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I’ve been waging a quixotic campaign for years to out Rupert Murdoch as a greater danger to democracy than Donald Trump. Here, for example is what I wrote in this respect in “Political Ads: Twitter, Facebook, Fox News: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. And Then There’s Google,” November 6, 2019: __________ Rupert Murdoch… Read more.
I have written many commentaries effectively ridiculing the culture at Fox News as a cross between those dramatized in The Stepford Wives and Peyton Place. Here for example is what I wrote in “Women Complain Fox News Head, Roger Ailes, Has Dick for Brains,” July 20, 2016: _________ Close friends will tell you that I… Read more.
As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the network’s biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent… According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside probe of the Fox… Read more.
Frankly, the only thing I found shocking or disappointing about this viral tweet is that it provoked so much genuine outrage. After all, here is how I presaged this years ago in “Twitter Rant: Take 2,” November 27, 2012. ___________________ What is surprising, however, is that erstwhile pillars of Western civilization are taking to Twitter like… Read more.
Just two years ago, a phone-hacking scandal seemed to be metastasizing within the worldwide conglomerate of media mogul Rupert Murdoch. As things turned out, he excised it by closing down his oldest and most profitable tabloid, The News of the World, whose editor was sentenced just weeks ago to 18 months in prison for his… Read more.
Last year, News Corp, the global media empire headed by Rupert Murdoch, was the target of worldwide condemnation (and more than a bit of schadenfreude). This all stemmed from truly shocking revelations that one of its London tabloids, News of the World (NOTW), had routinely hacked the phones and email accounts of everyone from celebrities to… Read more.
Professionals in the Northeast were as tuned in to Tuesday’s Parliamentary hearings as soccer moms in the Midwest were tuned in to Sunday’s World Cup match. Where watching the match was a thrill a minute, however, watching the hearings was like watching white paint dry – with the only moment of excitement coming when a… Read more.
Dear Readers I apologize for the technical difficulties that prevented many of you from accessing this site yesterday. Because of this, I have decided to reprise yesterday’s post, which was published at 5:17 am. I appreciate your patience. Thank you. ALH ___________________ I know this story is playing out like a television drama series: Dallas or Dynasty comes… Read more.
When the latest news about phone hacking by UK tabloids first broke last week, most commentators focused on the tolling of the death knell for the country’s most popular tabloid, the News of the World (NOTW). But I was convinced from the outset that there had to be much more to this scandal and that the NOTW… Read more.
Few people seemed concerned about the legal and ethical implications earlier this year when the News of the World (NOTW), Britain’s most popular weekly tabloid, issued a public apology and paid over $150,000.00 to actress Sienna Miller for illegally hacking her cell phone and eavesdropping on her voice messages. This did not change even when… Read more.
