hand over at Fox News where, even they, cannot ignore what is clearly an important development.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/15/former-news-international-ceo-and-husband-to-be-charged-in-uk-phone-hacking/?test=latestnews
This story has the potential to be Murdock's "Watergate".
Bribery is illegal. Those who offer the bribes initiate the bribery. It was News Corp. that initiated the bribery, not those who received the bribes.
BOTH are guilty of the crime of bribery -- not only the "little people" cops you want to blame exclusively.
Here's a clue, so you needn't pay for it:
Those bribes came from the News Corp. treasury. It was not the reporter on the street who went to the treasury and removed the money. Those reporters worked under an editior. When the reporter told the editor he needed money in order to get information, it was the editor who approved it. And he had to get the okay from his superiors. One of those superiors was Rebecca Brooks.
Why is that the fact? Because News Corp. is in the business of making AND KEEPING money.
So, in order to keep the books balanced, those bribes also had to be accounted for. And the accounts are kept by executives -- not editors, not reporters, and not cops outside News Corp. The payment of bribes HAD to be approved by those at the top who are closest to the treasury and the accounts; and that includes not only Brooks but also the Murdochs.
You aren't going to get those facts from those who operate that way, and or are defending those practices. Those crimes. And you are among those defending those crimes by attempting to exclusively blame your notion of "gov't". Another free clue: we call the Founders "FOUNDERS" because they FOUNDED gov't. And they FOUNDED gov't because they were PRO-gov't. It is the criminals and wanna-be criminals who oppose gov't/rule of law/regulation, and always based upon allegations of corruption -- where's the evidence beyond the lies? -- so you look away from them at someone else. And while you're looking away from them, they are laughing behind your back and picking your pockets.
Anyone who thinks this will actually amount to something, is unfortunately naive. Like Enron, this will be nothing in the end. Murdock will still be allowed to own and operate the monopoly he now enjoys, no one will serve any time, etc...
Pardon the pun but, a "fox" does what a fox does and if you don't want it to eat your chickens there are only certain measures that will insure that doesn't happen. letting the fox have free rain of your property wouldn't be one of them.
You're wrong, of course. You don't really believe that Brooks and her husband and fellow indictees are going to do Murdoch's time FOR him do you? Ain't gonna happen. Once they feel the poke of the screws, they'll flip and spill the beans on the Murdochs.
Enron was nothing in the end? What an idiot.
The company collapsed, top officials went to jail.
Watching FOX makes people stupid.
Not unlike most of our politicians here in USA. However,I hope the British will do a complete and thorough investigation. I have no doubt that Murdoch is the scum bag we always thought he was. I think he has control over the elections here, and lets face it, what other way to get to the heart of America but through talking heads tellling us the commies, blacks, mexicans, gays, women, muslims, libritarians, anti-Christ, one world order, etc. coming to get our flags and our marriage and our guns, money, tax dollars,etc.... Notice they don't care about our Baseball, hotdogs, Apple pie or Chevrolet, or mothers, daughters, sisters, co-workers, poor, disabled, seniors, handicap, etc. or even to say, our country. No patriotism there at all. Bring it down, we can run to another country and claim duel citizenship and take the wealth from our natural resources with them. But our best resource is the hard working Americans. As long as they can't ship us overseas to work in their sweatshops, we can rebuild without them and their cheap stuff. There's a reason why Made in USA is worth more. We are an experiment, can we govern ourselves? Yes, we just can not govern evil empires raping us through our so called governing body. I don't have a problem closing down our ports until we can inspect everything that comes into this country. I say since the rich want to flush, let us be sure we let the laxative finish, do the paper work and then flush. You will still see, America, with hard working people, white, black, mexican, taxpaying, and still be able to practice our religion freely, we will still have guns, running water, sanitaion, schools, apprentiship programs and know what we are eating. I say if the rich don't like America, they need to move the Hell out, but any American assets still within our borders, shall stay here, no matter who they sold out to to get rich. Less problems because we will offer each other better wages and benefits, we may die earlier due to big business hospitals going with the flush but a much better life while we are here. That my friend is leveling the playing field. Once again, families can be families, children can be children, grandparents can still be treasured. I see a better life without the attitude money makes me better than you. Should we just flush, say the top 25%. After we flush, we can then look to see who wants to be an American and who needs to go home. Immigration solved. Thanks for the rant, I'll go back to sleep now.
