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    Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/sorry-says-...044138731.html
    • Enlarge PhotoAn apology by News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch pictured in British national …
    • Enlarge PhotoDow Jones chief executive Les Hinton leaves the London home of News Corporation chief …


    The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.
    A day after Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives, the crisis returned to haunt the British establishment with new allegations about the close ties between the media baron's empire and the police and politicians.
    Prime Minister David Cameron was forced on the defensive after it emerged that he personally had 26 meetings in 15 months with key figures Murdoch's News Corp. and its British newspaper division, News International.


    (I've left a message for him on my 'inbox'!!!)
    (A new definition for the perjorative 'Old Hack'??)
    Last edited by charitynjw; 17th July 2011, 05:31:AM.
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    Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

    Im damn sure that the FBI being involved now has got the old boy and his entourage working up a sweat..)
    Those boys dont let go so this promises to be one hell of a story as it plays out

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      Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

      Originally posted by charitynjw View Post
      The British government and police faced fresh pressure over their ties to Rupert Murdoch on Saturday as the media mogul published apologies in national newspapers over the phone hacking scandal.
      Has the dirty digger yet appeared on national television whilst, out of shot, he slowly peels a small onion?

      Murdoch lost two of his most senior executives
      Greater self-love hath no man, that he should lay down his friends for his life.

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      • #4
        Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

        Did you expect him to not to apologise?
        "Family means that no one gets forgotten or left behind"
        (quote from David Ogden Stiers)
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          Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

          Originally posted by leclerc View Post
          Did you expect him to not to apologise?

          Sorry, leclerc!
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          This is only my opinion - "Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got at?" (Byron)

          You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
          Cohen, Herb

          There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he
          gets his brain a-going.
          Phelps, C. C.

          "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!"
          The last words of John Sedgwick
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            Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

            Originally posted by leclerc View Post
            Did you expect him to not to apologise?
            His initial response was that it had nothing to do with him.

            His subsequent statement to the Wall Street Journal - which he owns - was that the News of the Screws had made a few mistakes.

            He tried to retain the services of the people who seemed to have been directly involved, right up to the point where it became apparent even to him that they could implicate him.

            Hence, his expressions of regret may be considered to be utterly insincere and just attempts at damage limitation.

            By comparison, he makes the late Jan Ludwig Hoch seem almost saintly! :tinysmile_hmm_t2:

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            • #7
              Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

              Sad thing is it is not just news international that is corrupt here, it is in every corner of business, banking and dare I say it government too.

              What we have here is just the tip of a massive iceberg.
              If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of payments.

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                Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                Originally posted by pompeyfaith View Post
                Sad thing is it is not just news international that is corrupt here, it is in every corner of business, banking and dare I say it government too.

                What we have here is just the tip of a massive iceberg.
                Yes, but does that really present a viable rationalisation for not ridding the UK news media and the political arena of that odious creature?

                In metaphorical terms, he should now just be bashed on the head and hauled off by a hook in his mouth.

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                  Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                  Originally posted by CleverClogs View Post
                  Yes, but does that really present a viable rationalisation for not ridding the UK news media and the political arena of that odious creature?
                  unfortunately, I think Max Clifford is not implicated as being involved apart from having his phone hacked
                  In metaphorical terms, he should now just be bashed on the head and hauled off by a hook in his mouth.
                  When one media moghul goes another one is sure to emerge....
                  "Family means that no one gets forgotten or left behind"
                  (quote from David Ogden Stiers)
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                    Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                    May as well chuck this into the mix!

                    http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/j...-investigation

                    Bribery Act becomes law just in time for a new phone-hacking investigation

                    It may be a coincidence, but the new anti-bribery law could be used to prosecute police involved in the phone-hacking scandal...........
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                    This is only my opinion - "Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got at?" (Byron)

                    You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
                    Cohen, Herb

                    There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he
                    gets his brain a-going.
                    Phelps, C. C.

                    "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!"
                    The last words of John Sedgwick
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                      Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                      Yes, it could...

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                      • #12
                        Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                        All guilty as charged they did they should do the time lol

                        So what is the punishment under the Bribery Act if found guilty?

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                          Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                          Originally posted by TUTTSI View Post
                          So what is the punishment under the Bribery Act if found guilty?
                          Up to 10 years in gaol and/or a fine - link - but, as it would be investigated by the Serious Farce Office, the possible penalties are mainly of academic interest as a successful prosecution seems unlikely.

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                            11PenaltiesE+W+S+N.I.

                            This section has no associated Explanatory Notes
                            (1)An individual guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is liable—
                            (a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both,
                            (b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to a fine, or to both.
                            (2)Any other person guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 6 is liable—
                            (a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
                            (b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
                            (3)A person guilty of an offence under section 7 is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine.
                            (4)The reference in subsection (1)(a) to 12 months is to be read—
                            (a)in its application to England and Wales in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and
                            (b)in its application to Northern Ireland,
                            as a reference to 6 months.

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                              Re: Murdoch says sorry - so that's all right then!!!

                              But what about the secret clause that excludes Captains of Industry, Senior Public Officials, Politicians, persons with loads of money, etc....................?
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                              This is only my opinion - "Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got at?" (Byron)

                              You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
                              Cohen, Herb

                              There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he
                              gets his brain a-going.
                              Phelps, C. C.

                              "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!"
                              The last words of John Sedgwick

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