Rupert Murdoch just wet his pants (part 2)

[Snoutport]

No, no, the evil Murdoch didn't really wet his pants...but the Guardian is now running a story that Murdoch's newspapers hacked into the messages of John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, 42 times!!!! That would be like FOX news (also owned by Murdoch) hacking into Joe Biden's phone.

Even better? The only reason the Deputy Prime Minister wasn't told of the hacking was because the bought-and-paid for police commissioner at the time covered up everything...and then was hired by Murdoch to be a high paid writer instead of a policeman.

Me thinketh that Murdoch and his minions have gone to far. Oh...and wasn't the head of FOX working for Murdoch in London while all of this was going on? How long until we start seeing proof the same thing was happening here. I mean, the British phone systems are pretty much the same here. If you know how to hack in London, you know how to hack in Washington.

Phone hacking: 45 messages from John Prescott were intercepted, court hears @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/may/12/phone-hacking-messages-prescott

A snippet: The private investigator at the centre of the phone-hacking affair intercepted 45 voicemail messages from the then deputy prime minister John Prescott and emailed them to the News of the World, the high court has heard. Lord Prescott's lawyers told the court that he had been the victim of "an unfortunate history of misinformation" by the Metropolitan police, who had told him repeatedly that he was not a victim of hacking. But the court heard that the investigator Glenn Mulcaire had targeted Prescott by listening to messages which he left on the phone of his chief of staff, Joan Hammell.

[Ramulux]

1. How is no one in the American media talking about this?

If it wasn't for DU I would not be aware of this whole hacking scandal.

[Snoutport]

2. :0) I have been working this story from one end of DU to the other

Because it has the potential to pull down the conservative government of the UK, it has the potential to due massive damage to Rupert Murdoch, and, once it surfaces that Murdoch's papers/FOX have been doing it here, it could be the undoing of FOX news.

It is one of the biggest and most important stories of the past couple of years because of the deep, deep implications.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Stay on it...

I would not have known this if I hadn't seen your thread.

[joentokyo]

75. You can follow the whole sordid mess at the Guardian Newspapers online site.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ Use the search term "phone hacking."

[Snoutport]

78. i do every day :0)

[Kaleko]

8. You're doing a geat job

in keeping this story alive and easily readable.

Kudos to you, Snoutport.

[Snoutport]

17. Thanks!

I was quite shocked when i was doing my homework on this....I pulled up another website and they had posted one of my DU posts on the subject...one of the ones that gave the whole history of the story. I was pretty pleased by that!!

[liberalla]

10. Yes you have, and I really appreciate your efforts on this.

I really look forward to when this story is just too big and juicy to be ignored by the U.S. media.

Thank you again!

K&R!

[Greybnk48]

20. Stay on it buddy. I've been following your posts on this

otherwise would not know much about it at all! Thank you!

[Snoutport]

25. my pleasure!

[DevonRex]

34. I really appreciate it. This is big - even if it hasn't happened here.

Just like stuff that happens here is important to Brits. We are partners in so many ways that what happens to them should concern us.

[CabalPowered]

40. You're doing a great job

I've been following your posts with excited interest. The thought of Murdoch in serious legal jeopardy is great news. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[The Wielding Truth]

46. Thank you. This, and an honest accountable vote are paramount.

[spanone]

9. good question....protecting their own?

[TroglodyteScholar]

13. The American media goes to great lengths...

...not to reveal their sources and methods.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

31. You do realize how much of the news industry is controlled by this evil son of a bitch, right?

[Aerows]

39. Fox runs the American media

That's why. It has become so sharply slanted to the right that should answer your own question.

[The Wielding Truth]

43. FOX / Murdoch is a subversive organized arm of propaganda. It's lies and

promotion of corporate astroturf groups has undermined our nation's confidence in it's ability to solve our problems in a humane, rational,ethical and intelligent way. Destroying our country by undermining truth in media should not be condoned by the FCC or acceptable by law as a first amendment right.

[Aerows]

50. I couldn't agree more, my friend

I am not sure how we go about correcting this, but it has got to be corrected before we become China, and we are probably already there.

[The Wielding Truth]

52. We will keep losing if we are being feed lies. A country of serfs and lords.

Or worse.It's very bad. I have talked to my congress people about it but it is almost futile without a change in what passes a news when it is proven lies.

