news international

[2NaFish]

Surprised this hasn't popped up. Anyway, rather than recap the last ten days, this is where we are....


Interesting "warts and all" article from Jonathan Powell, Blair's chief of staff. Basically, it admits that News International got their way irrespective of who was in power.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/18/phone-hacking-labour-party-press


Rupert and James Murdoch are due to answer questions this afternoon too which should be fun. Oh, and the guy who broke the story was found dead last night, but the police say its not suspicious...

[mooney]

The problem that i have with this is how the rest of the media have been quick to come out and claim how ethical they are, rather than acknowledge themselves as war mongering entities who prop up and "maintain the key structures of power" - quoting from this very excellent article, http://johnhilley.blogspot.com/2011/07/rusbridgers-alert-to-cameron-guardian.html

[2NaFish]

The problem that i have with this is how the rest of the media have been quick to come out and claim how ethical they are, rather than acknowledge themselves as war mongering entities who prop up and "maintain the key structures of power" - quoting from this very excellent article, http://johnhilley.blogspot.com/2011/07/rusbridgers-alert-to-cameron-guardian.html

very early on(well, since it got taken seriously two weeks ago), several non-NI papers were conspicuous by their lack of hacking stories. others went full pelt - but perhaps they were just trying to kybosh the bskyb deal and didnt realise how big it would get. It certainly seems that this stretches in to various corridors of power.

(hoare's body was discovered 18/7, so was david kelly's)

[Karin_Sixx]

There's so much more juicyness to come out.

However, it's all slightly worrying what is actually going on, because there is still loads being covered up, a lot of which will not even come to the surface.

[mooney]

very early on(well, since it got taken seriously two weeks ago), several non-NI papers were conspicuous by their lack of hacking stories. others went full pelt - but perhaps they were just trying to kybosh the bskyb deal and didnt realise how big it would get. It certainly seems that this stretches in to various corridors of power.

(hoare's body was discovered 18/7, so was david kelly's)

The non NI papers clearly see an opportunity. These are big businesses, NI is such a vast and powerful creature that any challenge to that/dissolving of that power will happily be championed by the rest of the media. It makes them look good and will doubtless help their profit margins. These same media outlets, Guardian, BBC etc... are happy to run this stuff - and im not saying it isn't significant per se - but how can an ethical, power challenging media not run this story...? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/amnesty-questions-claim-that-gaddafi-ordered-rape-as-weapon-of-war-2302037.html (credit to Cockburn for doing so)

I also linked the wrong blog earlier, although the quote was from the correct one. This is what i meant to post. http://johnhilley.blogspot.com/2011/07/news-of-world-scandal-disguises-ethical.html Worth a read if anyone has 5 minutes spare.

[2NaFish]

roops is having a holocaust.

[mooney]

im not following any of this as it is happening, so could anyone say if any of the following questions have been asked:

http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/iraq/645-10-questions-the-mps-will-not-ask-rupert-murdoch

????

[2NaFish]

the closest was that one person asked if he qualified the support of any of his papers with any conditions. it was denied and moved on.

outside that, nothing close to any of them.


Still, its a tremendous watch.

[mooney]

the closest was that one person asked if he qualified the support of any of his papers with any conditions. it was denied and moved on.

outside that, nothing close to any of them.


Still, its a tremendous watch.

hopefully i'll be able to watch this once it's all over in its entirety. any ideas as to where this might appear?

[2NaFish]

the BBC will host it. its a daily politics special so you can find it.

it behoves the beeb to spread this.

[mooney]

excellent, i'll keep my eyes peeled!

[2NaFish]

I've had to stop watching, but Twitter just exploded with reports that someone just hit Murdoch with a custard pie. can anyone confirm.

if so, its a victory for slapstick over the media. If this was in nutshell Malone, he'd be dead.

[Sean]

I've had to stop watching, but Twitter just exploded with reports that someone just hit Murdoch with a custard pie. can anyone confirm.

if so, its a victory for slapstick over the media. If this was in nutshell Malone, he'd be dead.

I was watching it as it happened.  They continued after a break with Murdoch out of his suit coat.  It had custard all over it.   Other reports said it was "a cup of foam".   Thought it was pretty funny. At one point the news was trying to figure out if "his chinese wife?"  was trying to save him or if she was thrown into them.  Too bad the camera angle sucked, but you can clearly see the white substance on the coat.

Credit for Al Jazeera to have a camera to a view where they held the "protester".  He was in cuffs with his whole face looking like it was covered in cocaine. The police were kind enough to wife off the 'protesters' his face and and his shirt.

[anythinggoes]

I've had to stop watching, but Twitter just exploded with reports that someone just hit Murdoch with a custard pie. can anyone confirm.

if so, its a victory for slapstick over the media. If this was in nutshell Malone, he'd be dead.

I thought you was joking when i read that, then just seen it on the news ha ha ha ha