tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4713886815424142807..comments2024-03-28T06:58:14.439-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Murdoch hacking crisis deepens with war dead outcry."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83357097575892560382011-07-07T17:14:30.604-05:002011-07-07T17:14:30.604-05:00I've been blogging this story for days. The pr...I've been blogging this story for days. The progressive left is gleeful, chanting, "One down ..."AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30195119246580186342011-07-07T15:22:58.427-05:002011-07-07T15:22:58.427-05:00That poor innocent Murdoch had to close down one p...That poor innocent Murdoch had to close down one paper for bad behavior so that he can continue to build his empire, but I suspect the Brits smell blood and will continue to hound him.roesch-voltairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802616989806761662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67030045195233167452011-07-07T12:11:51.351-05:002011-07-07T12:11:51.351-05:00Carol writes like James Ellroy.Carol writes like James Ellroy.erictrimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232618429644841580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72504811224711090852011-07-07T12:08:03.435-05:002011-07-07T12:08:03.435-05:00The details of the scandal are horrible
AND
I...The details of the scandal are horrible<br /><br />AND<br /><br />I'm impressed at Murdoch's response.<br /><br />BUT <br /><br />Much more to come. When scandal meets bias (i.e. Murdoch is evil) then we will hear about it ad infinitum.Phil 314https://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90669494472978124922011-07-07T12:05:11.481-05:002011-07-07T12:05:11.481-05:00Murdoch just announced he's shutting down News...Murdoch just announced he's shutting down News of the World.<br /><br />No obfuscation, no excuses, the paper is no more, last issue on Sunday. <br /><br />Good, bold response shutting off the critics.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30404557892900293112011-07-07T12:05:09.143-05:002011-07-07T12:05:09.143-05:00I see the headline is now "Murdoch stuns crit...I see the headline is now "Murdoch stuns critics, shuts down scandal-hit paper".<br /><br />Which makes more sense, since it was not a "Murdoch hacking crisis", since there's not the slightest evidence (or even allegation, as far as I can see) that Mr. Murdoch had anything to do with the phone hacking, or even knew about it until everyone else found out.<br /><br />And contra the Frenchman, I see no reason that this should implicate any other Newscorp property in Britain, based on any extant evidence.<br /><br />Funny thing about a company like that; the subsidiaries are <i>pretty damned independent</i>, and thus insulated from one-another at the management level.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2056121694234734042011-07-07T10:45:46.279-05:002011-07-07T10:45:46.279-05:00Yes, and digging through dumpsters to find dirt on...Yes, and digging through dumpsters to find dirt on Palin; moving in next door to spy on her = legitimate newsgathering techniques. <br />Just like digging through the tax and other records of Joe the Plumber was just a legitimate newsgathering technique.<br />Or hacking the email of Palin--not one leftist complaining about Murdoch made a peep of a complaint about that!JimMuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594791095928791928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15345780876047818002011-07-07T10:33:01.830-05:002011-07-07T10:33:01.830-05:00What JAL said. All of it.
Considering we have &qu...What JAL said. All of it.<br /><br />Considering we have "journalists" going through people's trash and stalking public figures to the point of moving in next to them, this isn't that surprising.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69225174080539739912011-07-07T10:26:09.851-05:002011-07-07T10:26:09.851-05:00You want to know the crisis?
STOCK PRICE DROPPE...You want to know the crisis? <br /><br />STOCK PRICE DROPPED.<br /><br />Hanging in the balance, is Murdoch's reach "for the SKY." The competitors are crying foul.<br /><br />The deal? It's all political. So maybe it flushes down the toilet?<br /><br />The gamble? You buy the stock because the price has dropped.<br /><br />I just don't do these things, anymore.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7027208373376800032011-07-07T10:17:29.115-05:002011-07-07T10:17:29.115-05:00Publishing international secrets of the US diploma...Publishing international secrets of the US diplomatic cables : triumph of world peace. Supposed hacking of a cellphone for a news story/ dead soldiers : outrage!!!outrage!! Poor soldiers, and God Bless America!!! Leftists don't care at all about the soldiers, this is only a cudgel, real or imagined, to beat Murdoch with. Fortunately it's all very obvious to all but the most indoctrinated these days. Doesn't look like that playbook will change any time soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-985968770968289692011-07-07T10:14:20.218-05:002011-07-07T10:14:20.218-05:00Nasty, sleezy stuff.