[Snoutport]

61. Well said, Sir!

[underpants]

58. *DING* *DING* *DING* correct answer

the ARE the MSM.

[lark]

48. MSM controls the news for the vast majority of Americans

They certainly don't want their colleague, Rupert baby, to go down, so they cover up the truth. For shame CBS, NBC, ABC & MSNBC. The thing I don't understand is how Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow or Ed Schultz haven't picked up on this? Or are they just not allowed to report it???

:tinfoilhat:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

49. You're joking, right?

[valerief]

55. There's a helluva lot I wouldn't be aware of it weren't for DU. nt

[Snoutport]

69. me too valerief! I have learned so much since stumbling onto this site...

and every time i read a good article from a DU link I usually read the other posts on that website and learn even more... i love this place!

[cstanleytech]

66. There are stories that people are interested in more which thus

grab the headlines such as the national debt, bin ladens death, the marriage of prince william, healthcare, the housing market not to mention the Mississippi flooding, the earthquake that hit japan and its aftermath as well as the number of tornadoes that hit the US.

[Snoutport]

70. whatever... but, OMG, have you heard about Lindsey?!!

[cstanleytech]

72. Nope, to many other important stories in the news and besides

I could care less about Lindsey.

[Snoutport]

77. you know I was joking, right?

[drm604]

3. This could become very big in the U.S. also.

I wonder how many here have been blackmailed.

[Snoutport]

7. So many politicians have made crazy right and left turns....

I would bet that the more centrist republicans who have been stepping out of races have a reason we don't know about...but that fox news just might know about.

[OnyxCollie]

12. Not likely.

Democrats will provide retroactive immunity to those involved and all will be forgiven.

[drm604]

29. That doesn't mean that any revelations wouldn't be big,

and I'm not so sure that no one would be punished.

Even if they're not punished, exposure could stop the blackmail.

[OnyxCollie]

32. Color me cynical.

Wiretapping (even with blanket warrants) has become fully accepted.

If FOX is wiretapping here, you can be certain our government is aware.

[Snoutport]

30. even if FOX lost 5% of their staff or viewers it would be worth it...

your dog is beautiful!
:0)

[OnyxCollie]

33. Thanks, Snoutport!

For someone who hasn't been here long, you've made a big splash.

You even got mentioned on the Thom Hartmann show!

[I Have A Dream]

4. K&R! nt

[Me.]

6. Don't Forget Hugh Grant's Contribution To The Investigation

[Snoutport]

19. oh yeah...that was pretty good

[glinda]

11. K & R n/t

[sabrina 1]

14. I am sure they are doing it here. But here, if they hacked into

the VP's phones, that would be considered a breach of national security and would be very serious. Since their pal Bush was president for most of the last decade, I doubt they bothered with his phones, but I would not be surprised to find they were doing it to Democrats in Congress eg.

Thanks for keeping up with this story, Snoutport. I saw the first stories on the Guardian site a while ago and wasn't sure if anything would come of them. I look for posts to keep up with it though, and thanks again for doing the work.

Btw, Wikileaks supposedly has stuff on Fox also. I wonder if it has anything to do with this? Remember that was the material that Assange claimed he would use as 'insurance' should anything happen to him. Would love to know what it is.

[Snoutport]

16. THe head of FOX was working in the UK at Newscorp during the whole

hacking episode. so, we know he knew how to do it...we just need the proof he did it here.

[Snoutport]

15. BIG STORY ABOUT THE POLICE COVER UP HERE: link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4849551

[suffragette]

18. Thank you for staying on this issue

K&R

[ecstatic]

21. OK... when will he be shut down? Enough with the teasing! nt

[Snoutport]

24. Doubt that will happen...but he might have to sell off some papers...

he has settled several cases out of court for close to a million bucks. There could be 6000 people who could sue FROM JUST THIS ONE INVESTIGATOR...(they employed quite a few more!!) Some are saying if they go to court they probably would cost them $100,000 a whack...so no matter what...this is gonna cost them a LOT of money...and that is going to HURT big time. THen, one by one, many of his employees will be picked off and sent to jail.

