Is this the beginning of the end of Rupert Murdoch's media empire?

He's not the target. It's the organization he's built up

He's not the target. It's the organization he's built up.

I think those who love Fox News feel allegiance to Roger Ailes, not to Murdoch.

FOX is fully the ID of Murdoch

hawkeye10 wrote:

I think those who love Fox News feel allegiance to Roger Ailes, not to Murdoch.

hawkeye10 wrote:

FOX is fully the ID of Murdoch

Former Oz PM Paul Keating last night said he didn't think Rupert had a political agenda, he just supports the wing of politics that will allow him to do business the way he wants unfettered by regulation. For example to get over the cross media ownership laws in the early 90s here he backed the conservative opposition, who dumped the law when they got in.

At News International we pride ourselves on setting the news agenda for the right reasons. Today we are leading the news or the wrong ones.

The reputation of the company we love so much, as well as the press freedoms we value so highly, are all at risk.

As Chief Executive of the company, I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt and I want to reiterate how sorry I am for what we now know to have taken place.
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I have believed that the right and responsible action has been to lead us through the heat of the crisis. However my desire to remain on the bridge has made me a focal point of the debate.

This is now detracting attention from all our honest endeavours to fix the problems of the past.

Therefore I have given Rupert and James Murdoch my resignation. While it has been a subject of discussion, this time my resignation has been accepted.

Rupert’s wisdom, kindness and incisive advice has guided me throughout my career and James is an inspirational leader who has shown me great loyalty and friendship.

I would like to thank them both for their support.

I have worked here for 22 years and I know it to be part of the finest media company in the world.

News International is full of talented, professional and honourable people. I am proud to have been part of the team and lucky to know so many brilliant journalists and media executives.

I leave with the happiest of memories and an abundance of friends.

As you can imagine recent times have been tough. I now need to concentrate on correcting the distortions and rebutting the allegations about my record as a journalist, an editor and executive.

My resignation makes it possible for me to have the freedom and the time to give my full cooperation to all the current and future inquiries, the police investigations and the CMS appearance.

I am so grateful for all the messages of support. I have nothing but overwhelming respect for you and our millions of readers.

I wish every one of you all the best.

Rebekah

Perhaps it will. Murdoch is a master of the dramatic marketing flourish. The sudden closure of the News of the World is just another example. He is calculating the scandal will blow over now that his ritual sacrifice has been made. He may be right on that point, too. The public - and most media - have a short attention span. And Murdoch is used to waiting.
He plays the longest of long games. Though his various outlets may routinely back right-wing causes, he is not an ideologue but the ultimate pragmatist: he will back anyone or anything that advances his interests. His papers trumpet the nationalism of whatever country they are published in, but Murdoch himself is no nationalist. He changed allegiance from Australia to the US to further his corporate aims there. This single-minded pursuit of growth has seen News and its offshoots spread into all corners of communications: from newspapers to magazines, television, films, book-publishing and the internet. His reach is immense, and for most people, unseen.
The intensity of Murdoch's desire to increase his power and influence leaves others disarmed. Politicians are putty in his hands, because on issues affecting his power, they are prepared to compromise and he is not. He uses the breadth of his media interests coupled with a superb instinct for what rates with the public to make or destroy politicians as his interests dictate. It has been happening for decades: Gough Whitlam was one of the first, helped to power then crippled by Murdoch when he proved unsatisfactory, but many have followed all over the world. Tony Blair was lifted up, but his successor Gordon Brown was trashed once more. Julia Gillard is feeling the full weight of Murdoch's braying, bullying antagonism. So is Barack Obama. Small wonder, then, that serious allegations against the News of the World were known or suspected for years but not properly investigated. Britain's politicians simply lacked the courage to provoke the behemoth to anger. They are hardly alone in their fear. Australians have acquiesced as Murdoch acquired an almost unparalleled dominance of one country's media.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/murdoch-shock-is-no-real-surprise-20110708-1h6n8.html#ixzz1SABFW8bE

Rebekah Brooks has now resigned and, as a British Citizen, should have to be present for questioning on Tuesday by the Culture Media and Sport Commitee.

Former Oz PM Paul Keating last night said he didn't think Rupert had a political agenda, he just supports the wing of politics that will allow him to do business the way he wants unfettered by regulation. For example to get over the cross media ownership laws in the early 90s here he backed the conservative opposition, who dumped the law when they got in.

Ask yourself why he is blatantly supporting the right in the UK, the USA and the Oz right now? What's in it for him business-wise?

This is right, Murdoch has built Fox by knowing how power works and by knowing that what people will buy is often not what they say they want....he long ago learned to ignore what people say they want and instead gives us what we want. The rise of Murdoch is a prime example of what happens when the masses no longer understand power, and how it is used to manipulate them

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Rebekah Brooks has now resigned and, as a British Citizen, should have to be present for questioning on Tuesday by the Culture Media and Sport Commitee.

So now she is exempt from questioning, is that right, Iz?

How very convenient!

News Corporation contributed $1m to the US Chamber of Commerce last summer. In October the chamber put forward a six-point programme for amending the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, a law that punishes US-based companies for engaging in the bribery of foreign officials.

Progressive groups in the US have speculated that there is no coincidence in the contemporaneous timing of the Murdoch donation and the launch of the chamber's FCPA campaign, which they claim is designed to weaken the anti-bribery legislation. "The timing certainly raises questions about who is bankrolling this campaign – if it's not News Corporation who is it?" said Joshua Dorner of the Centre for American Progress action fund.

Ilyse Hogue of the monitoring group Media Matters said the donation was in tune with Murdoch's track record. "Time and again we've seen News Corporation use their massive power and influence to change laws that don't suit them. The proximity of this contribution and the chamber's lobbying campaign at least should raise eyebrows."