Carl Bernstein, investigative reporter of Watergate fame, and Roger Cohen of the New York Times debate the media legacy of Rupert Murdoch in the wake of the News of the World implosion. Bernstein begins ...
Has Rupert Murdoch changed the news of the world? by KCRW
Showing posts with label news of the world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news of the world. Show all posts
Jul 13, 2011
Jul 8, 2011
News of the World scandal leads to new arrests
British police today arrested the former spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron in the ever-worsening scandal over phone hacking at News of the World. The family of Rupert Murdoch has already vowed to shutter the 168-year-old tabloid on Sunday.
Jan 17, 2011
Murdoch's News of the World still dogged by phone-hacking scandal
The Guardian reports that an assistant editor of news at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World paid a private detective to hack into a sports agent's voicemail. News Corp has long held a single reporter had at the paper paid for illegal taps, but there have been allegations that the practice was systemic at the gossip rag.
Sep 10, 2010
News Corp's English coverup
The UK-based tabloid "News of the World" is mixed up in a juicy scandal of its own making, one that involves hacking celebrity and government phones, payoffs, jailed journalists, a curiously stalled investigation, and conveniently forgetful executives. Ryan Chittum at Columbia Journalism Review offers a fascinating recount of the affair, which raises serious question about the ethics of Rubert Murdoch's UK media empire.
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