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Video: UK parliament bids to scupper Murdoch media deal
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has endured a torrid day at the hands of members of the UK parliament Continue reading
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Murdoch’s News Corp Generated $10.4 Billion Profits And Received $4.8 Billion In “Taxes” From The IRS By Tyler Durden
Call it the gift that keeps on giving (if one is a corporation that is): the US Tax system, so effective at extracting income tax from America’s working class, is just as “effective” at redistributing said income tax at the corporate level. Case in point: News Corp, which after generating $10.4 billion in profits over… Continue reading
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Murdoch's News Corp Generated $10.4 Billion Profits And Received $4.8 Billion In "Taxes" From The IRS By Tyler Durden
Call it the gift that keeps on giving (if one is a corporation that is): the US Tax system, so effective at extracting income tax from America’s working class, is just as “effective” at redistributing said income tax at the corporate level. Case in point: News Corp, which after generating $10.4 billion in profits over… Continue reading
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Video: Bent Cops on Parade By Craig Murray
Aren’t members of parliament amazing? Suddenly they all have noticed that the Murdoch influence is a cancer in society, which is something the rest of us have known for 30 years. Equally suddenly they have noticed that Andy Hayman is a lying buffoon, whereas before they took him as a great bastion against terrorism whose… Continue reading
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Video: Dan and Dan in “NOTW’
12 July 2011 Dan & Dan are back with a scathing, coruscating piece of satire that will leave Murdoch humiliated and frankly begging for mercy. Continue reading
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Video: Dan and Dan in "NOTW'
12 July 2011 Dan & Dan are back with a scathing, coruscating piece of satire that will leave Murdoch humiliated and frankly begging for mercy. Continue reading
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Press Release: News Corp’s Hack Shows a Double Standard
The explosive allegations about widespread illegal voicemail hacking by British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch are getting very little coverage on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel (TVNewser, 7/12/11). But Fox’s top host took a very different view when a Republican politician’s email account was hacked, calling for the prosecution of the website that published the emails. Continue reading
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News Corp Newslinks 12 July 2011
12 July 2011 — williambowles.info Murdoch agrees to face MPs:The Independent – Media RSS Feed Today at 17:43 Rupert Murdoch, his son James, and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks have agreed to appear before MPs next week to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal, it was revealed tonigh” Continue reading
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The end of Murdoch media?
Yesterday Murdoch pulled a last minute manoeuvre to exclude his company’s outrageous hacking practices from the BSKyB deal review. Let’s call on the government to immediately rule that the Murdochs aren’t fit and proper to own half our commercial media. Tomorrow this will be debated in Parliament. Let’s beat the Murdoch mafia – sign the… Continue reading
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Could Hack Scandal Spell Trouble for Murdoch's U.S. TV Licenses? By Peter Hart
On ABC’s This Week panel there was some talk of Rupert Murdoch losing his U.S. television licenses over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. There is a ‘character clause’ for broadcast licensees, and the current scandal would go a long way towards demonstrating a certain type of bad behavior. Continue reading
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Could Hack Scandal Spell Trouble for Murdoch’s U.S. TV Licenses? By Peter Hart
On ABC’s This Week panel there was some talk of Rupert Murdoch losing his U.S. television licenses over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. There is a ‘character clause’ for broadcast licensees, and the current scandal would go a long way towards demonstrating a certain type of bad behavior. Continue reading
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Disregard the Blairite undead
It is difficult to imagine either of Ed Miliband’s predecessors as Labour leader deciding to force a parliamentary vote to delay consideration of Rupert Murdoch’s swallowing up of BSkyB until criminal investigations into the News of the World are complete. Continue reading
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The Limits of Acceptable Controversy By Dan Hind
The British media in their current form can neither regulate themselves or report adequately on their own activities. These failures must be added to their demonstrable inability to describe the broad outlines of the economic system in the run-up to the crisis of 2007-8, and their failure to expose the government’s manipulations and deceits in… Continue reading
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Journalism as a Weapon of War in Libya By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
The truth has been turned on its head in Libya. NATO and the Libyan government are saying contradictory things. NATO says that the Libyan regime will fall in a matter of days, while the Libyan government says that the fighting in Misrata will end in about two weeks. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks for 29 June 2011
29 June 2011 — williambowles.info 29 June 2011 SCF: France armed Libyan rebels – official Mathaba: China: All Freedom-Loving People Must Condemn NATO Action In Libya Morning Star: Senate rules out troops on ground Morning Star: We need to start fighting British terror Dissident Voice: Mugged then Shot Dissident Voice: How Should Americans Respond to Continue reading
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Patrick Cockburn: Don’t believe everything you see and read about Gaddafi
Ever since the Libyan uprising started on 15 February, the foreign media have regurgitated stories of atrocities carried out by Gaddafi’s forces. It is now becoming clear that reputable human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have been unable to find evidence for the worst of these. Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 26-27 June 2011
27 June 2011 17:48:59 — williambowles.info 27 June 2011 Mathaba: Libya: An Uncertain Future: “Libya: An Uncertain Future Mathaba News Briefing (Alerts) Today at 17:00 Libya: An Uncertain Future Report of a Fact Finding Mission to assess both sides of the Libyan conflict more… Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 24-25 June 2011
25 June 2011 — williambowles.info 25 June 2011 SCF: 15 killed in NATO air raid in Brega: Libya TV Mathaba: The Libyan Crisis: Italy Humiliates NATO Global Research: 15 killed in NATO air raid in Brega: Libya TV williambowles.info: Graphic Video of Libyan Rebel Beheading Gadhaffi Soldier By Susan Lindauer SCF: House Votes Not to Continue reading
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Libya Newslinks 23-24 June 2011
24 June 2011 — williambowles.info 24 June 2011 BBC: Libya rebels in ‘Tripoli talks’ Stop Nato: Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 24, 2011 BBC: Libya conflict RT: ‘NATO will have done a good thing in Libya’ – diplomat 23 June 2011 Global Research: Libya: The Latest Product in Canada’s Ugly War Assembly Line SCF: Continue reading
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FAIR Media Advisory: Defining ‘Withdrawal’ From Afghanistan
Barack Obama’s June 22 announcement of a phased troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was often portrayed as a major step towards ending the war, with many outlets neglecting to accurately explain the pace of escalation that has happened under his watch. Continue reading
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