'I was destroyed by Murdoch's hackers,' says svengali

[Snoutport]

Source: Independent U.K.

Elle Macpherson's consultant was falsely accused of leaking to the press, and lost her job and reputation.

An indirect victim of an alleged phone-hacking broke cover yesterday to reveal how the scandal "ruined her life" after she was sacked by the celebrity who believed she was leaking personal details to the press.

Mary-Ellen Field was Elle Macpherson's financial svengali until she was dropped by the model. Unlike many of the celebrities bringing cases against News International who put themselves in the public eye, she is "a normal person", as she puts it, who has been fighting quietly for years to clear her name.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/i-was-destroyed-by-murdochs-hackers-says-svengali-2287608.html

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Some of the pain Murdoch's minions have caused.

[SoapBox]

1. Murdoch and his evil spawn should be in jail.

[Indianademocrat91]

2. [phone] n/t

[aquart]

3. Yes. But they're trying to buy their way out.

[Snoutport]

22. they sure are BUT when cases like this come up where they can show prove

their income/life/reputation was wrecked...those can be some pretty hefty lawsuits!

[SpiralHawk]

7. Republicon Family Cesspool Values - Continental Style

Ptooooey...

[Snoutport]

23. they have no values....just greed

[Zorra]

12. No, we need to forgive and forget his criminal activity, and move forward.

Wealthy conservatives are not subject to the rule of law

bitter, dripping
:sarcasm:

[Snoutport]

24. i hope they will this time

[Snoutport]

17. getting this story out there is the first step in doing so!

[tblue37]

4. I hope she can sue him. nt

[Snoutport]

28. oh yeah...and she can very easily prove damages.

[Citizen Worker]

5. I'm anxiously awaiting to learn which US politicians were hacked. Now, that will make for some very

interesting news.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Has there been anything to indicate it happened your side too ?

:shrug:

[Snoutport]

27. THe head of fox was the head of some part of Newscorp while

all this was going on...then he came over here to run FOX...i'd bet he brought the practice with him if it wasn't already here.

A lot of these stars are in the US a good part of the time so they were having their phones hacked while in America too, I'd bet.

[Snoutport]

25. It makes me wonder about all the U-Turns all these politicians have been making

Makes me wonder if someone has the dirt on them...

[tanyev]

8. I don't think svengali is the appropriate word in this situation.

[Snoutport]

31. their headline, not mine

[tanyev]

32. Oh, I know. Just seems strange that a UK paper would make that kind of mistake.

Fox News? Sure.

[SemperEadem]

9. it's encumbent upon Macpherson to now issue a public apology to Field

and to reinstate her back into her old job. Fields being fired had nothing to do with macpherson's phone being hacked--which was in macpherson's possession when it was hacked. The way in which she's basically blown her off these past 5 years is bad enough--the fact that she hasn't made a public apology for firing her without proof--just a hunch--proves her waste of space.

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. Why would Murdoch go after these artsy people?

Was he some kind of a high tech psychopath? Was he enjoying this?

[lunatica]

13. For all we know it's because they are beautiful people who shun him

Murdock doesn't seem to be very popular with the stars and it may be because he owns the rags that make their lives a living hell. One example: Paparazzi chasing Princess Diana resulted in her death. Now how many world figures have been coming out and suing him?

[Snoutport]

26. to sell millions and millions of papers....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1154663

he was even having the computers and emails of his competitor newspapers to get scoops on them.

[SemperEadem]

30. LOL... yeah, dude is in some deep doo-doo now

it's going to be entertaining watching how this all plays out now.

Fux is a criminal enterprise for sure now.

[Snoutport]

33. It seems that simple to me too.

[lunatica]

14. McPherson blowing her off for five years was because she believed

Field had betrayed her contract. Anyone would do the same. But now that she knows the truth it does seem she should apologize for not believing her.

[SemperEadem]

15. but she had no proof that Field betrayed her

it was just a hunch, and a wrong one.

it's good thing for macpherson that Field esteems her the way she does...

[lunatica]

16. She should apologize for that

but in all fairness McPerhson didn't realize her phone was being hacked by Murdock. She had only her deductive logic to quide her.

Maybe not. Maybe she's just a mean woman with a prima dona attitude. But we don't know for sure. Misunderstandings and wrong conclusions happen all the time without. but like I said, once the truth is out McPerson would do herself a favor if she apologized and offered to make some sort of amends.

[Snoutport]

29. fast judgement if you don't know what all was hacked

the sienna miller jude law case shows us that this is very emotional stuff. People you trust most with your information and suddenly it goes public. a lot of damage is done by stuff like that.

[KurtNYC]

10. Now every time O'Reilly uses that "Some people say..." thing, the guest should

ask how he knows what some people say.

[on point]

18. Time to liberate some of Murdoch's millions and deliver them to Ms. Field

[salin]

19. Is anyone aware of US media coverage of these stories?

seems to me that most of what I read is here at DU with links to UK media sources.

[madrchsod]

20. several in the east coast newspapers.

fox news and cnn,bloomberg,and wsj. after the middle of april pretty much nothing in the us media.

i went through 7 pages on google covering when the story broke to this week.there could be more with a different search question but i`m thinking the us media does`t care....or does`t want to look.

[salin]

21. given how much us media has fallen into Murdoch's ownership

it is hard to imagine that there isn't a likely story here in the US. I would guess it is more the latter (doesn't want to look) than the former.