"Not unlike most of our politicians here in USA."
You provide not a shred of evidence for that alllegation. Tell the truth: you work for the FOX cesspool, as is evidenced by your lack of critical faculties, and lack of concern for truth.
The Murdock Empire is replete with criminals.
Murdoch needs to be forced out of N.America, hes a scumbag. His network is no better. It pumps out nothing but propaganda, and aims to create division and descent. His companies do nothing but cause trouble. You can basically blame a large part of the gridlock in Washington on him. He has done nothing good at all, and only created strife. And its cost the country dearly already. Meanwhile hes laughing all the way to the bank. The sad fact is, most people don't bother to fact check, and Murdock uses that to twist everything to look the way he wants it. He lies by omission all the time. Its still deceit no matter how you wrap it up.
Hah! Looks like Brooks may be up the creek! Wonder how much this little birdie will sing, and who she will sing to and about. I bet the King in his tower is resting uneasy on the throne tonight.......
The Murdoch Empire of propaganda, lawlessness, and the ends justifies the means, is getting what it deserves, but why did it take the English to realize they were so enslaved this self imposed king?
If a left leaning news organization had done what Murdoch has done Faux News and its full time army of political propagandists would be having a field day. In reality though Murdoch represents the "work ethic" of the current right wing extremists, which has little if anything to do with real conservatism.
Another ginger bites the dust. Note to Brooks: Time to chop those locks. You're not a spring chicken anymore.
What does your opinion on the length of her hair have anything to do with this? BTW: When a woman turns 50, she doesn't automatically go to the "beauty parlor", cut off her hair and get a poodle perm - it's not in the genetic code.
Tabloid Headline reads
"Mudraker" Murdoch scandal coming to the US soon.
Hopefully before the election so Fox Snooze doors will be shuttered by then.
Don't count on it..... Murdoch has undermined our press to the extent that it will be hard to get him. Look at the number of morons who still watch Faux. They know he's guilty and they don't care.
Can't wait to learn how long it takes the ''another daughter to Rupert'' Rebekah Brooks takes to turn against Murdoch and take him down.
They ought to get Murdock. He knew it. They have already said, "he's not fit to run a company". That's about as plain as you can put it.
On Fox one blond said that McDonalds food was "God's food." You can take a family of four there and...
God's food?????????? I understand the need for leggy blonds for eye candy for the lower IQ working class right wingers, but do they have to talk too? lol.
Wonder what 80 plus year old Rupert's young wife has to say? Gimmie lamborgini keys..
Brooks is a low life POS , anyway, she'd stoop so low as to please and do anything that Disgusting Rupert Murdoch says or would ask her to do. Shes a liar , Murdoch is a liar they go hand in hand ! their all worthless !!!
the only thing lower than Rebekah Brooks is Murdoch's wife....'member her? The social climber and gold digger....what was her name again? Oh yeah.. "nasty asian woman".
who else thinks it's funny watching loony leftardz get all apoplectic over Fox News? you know the number one network? lol
When the FBI completes it's investigation of Fox News, it may not be the so called number one network. I think it's very funny when people like you think the lefty's are apoplectic over this. They aren't, they are laughing their rear ends off, because justice just might becoming to someone who deserves it.
"justice"? what do you mean? what did rupert do/ how do you know he did anything? is obama responsible for everything people under him do? so he's going to resign over eric Holder and fast and furious right? or for the Secret Service agents right?
you leftnuts are comical hypocrites
You mean the #1 Cable News network. They don't even come close to network news viewership however. But it clearly phases you little that the British arm of this "news' network you love so much has been caught red handed dealing in the most sordid of acts and in the most embarassing way. Hacking the dead? Really, Mrs Brooks and Mr. Murdoch, you have no scruples. But put the corks in your ears and blinders over your eyes and it will all go away. No relation to Fox News, just the same ownership and corporate culture. No relationship, right?
