Are Rupert and his chip off the old block, son Jimmy, as they would have us believe, nothing more than a couple of mushrooms when it comes to their media empire. The dynamic duo claiming they did not know the extent of the phone-hacking at News Of The World.
Did Rupert think his journalists had committed blackmail, when asked at the Leveson Inquiry to comment on “the newspaper had offered to pixilate the face of one of the women in the video and pay her if she would give an interview. If she refused, her privacy would not be protected” Murdoch’s reply was ''A journalist doing a favour for someone in return for a favour back is pretty much everyday practice'' Justice Brian Leveson pressed Murdock, saying he found it disturbing that a woman whose actions had not touched on the public interest would be treated that way.
Old Rupert, after all he is top cocky at News Corp, insisted: ''It's a common thing in life, not just in journalism, for people to say, 'You scratch my back and I will scratch your back.''
But the appearances of daddy and Son, at the Leveson Inquiry this week is about much more than an analysis of where the ‘British media have gone wrong.’
Underneath the claims about hacking, bribery, cover-ups and failures in corporate governance, simmers a crucial question: are the Murdoch’s and their companies fit and proper to be holding the positions they do?
It has been argued by media analyst Steve Hewlett, that the issue was not Murdoch lobbying for his commercial interests, or allowing his political interests to shape the content of his newspapers; all proprietors did that. "The problem was that he was 40 per cent of the market and way, way over-mighty. There wasn't anything of significance that didn't involve 'What did Rupert make of this?' for the last 30 years.
These are questions for Australia as well.

Paul this is a subject that will not fly in OLO.
Others and myself have tried it always did not get to two pages.
We you and I , come from different planets.
But this man, his power influence, his ability to say who wins elections, in Australia,England,and probably America, is going to be the end of him.
Or is it?
The occupy movement, got lost,in my view it was *contaminated*
by the very left, that hurts every time not helps.
I think average Aussie is well over that lost tribe.
If however we get our punishment, Tony Abbott, a man puppet like,for the very rich such as Murdock,and Australian billion airs, we will see middle Australia, not in pursuit of Socialism, but fairness highlight money and power is often in criminal hands.
Unfortunately a kid stealing a car will get more time in prison than such as this man stealing an election or contract worth billions.

paul..those who think this issue dont affect them
forget how we see our pm's [or pm wannabes...make the treck to his front door]

one guy picks many of the worlds leaders
he listens to us..like govts listen to us
only he publishes secrets,,[sadly only of those he plans to bring down
[or other adgenda's]

i watched the qld newspapers fold up..one by one
we got super digetal..cause he wanted it[he wanted to keep all that banwidth]..wanted high def so you cant upload it easy

he made broadband unworkable[for his movie format
thus ensuring his control over all the rest of it

of course we should duscuss the issue's
not the man...he affectivly is god..[materially speaking]
or at least so your leaders think..[what he thinks matters]

OUG,

From my opening post this bit really sums up the thinking of the old man:
"Did Rupert think his journalists had committed blackmail, when asked at the Leveson Inquiry to comment on “the newspaper had offered to pixilate the face of one of the women in the video and pay her if she would give an interview. If she refused, her privacy would not be protected” Murdoch’s reply was ''A journalist doing a favour for someone in return for a favour back is pretty much everyday practice." Justice Brian Leveson pressed Murdoch, saying he found it disturbing that a woman whose actions had not touched on the public interest would be treated that way." Even a conservative judge was perplexed by Murdoch's thinking, any fool, except Rupert, can see this was out and out blackmail of this woman.
And this bit "Old Rupert, after all he is top cocky at News Corp, insisted: ''It's a common thing in life, not just in journalism, for people to say, 'You scratch my back and I will scratch your back.'' What The old bloke should have said was 'You scratch my back and I might not tear you to pieces, but don't count on it.'

