Murdoch Family Deserves Its Fate

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from The Progressive:



Murdoch Family Deserves Its Fate
By Amitabh Pal, March 1, 2012


It couldn't have happened to a worse bunch.

With James Murdoch’s resignation as the overseer of the British arm of papa’s media empire, the family’s sleazeball practices have finally hit home.

It all started last year when it was discovered that The News of the World, Rupert’s hitherto money-generating tabloid, had hired a private eye to delve into the voice mail of abducted and murdered thirteen-year-old Milly Dowler. Wiretapping into the private conversations of Gordon Brown and Hugh Grant, the British public was willing to tolerate. But this was too much for even the most jaded. The paper had to be shut down. And Murdoch's bid to lord over Britain’s satellite airwaves had to be called off.

The News of the World shenanigans were only symptomatic of a deeper rot in Murdoch’s fiefdom. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://progressive.org/murdoch_family_deserves_its_fate.html