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Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

I think, from his point of view, he played a blinder. He is getting on a bit obviously, but he was much more, I dunno, capable (?) than his son seems to be.* But I do agree with what you are saying about share holdings, I'd be worried about how the succession is going to work.

* Edit: By that I mean he just took things in his stride, threw out a couple of soundbites about wishing the NotW had been shut down earlier, and deflected a load of questions. Some mea culpa and strategic forgetfulness.
Moving forward, the single great issue is corp gov, and whether self-regulation can deliver the moral and ethical standards required by OFCOM and any other bodies that may come to have oversight.

Murdoch did his cause - self-regulation - nothing but harm by repeatedly stating he didn't know what was going on (esp. as his son didn't either). He didn't have a great choice tbf, but he did have a choice.
 
Bell's been having a riot recently.

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I think, from his point of view, he played a blinder. He is getting on a bit obviously, but he was much more, I dunno, capable (?) than his son seems to be.* But I do agree with what you are saying about share holdings, I'd be worried about how the succession is going to work.

* Edit: By that I mean he just took things in his stride, threw out a couple of soundbites about wishing the NotW had been shut down earlier, and deflected a load of questions. Some mea culpa and strategic forgetfulness.

He didnt have a great day yesterday in all honesty. Went off script, seemed to particularly let his guard down once Jay was done with him and the NUJ guy took a couple of shots.

But on reflection on Rupert - credit HAS to be given to him for such a mental career trajectory. To play puppetmaster to every single PM (and arguably a couple of US presidents) since the late 70s is pretty amazing, from a relatively humble background... leaving aside any moral issues for a second. No?
 
But on reflection on Rupert - credit HAS to be given to him for such a mental career trajectory. To play puppetmaster to every single PM (and arguably a couple of US presidents) since the late 70s is pretty amazing, from a relatively humble background... leaving aside any moral issues for a second. No?

Humble beginnings such as inheriting a media company from his father.
 
A relatively minor company compared to the behometh he now owns. afaik, his dad owned one minor newspaper in australia. he now controls a very large chunk of the world's media.

just sayin.

yes, he's a cunt, but it's quite an incredible rise.
 
Apparently the man hotly tipped to be our next monarch was brought up in state-provided accommodation near Slough.
 
Yup, struggled to find employment before having to join the forces. Economic conscription. :(
Been quite difficult for him personally too - didn't his Dad murder his first wife? Amazing how he's come through it all so well adjusted.
 
and the NUJ guy took a couple of shots.

Ta for heads-up.


Q. That staff association, News International's staff association, made an application to the public official who deals with these matters for a declaration or a certificate of independence, which failed, because the certification officer found that the organisation was under the influence of the employer. Is that right?

A. I don't know.

transcript

That denial beggars belief, given Rupert M's personal crusade to get rid of the unions.

Way off-topic for Leveson, but it should not be hard to establish whether that is perjury...
 
Leveson has said that the Hunt affair has nothing to do with his inquiry.

Oh dear Dave, going to have to get your hands dirty are ya?
 
This made me smile, The Guardian's nudging-come-baiting of Louise Mench in the final two paras - the whole is worth reading:
Tom Watson to ask MPs if they have been bullied by News International

Labour MP to write to colleagues after Max Mosley offers legal funds for any MP wanting to report alleged intimidation

And then the invitation to Ms Mench:
Shortly after the appearance of the Murdochs before the select committee in July 2011, committee member and Conservative MP Louise Mensch said she was emailed by a journalist called David Jones threatening to expose past misdeeds including taking drugs. The email was copied to the Conservative chairman and the Conservative chief whip. Mensch then issued a statement to the media confessing to the accusations and concluding: "I have not the slightest intention of being deterred from asking how far the culture of hacking and blagging extended in Fleet Street."

The true identity of David Jones was never established but colleagues on the select committee say that Mensch has kept a low profile on the subject of News International and phone hacking ever since.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/apr/28/tom-watson-news-international-bullying-claim
 
Hunt on the brink as he is accused of misleading Parliament


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...accused-of-misleading-parliament-7687530.html

Mr Hunt appears to have misled the Commons on three occasions in his handling of News Corp's takeover bid of BSkyB.

In what could turn out to be the final blow to the under-fire Culture Secretary, a letter written by his permanent secretary, Jonathan Stephens, seen by this newspaper, challenges Mr Hunt's version of events.

... the Prime Minister will come under fresh pressure tomorrow when Labour demands that Mr Hunt clarify his comments to the House of Commons over how his special adviser, Adam Smith, was able to funnel information to News Corp lobbyist Frédéric Michel while the Culture Secretary was responsible for the BSkyB bid decision.

... Under the ministerial code, misleading parliament carries an immediate obligation to resign.

On 3 March last year, the Culture Secretary, who at the time had "quasi-judicial" oversight of the bid, told the Commons that his department was "publishing all the documents relating to all the meetings – all the consultation documents, all the submissions we received, all the exchanges between my Department and News Corporation". Yet, despite Mr Hunt knowing that Mr Smith had been appointed as a point of contact with Mr Michel, none of the emails between the two men was published. It was only last week, when James and Rupert Murdoch gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry, that the emails came to light.

It looks as if Hunt used Smith specifically to distance himself from the deals being done.
 
^ A decent contribution by the Indie - well played Jane Merrick.

This is quite nice:
There is even the prospect that the Prime Minister himself has broken the ministerial code by failing to order an independent inquiry into Mr Hunt's conduct. Section 1.3 of the code makes clear that once a prime minister has acknowledged an investigation is warranted, he must refer it to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards.
 
Eh? That story is her raising it. Have they run a story about Mensch not raising it any more, which is what the "colleagues" say?

That was my point - and perhaps the Guardian would be so kind as to identify who these "colleagues" were, given that they appear to have been coming out with stuff that is demonstrably untrue?*

* though its not hard to guess
 
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