Paul 1405 if you look you will see why I am not from the very left.
I think we should be shamed, that this subject only gets a run in articles section.
Here in our section we fight in verbal combat around the difficulty's a hung Parliament brings.
And this here, Murdock family, their long history, father of Rupert too.
Is passing us by, briefly, so very briefly, Rupert while young took on Social Justice issues.
And dumped it mid stream, his dad once had Prime Ministers stand before him in his office, hat in hand and call him Sir.
No progress will be made in taking this man and his sins on as a leftist issue.
The tip of this iceberg is showing, power influence hard cash,and the ability to feed its crumbs or with draw them.
Makes this an issue for every one.
Must bigger even than the oppose movement.
IF leftists get their hands of it, stop trying their usual,find any horse to ride,the issue will develop.
One day, you and I may then be dust,the storm that is delivery of news as print media is swamped.
And the unmasking of just how much fraud and criminal activity is taking part a new media standard will be found.
And many Murdock fleas unmasked.
If issue such as this are branded left then in effect we fuel them , average people are not from that murky land of half truth
Let truth beat the bloke.

The Culture committee of the British parliament issued a report on the hacking scandal at News Corp newspaper properties it charges the company with misleading lawmakers and said Daddy Murdoch and his son James should take responsibility.
"Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company," concluded the 121-page report.
Old Rupert responded to claims that he is 'unfit' to run his media empire with an email to his 50,000 staff assuring them that the company had “cleaned up its act.” Whatever that means. Naturally, conservative Tory members on the committee did not support the line in the report about Rupert being ‘unfit’ to run an international company. They think he is a ‘good bloke’, one of them.
The NEWS Corp board threw its unanimous support behind their embattled chairman Old Rupert, saying it has "full confidence" in the old blokes ability to continue to lead the media empire. After all he does the hiring and firing. Who said they didn’t know which side their breads buttered.

Paul , mate, here is a truth, we will squabble over boat people, get in to it over religion.
Take sides over multi culturism.
Get 50 posts in threads about welfare.
But here in OLO we ignore a positive truth.
Murdock is but one, many rich and powerful manipulators exist.
Spend cash to get their way, and to try to buy Governments and even to install them.
We do not talk of such.
See even if it is a blight on us all, rich poor , it is seen quite wrongly as leftist propaganda to question our *betters*
Remember all,the conspiracy's about one world government, those so called secrete society's?
They will have their work cut out.
The establishment, such as this bloke is not interested in selling us!

http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-senate-raises-heat-on-murdoch-20120503-1y1nf.html
At last! the beginning of the end of the bloke.
America is warts and all, very careful about what the media is let get away with, and Murdock will not survive their interest.
We will see an its time I put my feet up retreat.
The only thing in doubt?
Who will become our new master.

Belly, I had the privilege of knowing an old bloke (now dead) who was a Warfie in Sydney, and a Commo. Spent many an hour having a beer at Bob's house and listing to his stories about his days on the waterfront and the union back in the 1930's, a very colourful character was old Bob.
One of his stories, amongst many, was about the day a bunch of them marched up George St and occupied Sir Frank Packers office at The Daily Telegraph, reckened Sir Frank s%#t himself and was nothing but a little weed, coppers could do nothing to get them out of Packers office, until Packer agreed to print a retraction about the warfies, in his newspaper. It may not have been quite like Bob said, he did like to exaggerate at times, but it did make his stories more interesting. I think there was some truth in that one. Bob believed very much in direct action. He told me "If you don't like a polly, hit him square between the eyes with a rotten tomato when he's on his soap box trying to win your vote." I can just picture Tony Abbott on his soap box and Belly standing there with a big fat 'Grosse Lisse' in hand taking careful aim. Those were the days.

Yes Paul, it is a wonder how these two mushrooms managed to run a media empire.

It was almost spewful watching Murdoch make comments like 'the most humble day of my life'. Really! Not much humility in being a mushroom.

At least Tom Watson got his day in court (so to speak).

Paul I like gross lisse but grow a bigger one.
No way I would wast one on old Frank, had the need arised it would have been a straight left.