Dancing With The Stars is the current #1 show in America. Does that mean it is the best show on television? Does that mean that you can learn anything from it? Same for Rush Limbaugh. He has the #1 talk radio show in the country. Does that mean that he is a beacon of accuracy? LOL! Does that mean his show is a place of worth where critical thought is of any importance? Once again. LOL!
can we be honest for a moment here/ you think he (Rupert) "deserves" whatever you think he deserves for reasons that have nothing to do with the British arm of his empire hacking peoples phones. honestly why do you, and hundreds like you; come here to make fools of yourselves drowning in your own bias, intolerance and hypocrisy?
lol voxrati; of course being number one doesnt mean anything!! lol and by inference your logic says being #2, or 3 or 4 etc means theymust be better. love your logic. (snicker)
lol do you really want to go there about what culture somebody wallowed in? you are the same kind of asinine hypocrite that dismisses obama's 20 year association with a bigoted and racist hate-filled church called Trinity Church run by a bigoted loser named Reverend Wright. or obama's association with people who planned to bomb an NCO club full of returning Vietnam veteran's and their wives and children; who hails from one of the most corrupt cities in the nation; where his own seat was for sale.............again LOL!
Spoken like a true TeaTard! It's not FOX news, it's FOX right wing propaganda! The FOX machine won't even report on this. They may not have Murdoch yet for what he knows but it's a matter of time. Of course you may be right, Murdoch may not know anything but this would go from being a criminal to being an incompetent who should know what is happening by his lieutenants in his organization! Of course, the British already said he's not competent! LOL
No need to go there. Your response says quite enough about your own culture. Obviously you are obsessed with the type of tabloid journalism Murdoch represents. Your accusations are nothing but bizarre but of course you represent the Far Right view. Clearly you have been reading the WND and that says quite enough about your culture. The Ayers story is so old and just so blatantly stupid. Do you really think people should be held responsible for the people with whom they are assigned to work? And you do realize that the chief association of the two men was in relation to the Annenberg Project. You do know who Walter Annenberg was, don't you? So what was his foundation doing associating with Ayers if he was such a repugnant figure? It might be the fact that he is an honored professor at one of the leading academic institutions in the country.
This story is about Murdoch, not Obama. All you are doing is obfuscating from the truth. Of course that makes sense as you obviously get your news from inherently corrupt sources. But yes, of course I will be voting for Obama this fall. It's the least I can do to fight the ignorance that you (and those who support your view) believe and Murdoch produces.
It's "number one" with dupes who believe popularity equals truth. The intelligent don't watch the FOX cesspool because the "getting back at elites" line by sucking down tabloid trash and lies is stupid.
The claim that the FOX cdesspool is "number one" is based upon a poll. So is the finding that the addicts of the FOX cesspool are the least informed of information consumers.
Tell us: what is "fair and balanced" in accepting only the poll results you like, while ignoring those you don't like?
That isn't "fair and balanced"; it is intellectually dishonest. It is how one lies to onself in order to feel a false (false because based upon a lie) sense of superiority -- elitism -- over those you are told by the FOX cesspool to hate.
This news report is bad news about and for News Corp,. and the FOX cesspool. So the FOXtards -- the FOX cesspool addicts -- dishonestly change the subject by attacking President Obama character for allegedly attending a racist Christian chuch -- even though -- they also insist -- he is actually a Muslim, who would instead attend a mosque.
FOXtards never listen to themselves, or critically evaluate the parroted Fcesspool droppings that fall out of their mouths, else they'd recognize howo stupid they are to insist that the Presdent is the issue, when in fact the issue is the urdoch criminal enterprise.
Wht sort of MORAL person attacks the character of another in effort to defend criminality? Is that a new sort of anti-elitist elitism? Is it the same tired old immoral fake "moral outrage" in which the FOX cesspool specializes?
Hey JN, do you not like FOX? You just keep repeating the same things over and over again. We get it, you don't like FOX.
So JDM obviously you have no opinion on the hacking scandal. Like a typical Fox viewer just keep your head turned and the stench will pass, right?
How about what Rupert and his band of merry conservative henchmen have done HERE, in the USA, that conservatives claim to LOVE so much?
what have they done; besides try to un-lemming rabid leftnuts that want to be lied to?
So what's Queef Olberdork been up to lately? didn't he get fired from his last 2 jobs?
Personally I'd like to see her do hardcore jail time in a RAPE-U-IN-THE-ARSE prison.
You know, like where WE would go for minor offenses in the United States of America.
cheer up; i'm sure eventually it will stop hurting back there.
Never.
Some wounds go to deep. But don't worry, you'll find out for yourself eventually.