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Post by Baixo Astral on Jul 7, 2011 10:59:56 GMT -5
... closes the world's largest English Language newspaper. Good riddance |
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Jul 7, 2011 11:37:07 GMT -5
Good, and I hope the rest of his tabloid empire dies with it. I'm not one to wish ill on someone's fortune, but with the way Murdoch makes his money, there'll be no sympathy from me if the rest of the ship sinks.
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Post by angryfan on Jul 7, 2011 11:45:55 GMT -5
I seriously hope we can keep any political feelings out of this one, because as a news story this is just insane and could lead to soem pretty good discussion. So, you know, just throwing it out there as the thread gets started.
Having said that, I'm just stunned at the inconceivable oddity of it all. Who in the hell greenlights a private investigator to hack (so far) the voicemail of a murdered teenage girl, families of terrorist bombing victims, and apparently soldiers in a war zone?
I get corporate greed, I get a desire to "make headlines", but at some point humanity has to creep in and have someone pull the investigator aside and say "dude...the hell is WRONG with you?"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 12:18:32 GMT -5
Is this the same Murdoch who owns fox news and myspace? jw
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Post by angryfan on Jul 7, 2011 12:19:44 GMT -5
Is this the same Murdoch who owns fox news and myspace? jw Yep. |
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jul 7, 2011 12:20:25 GMT -5
Is this the same Murdoch who owns fox news and myspace? jw Well, he just sold MySpace to Justin Timberlake but, yeah, same guy. |
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Post by Objection! on Jul 7, 2011 12:24:29 GMT -5
It won't cause the changes it should. I hear that they're just reopening under a new name and a few staff changes.
So we'll just have "The Sun on Sunday" instead of "News of the World".
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 7, 2011 12:35:30 GMT -5
Same Murdoch family, though he is the son of Rupert Murdoch.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Jul 7, 2011 12:38:56 GMT -5
But is he Brodus Clay's dad?
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jul 7, 2011 12:41:39 GMT -5
Yes, people will have to be constantly reminded that the Sun IS the daily edition of the News of the Screws.
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Post by Red Impact on Jul 7, 2011 12:46:55 GMT -5
This is a joke. The people in charge, at the head of this, have kept their jobs while everyone underneath them will lose theirs. THe ones who should be taking the blame are the ones who will be shielded, while the rank and file employees who weren't approving this are losing their jobs.
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Post by Bo Rida on Jul 7, 2011 12:49:21 GMT -5
It won't cause the changes it should. I hear that they're just reopening under a new name and a few staff changes. So we'll just have "The Sun on Sunday" instead of "News of the World". Yeah they'll probably use it as an excuse to get rid of some staff while keeping the same underlying issues. Damn beaten to it, er.. I'll give a fact instead; the News of the world had been going for 168 years. For those outside the UK their sister paper is as bad, these are the lies they made up after the Hillsborough disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster#The_Sun_newspaper |
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Post by who throws a shoe?! on Jul 7, 2011 12:51:59 GMT -5
Good riddance to a piece of shit paper. I hope The Sun goes with it.
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Post by Red Lion on Jul 7, 2011 12:55:43 GMT -5
Pfft, judging by an extremely recent domain name purchase, another Murdoch paper (The Sun) will be extending its run to seven days a week to compensate.
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Post by FinalGwen on Jul 7, 2011 13:09:50 GMT -5
I hope the whole corrupt empire dies, but it won't do it without a public boycott, and advertisers with the balls to remove their advertising from the Sun and Times as well, not just the limited boycotts from NOTW that they had planned. Sad thing is, most people will just associate what's been going on with one paper, rather than the culture which likely permeates every paper he owns. Unless something is done, within a few months people will have forgotten, and he'll own our country hook, line and sinker once again.
Got to imagine that Rebekah Brooks has a lot of dirt on Murdoch if he's willing to shut down an 168-year-old paper but keeps her on.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jul 7, 2011 13:25:08 GMT -5
Good riddance. It's a shame that people who had nothing to do with it all will lose their jobs but the paper had to close after everything that's happened.
Unfortunately, it means The Scum will now be printed 7 days a week.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 7, 2011 13:38:26 GMT -5
Now would be a good time for the rest of the country to follow Liverpool's lead and join the total boycott of the sleazy Murdoch tabloids entirely.
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Post by Orange on Jul 7, 2011 13:51:33 GMT -5
Is this the same Murdoch who owns fox news and myspace? jw Well, he just sold MySpace to Justin Timberlake but, yeah, same guy. Somebody actually bought MySpace? With real money? Why? |
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 7, 2011 13:52:59 GMT -5
Andy Coulson to be arrested tomorrow.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jul 7, 2011 14:13:58 GMT -5
Andy Coulson to be arrested tomorrow. That pisses me off. Why not arrest him now? |
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