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The Brandon Five · 07-20-2011, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Gainzo

Wikileaks didn't as all information was submitted to the site. Assange was a big-time hacker before that.

Murdoch didn't hack any cell phones.

Either the man at the top is culpable or is he is not. What's your stance?

Gainzo · 07-20-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The Brandon Five

Murdoch didn't hack any cell phones.

Either the man at the top is culpable or is he is not. What's your stance?

The man at the top is responsible for what is published/put on the internet. Assange detests Corporations and Governments, took the information he received and ran with it. If he broke a US law then arrest him.

Between nearly falling asleep and getting a pie in the face, Rupert stated that News of the World and his other papers were only 1% of News' bottom line so he knew nothing.

I find that BS as former editors of his papers have stated that Rupert would call once a week to see how things were going.

Rupert's money was made on the backs of newspapers in Australia and the UK. He is an old school newspaper tycoon and some of the stuff published by his papers was shocking.

Gainzo · 07-20-2011, 02:18 PM

O'Reilly may lean to the right but I generally don't have an issue with him as 60%-70% of the time he is reasonable.

He went after NPR earlier this year with a passion. The News Corp scandal? Not so much.

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Bill O'Reilly said that the phone hacking scandal is being exploited by "vicious" opponents of News Corp with an ideological agenda.

O'Reilly was speaking on his Tuesday show to Nile Gardner, a British member of the Heritage Foundation. O'Reilly noted that the scandal was a serious one, and said that any guilty journalists should be prosecuted. But then, he said that the scandal was being over-hyped.

"You have the New York Times absolutely running wild with the story," he said. "Front page, front page, front page. Column, column, column. Vicious stuff, vicious stuff. And it's all ideological, is it not?"

Gardner agreed, saying that there was a "witch hunt" against Murdoch and News Corp developing in the United States. He may have been referring to an FBI investigation currently looking into allegations about the phone hacking of 9/11 victims.

O'Reilly is just the latest News Corp employee to defend his employer. Fellow Fox News colleague Steve Doocy dismissed the scandal outright last week, and the Wall Street Journal issued a scathing rebuttal to the company's critics in a Monday editorial.

Bill O'Reilly: News Corp Being Attacked By 'Vicious' Opponents Exploiting Hacking Scandal (VIDEO)

chicowalker · 07-20-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by patsfan13

How do they get their info? Classified info, going back in Time we have the NYTimes getting the Pentagon Papers....

It was a yes / no question.

Is your answer "yes" (wikileaks was hacking)?

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Originally Posted by patsfan13

...The Outrage at Murdoch is due to his politics not what was done.

right, hacking pesonal accounts, bribing police, etc. is all perfectly acceptable. if the guy's a righty, of course.

par for the course from you, 13

PatriotsReign · 07-20-2011, 02:38 PM

Although no gov't can take away or force Murdoch's companies to close, in the end, ordinary people will decide his Murdoch's fate as a businessman.

Gainzo · 07-20-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PatriotsReign

Although no gov't can take away or force Murdoch's companies to close, in the end, ordinary people will decide his Murdoch's fate as a businessman.

The shareholders will decide Rupert's fate but I doubt he cares. James? He will probably end up falling on the sword but I'm pretty sure he will have a multimillion dollar golden parachute and a job somewhere in the Murdoch empire.

***PATSNUTme*** · 07-20-2011, 03:18 PM

This story is like red meat in the water for lefty sharks. So get prepared for more and more false accusations against Fox News, USA as the feeding frenzy goes into high gear.

There has not been one legit complaint against Fox News USA, except they haven't offered Chris Matthews 4 hours of objective programming.

Gainzo · 07-20-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by PATSNUTme

This story is like red meat in the water for lefty sharks. So get prepared for more and more false accusations against Fox News, USA as the feeding frenzy goes into high gear.

There has not been one legit complaint against Fox News USA, except they haven't offered Chris Matthews 4 hours of objective programming.

The FBI is investigating the American arm of News, but you are correct.

Are you cool with what News did in the UK?

Real World · 07-20-2011, 04:01 PM

Anyone involved in the hacking should be held to the highest punishment of the law. They should be made an example of. I hope everyone is held accountable. This is simply unacceptable. Hacking into people's private phones should be met with swift and painfull justice. That being said, the left leaning media is certainly fanning the flames here. They absolutely hate Fox & Murdoch. This is a chance to trash them, and by any all means possible, they'll do just that.

Gainzo · 07-20-2011, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Real World

Anyone involved in the hacking should be held to the highest punishment of the law. They should be made an example of. I hope everyone is held accountable. This is simply unacceptable. Hacking into people's private phones should be met with swift and painfull justice.

Well said.

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Originally Posted by Real World

That being said, the left leaning media is certainly fanning the flames here. They absolutely hate Fox & Murdoch. This is a chance to trash them, and by any all means possible, they'll do just that.

Kind of like when Fox spent a couple of weeks ripping apart NPR?