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Tricks of the Trade

Jul 11, 2012
"Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain" offers a clear picture of the sordid relationship that existed between the Murdoch press, the police and senior politicians."Dial M for Murdoch" offers a clear picture of the sordid relationship that existed between the Murdoch press, the police and senior politicians.

Official Murdoch Denouncement Makes Waves on American Shores

May 3, 2012
The declaration by British MPs on Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch exercised "willfull blindness" about phone hacking at The News of the World and is "not a fit person" to run a major international company has prompted the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to ask the FCC to revoke the 27 Fox broadcast licenses that News Corp. holds in the U.S.
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A History of Rupert Murdoch

Jul 20, 2011
This brief history of Rupert Murdoch by Bruce Page, author of the book "The Murdoch Archipelago," originally ran in 2009 as a straightforward antidote to Michael Wolff's "sycophantic" (in Page's view) 2008 book on the international media mogul, "The Man Who Owns the News." Pictured above, Rupert's father, Sir Keith Murdoch. (more)