Murdoch “Not Fit” To Run British Media

01 Tuesday May 2012

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James Murdoch, Murdoch, New York Times, News Corporation, News International phone hacking scandal, News of the World, Phone hacking, Rupert Murdoch, Wall Street Journal

Rupert Murdoch - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009 (Photo credit: World Economic Forum)

The British Parliamentary panel investigating phone hacking at News of the World has issued its findings citing media giant Rupert Murdock “‘not a fit person’ to run a huge international company,” according to the New York Times.

Rupert Murdoch, who owned News of the World which shut down because of the phone hacking, still holds a large share of Britain’s media. There is no telling how this will affect Murdoch at this point or whether he will lose his media license. The other question is how it will impact him here in the U.S. Murdoch’s News Corporation owns a large share here too including Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.

British Panel Criticizes Rupert Murdoch Over Hacking Scandal – NYTimes.com.

Rupert Murdoch ‘Not Fit Person’ To Run International Company, UK Lawmakers Say (mediaite.com)
Phone hacking report due from UK lawmakers (cnn.com)
A look at Rupert Murdoch and 4 associates (sacbee.com)
Read The Hacking Report That Says Murdoch Is ‘Not Fit’ To Run News Corp. (NWS) (businessinsider.com)
Phone-hack saga: Murdoch ‘not fit’ to run News Corp, blast MPs (go.theregister.com)
U.K. lawmakers: Rupert Murdoch unfit to lead company (washingtontimes.com)
Lawmakers Say Murdoch Unfit to Lead (usnews.com)
Lawmakers May Force Murdoch Sell British Media Empire (fox2now.com)
UK phone-hacking probe faults Murdochs, other execs (foxnews.com)
British Parliament: Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Company (voanews.com)
Deeming Rupert Murdoch not ‘fit’ opens a partisan divide (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Rupert Murdoch not fit to run business, UK lawmakers rule (fox13now.com)
A look at Rupert Murdoch and 4 associates (sfgate.com)
Rupert Murdoch isn’t fit to lead News Corp. and showed “wilful blindness”, say UK MPs (thenextweb.com)
U.K. politicians attack Murdochs (variety.com)
A look at Rupert Murdoch and 4 associates (seattlepi.com)

Murdoch: Harassment “Part Of The Game”

26 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by Mary Curtis in Rupert Murdoch

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Leveson Inquiry, London, Murdoch, News Corporation, News International phone hacking scandal, News of the World, Reuters, Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The tables turned on Rupert Murdoch yesterday in London during the second day of inquiry into the phone hacking scandal that violated the privacy of heads of state as well as celebrities. Murdoch, whose media outlets are infamous for intruding into the personal lives of others, was “mobbed by reporters” while crossing the street, according to Reuters.

When asked about the incident later by the inquiry’s head counsel, Reuters reports that Murdoch replied, “I think it’s part of the game…Harass people. You know I was being harassed.”

Hunter turns hunted as Murdoch harassed by press | Reuters.