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News Corp. execs step aside amid scandal

Two executives at media giant News Corp. resigned on Friday, in the aftermath of the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the company’s shuttered publication News of the World.

Les Hinton, the chief executive of News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit, resigned, as did Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of News Corp.’s U.K.-based News International unit, amid the controversy surrounding the now-closed U.K. tabloid newspaper.
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Will the leave of 2 top execs stem the tide of this scandal or is there more corruption to be revealed in Murdoch's News Corp organization?

I understand why Rebekah Brooks, the CEO of News Corp.’s U.K.-based News International unit has stepped down.

...but what about Les Hinton, the chief executive of News Corp.’s Dow Jones unit? He was the head of News Corp International three years ago (Brooks' job), so maybe he had ties to something that happened back then. Then again, it might signify more corruption stateside during the last 3 years....


Rupert Murdoch withdraws BSkyB bid; U.S. begins investigation of News Corp.


The U.S. has now begun an investigation into allegations that journalists at the News of the World tabloid sought to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks.
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My comments and questions on this matter are similar to the ones from the article.

For the political aspects from the fallout after the phone hacking scandal in the UK specifically, see the thread in General Politics from last year:

News of the Phone Hacking World.
 
It will be interesting to see where all this leads.
 
Is FOX News Going to be Abandoned?

Is FOX News Going to be Abandoned on America's Steps?

I am not sure, but I believe that you have to be an American citizen to own newspapers or television stations in America.

Must a naturalized Citizen be convicted of a crime in order to have their citizenship revoked?

Will Senators and Congressmen reveal their membership in the New World Order by coming to Murdochs defense?

Is Rupert Murdoch the Platypus King or the Anti-Christ?
 
America doesn't have steppes. You must be thinking of Kazakhstan.

AFAIK, the only thing that requires American citizenship is the two highest offices in the land (and they require it be by birth).

Citizenship is not revocable, I don't think. I don't think it can even be officially renounced.
 
DeathDart said:
Is FOX News Going to be Abandoned on America's Steps?

I am not sure, but I believe that you have to be an American citizen to own newspapers or television stations in America.

Must a naturalized Citizen be convicted of a crime in order to have their citizenship revoked?

Will Senators and Congressmen reveal their membership in the New World Order by coming to Murdochs defense?

Is Rupert Murdoch the Platypus King or the Anti-Christ?
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Have to be a citizen to own TV stations, not newspapers. Murdock already owned a few papers before he became a citizen.

I would say that even being convicted of a crime would be unlikely to cause revocation of citizenship, just punishments the same as a regular citizen gets. Certainly unlikely that the U.S. would revoke someones citizenship without a conviction.

You lost all semblence of credibility with your second last sentence.

You lost all semblence of sanity/coherence with your last sentence.
 
shadron said:
America doesn't have steppes. You must be thinking of Kazakhstan.

AFAIK, the only thing that requires American citizenship is the two highest offices in the land (and they require it be by birth).

Citizenship is not revocable, I don't think. I don't think it can even be officially renounced.
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No, citizenship is required to own TV networks in the U.S. Or at least it was when Murdoch became a citizen for that very reason. Citizenship can be officially renounced but I dont know about revoked.
 
Ausmerican said:
No, citizenship is required to own TV networks in the U.S. Or at least it was when Murdoch became a citizen for that very reason. Citizenship can be officially renounced but I dont know about revoked.
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Revokable if any fraud was used in obtaining it, which I doubt. But if he ordered the hacking of 9/11 victims phones, or even simply knew about it, he will wish he never heard of the United States.
 
Even if US citizenship is required to own TV station, Murdoch does not own any TV stations.
 
Bribing foreign officials is a felony. Since corrporations are persons, it seems to me that when Murdoch gets deproted, his corporation might also be liquidated.
 
Ziggurat said:
Um... what law is he being accused of breaking?
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His company hacked crime victims records and paid off the police. The trail ends at his immediate subordinate and she has been arrested and is "cooperating." If he knew of this, he will be charged in the UK as well. If he did countenance paying the police, then at the minimum he should be charged with the US law that forbids bribing foreign government officials.

Separately, here, the FBI is investigating similar allegations surrounding the hacking of 9/11 victim's cell phones. That should be investigated and if it. too, goes to the top; appropriate prosecutions.
 
BenBurch said:
His company hacked crime victims records and paid off the police.
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Ah, that. So, just speculation at this point, along with some delusions from people like lefty about what will happen if the speculation is true. When you want something unsubstantiated to be true, that's when you should be especially careful that you don't let yourself get carried away.
 
No, we have not just speculation, but his first lieutenant arrested, FBI investigations, Scotland Yard visiting the Prime Minister's office and taking records, Parliament looking for blood, and the CEO of Dow Jones resigning... Not just speculation.

Speculation wouldn't have all those supporting elements.

What we have here is a founded suspicion.

And if it turns out to be true, prosecutions are in order, wouldn't you say? Or do you think he deserves to skate on this?
 
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