FOTHOM XV: 9/11 Victims: Murdoch in NY Schools! Davies on US Hacking UPDATEDx2
The FOTHOM story may simmer over the summer, but have no fears it will go away. Most of Europe goes away in August, and though we're not as bad as the French, don't be surprised to see a lack of live...
View ArticleMurdoch - When did phone hacking start?
One of the most regular questions asked is when did the phone hacking start? Now the initial story, on which the police had no choice but to act happened in 2005, the reason they acted was that the...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XVI: BREAKING: DOJ looking at RICO Statutes
This will be very short. As London burns - there are riots ringing Central London where I live tonight - and the stockmarket crash, some stunning news from Michael Wolff, Murdoch's acerbic and...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XVII: BREAKING: "Dynamite" Revelations about...
Brace yourselves everyone. While multiple police enquiries into various aspects of Murdoch's Newscorp are grinding their slow progress through the summer, Tom Watson, the heroic MP and campaigner who...
View ArticleFOTHOM XVIII: Gordon Brown tape; James' Bonus; BREAKING UPDATE: Victims...
Important Update: Hacking Victims Lawyers TargetedJust when I thought it was safe to go to bed Tom Watson has tweeted quite a devastating new story breaking overnight from the Independent. Just when...
View ArticleFall of the House of Murdoch XIX: NI Lawyers in Parliament
Yes, Parliament is back nipping at the Murdoch's heels. Two public inquiries begin to day, the Leveson Inquiry into the state of British media, and another into the riots of the summer. But in terms...
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XX: How Cameron got Seduced by Newscorp
This week's testimony by News International's former lawyers and executives turned into a bit of a damp squib (executives and lawyers boring? How's that?). But with the start of the Leveson Inquiry,...
View ArticleFOTHOM: News International offers $3.5M settlement to Dowler family
Milly Dowler's family have been offered a multimillion-pound settlement offer by Rupert Murdoch's News International, in an attempt to settle the phone-hacking case that led to closure of the News of...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXI: BREAKING! Newscorp Quizzed by DOJ
This needs must be quick because the unofficial news has just hit the street, but for those of you who think Holder and the Department of Justice aren't taking the what Gordon Brown has called the...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXII: US 9/11 Lawyer Joins Class Action Lawsuit...
The contagion is spreading. Hot on the heels of news that the DOJ is seriously investigating Newscorp for alleged corruption of foreign officials, there is breaking news that Mark Lewis, the solicitor...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXIII: Bernstein on Murdoch and Nixon:...
Bernstein on the Watergate Analogy and the Culture of LawlessnessIf you think the Watergate analogy is hyperbolical or fanciful, don't forget it was first made by Carl Bernstein himself in The Daily...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXIV: 64 Lawsuits Already - Will be 'Thousands'
Hackgate: A Pattern of Criminal BehaviourYes, the Murdoch story may be flying under the mainstream media radar, but with three British police investigations ongoing, two Parliamentary committees, a...
View ArticleMagnetic Reversals: the Political Compass Shifts
This is partially inspired by a conversation on Labour List, the premier British Left of Centre blog, where a version of the Political Compass Test was taken by several diverse commenters.Now most...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXV: BREAKING: Wall Street Journal Scam Exposed
Over the course of these diaries, both myself and other FOTHOM aficianados have tried to stress that the UK hacking scandal is just one indication of the corrupt and anti-competitive practices that...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXVI: BREAKING: The Dynasty is Over
No, there is no major news about the three major investigations into multiple phone and computer hacking, bribing police officials, or perverting the course of justice by News International in the the...
View ArticleToday in Murdochland: The Hub
And another day goes by with more evidence of the problems on the inside of News Internationals UK papers. A person who has been hacked has had a meeting with the detectives of Operation Weeting...
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXVII: James Recalled, lacks Recall - Police...
Today in ParliamentAs expected, the appearance of James Murdoch, the Chief Executive of News International (and related to some other famous people) before the DCMS Committee today failed to produce...
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXVIII: BREAKING - Bombshell Emails UPDATE:...
A brief but potentially vital heads up.....It's been several weeks since I predicted the dynastic succession was over at Newscorp, mainly because of the independent shareholder rebellion last month,...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXIX: URGENT ACTION DIARY: 72 Hours to Stop Murdoch
I've been slightly absent from Kos because I've been attending the Leveson Inquiry into Press 'ethics, culture and practice' after the Hackgate scandal. But the opening day was excellently covered by...
View ArticleFALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDOCH XXIX (b): URGENT ACTION DIARY: 24 Hours to Stop...
Apologies for what is effectively a repost of yesterday's diary, but the clock is ticking. I'll be transit to Poland on Thursday and so have automated the publication of this diary. In the meantime,...
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