I have no idea of the span o...Nasty, sleezy stuff.<br /><br />I have no idea of the span of Nurdock's Brit news empire, but I gather it is wide. We know that the Brit press is more stratified than the US press, meaning there are the "legitimate" press and the Tabloid broadsheets. <br /><br />I expect that Murdock has a number of down market rags (e.g. The National Enquirers, Tattler, etc)<br /><br />I expect that those brands are even sleezier than their US versions.<br /><br />On the other hand, I don't expect Murdock knows what the activities are beyond the balance sheets.<br /><br />OTOH, as Paddy O said, our media has no problem exploiting our war dead to both sell papers and to hurt selected Bush's, when feels like it.<br /><br />The hypocrisy showsThe Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10385612655980820252011-07-07T09:59:32.726-05:002011-07-07T09:59:32.726-05:00The media strangle hold that the Murdoch papers ha...The media strangle hold that the Murdoch papers have had on politics in England may be loosen thanks to this scandal exposing just how dirty his organization can be. You catch the scope of this read Hugh Grants article based on a bugged interview with one of the reporters.roesch-voltairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802616989806761662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13442062690357317482011-07-07T09:31:29.043-05:002011-07-07T09:31:29.043-05:00I couldn't get a sentence into the scandal wit...I couldn't get a sentence into the scandal without zonking out from boredom, when it came up on Drudge.<br /><br />It's good that it deepens, though.<br /><br />Widening and lengthening is probably next, and then it will loom, and still nobody will say what it's about in the first sentence.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34774389048310444412011-07-07T09:30:42.912-05:002011-07-07T09:30:42.912-05:00I know right?!I know right?!garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75073675158183862042011-07-07T09:25:25.496-05:002011-07-07T09:25:25.496-05:00Might be bad, BUT .....
Agreed. Not as bad as Gu...<i>Might be bad, BUT .....</i><br /><br />Agreed. Not as bad as Gunrunner or Kagan/Obamacare.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13244569288363653372011-07-07T09:23:40.316-05:002011-07-07T09:23:40.316-05:00Might be bad, BUT .....Might be bad, BUT .....garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70278237706422950462011-07-07T09:15:41.534-05:002011-07-07T09:15:41.534-05:00'Then I'm going to blame some people in th...'Then I'm going to blame some people in this room, and that I will not forgive.' - Don Rupert-CorleoneAlmost Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427310325116128479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55013293504256676492011-07-07T09:10:08.844-05:002011-07-07T09:10:08.844-05:00An outrage in need of a scandal finally found one....An outrage in need of a scandal finally found one. <br /><br />The families are only sympathetic to such people when they can be used as tools to attack political opponents. <br /><br />When the coffins returning home are photographed, names are read, other personal information is shared to 'raise awareness', family wishes are ignored. <br /><br />What happened here is certainly wrong, but the outrage is selective and targeted towards an established political opponent, all while other scandals, like JAL mentioned, are ignored or dismissed. <br /><br />But, at the same time, I don't like media semi-monopolies (nor mostly-monopolies in any industry, like cell phones), so a little humbling for Murdoch isn't too worrisome.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28497684525004889252011-07-07T09:10:01.116-05:002011-07-07T09:10:01.116-05:00Someone wants me to believe that newspaper journal...Someone wants me to believe that newspaper journalists have 1337 5kill5, and can hack the phone system?? <br /><br />Not only that, but they can target specific individuals?<br /><br />How very unlikely!!madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69029609235218631202011-07-07T09:01:24.774-05:002011-07-07T09:01:24.774-05:00This:
The scandal that *needs* to be on the front...This:<br /><br /><i>The scandal that *needs* to be on the front pages is the DOJ-ATF-FBI-BHO GunRunner scandal that Obama's Boyz were running "under the radar."<br /><br />Operation Fast and Furious is / was unbelievably illegal, callous and poorly thought out. Oh yeah, and primarily evil.</i>Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49861405251785027342011-07-07T08:59:03.338-05:002011-07-07T08:59:03.338-05:00Absolutely wrong to do what they did.
But I doubt...Absolutely wrong to do what they did.<br /><br />But I doubt Murdoch knew. And don't think it reason to dissolve his "empire". (<-- Brit useage.) Though who -- Soros? might be pushing it. <br /><br />People need to be fired and penalized by their legal system.<br /><br />The scandal that *needs* to be on the front pages is the DOJ-ATF-FBI-BHO GunRunner scandal that Obama's Boyz were running "under the radar."<br /><br />Operation Fast and Furious is / was unbelievably illegal, callous and poorly thought out. Oh yeah, and primarily evil.<br /><br />Heads need to roll in many directions. (<-- Not a threat of physical harm.)JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.com