So, a major loss of talent and money all at once might leave his news empire pretty shaky...and if a liberal govt. gets in you can bet they will go after him with new laws and controls.

[The Second Stone]

22. If they are doing it in the US and it gets uncovered

it will be the end of Fox and anyone touching it. I can't imagine that in the UK it isn't very serious as they have more restrictive privacy laws.

[NuttyFluffers]

23. kickypoo!

}( :bounce:

[Enthusiast]

26. K&R! I suspect Fox has done

similar information gathering domestically.

[no_hypocrisy]

27. Bottom Line: WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MURDOCK???

[cstanleytech]

67. Bottom line? Little to nothing as he has

plausible deniability unless evidence is found to prove otherwise.

[malaise]

28. K & R

Truth will out

[southernyankeebelle]

35. You kidding if you don't think it is happening here. How else do they seem to get all the dirt.

They need to send him home.

[Kingofalldems]

36. Special Prosecutor needed--investigate and subpoena all Fox records

[Plucketeer]

37. LOVIN' This!

Pull those reluctant doors open. Let the sunlight stream into the cellar and reveal all the evil critters that swell there!

[KoKo]

38. Kick....Thanks for updates!

[defendandprotect]

41. I can only ask what others are asking -- where is MSM on this news -- ????

[ikri]

56. Here in the UK

There are a few more (non Murdoch) newspapers that simply haven't reported on the subject in any detail. The belief here is that those newspapers have all been involved in their own hacking scandals that they don't want publicising.

I would suspect too that in the US, if no one is reporting on phone hacking then they may not want anyone looking at their own activities too much.

[florida08]

42. like others wouldn't have know about it

if not been reported here. Slimeball Murdoch should lose his Newscorp license

[SpiralHawk]

44. Republicon Family Cesspool Values - Brit style

the k and the r

Thanks for posting to let us know about the fatcat scumbaggery US corporate media (R) is whistling past (as usual).

[Uncle Joe]

45. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Snoutport.

[yellerpup]

47. Murdoch is a traitor to the world.

Let's see some justice in this case. Make him pay since money is all he cares about.

[Aerows]

51. Who watches the watchers?

I think Snoutport just answered that question.

Keep up the good work, my friend!

[The Wizard]

53. Deport Murdoch and seize his assets. Arrest his children and

shut down all his media outlets. Republicans say the darndest things.

[tilsammans]

54. K&R!!!

Keepin' it going!

[cleanhippie]

57. Why is this not on every channel BUT Fox?

Something stinks....not as in its not true, but as in there would seem to be some coordinated effort to not report it...

[stlsaxman]

59. Little sidenote- "wetting" ones self is usually done from joy... now "shitting" your pants is...

done in surprise and/or FEAR!

But certainly that's what you meant.

Great story, too.

[Snoutport]

62. It's the teacher in me...

I couldn't say "shit" in my headline without feeling guilty. I have a mouth like a sewer...you know how hard you have to mind yourself when you are a teacher but have a sewer mouth? I live in terror.... :0)

[stlsaxman]

64. "Soiled", then? "Browned his trousers"? seriously though I feel ya, Teach.

:hi:

[Snoutport]

65. soiled i'm perfectly good with!! well, I have the title for my next big story!

[MaeScott]

60. K and R. nt

[WillyT]

63. HUGE K & R !!!

:kick:

[beac]

68. K&R! Thanks for keeping us informed. Hope the US media picks this

story up-- it's WAY past time!

[alfredo]

71. I wrote my congressman and informed him of what is happening

with Murdoch in England, and asked if he could be doing the same thing here in the US.

Sounds like espionage to me.

[cstanleytech]

73. Its not Murdoch though or atleast

it hasnt been proven that he approved and or authorize it and even if thats the case its not espionage since it

#1 It took place in another country
#2 No evidence has been shown that it was down at the behast of a foreign power or to aid a foreign power

Which is kind of sad because if it was espionage and it could be proven Murdoch authorized and or approved of it that could well mean the breakup of his entire media empire.

[alfredo]

76. Industrial espionage is not unusual, but hacking government e-mail,

is declaring that the government is their enemy. Espionage can be seen as an act of war.

Murdoch may not be directly involved, but he bears some responsible for the actions of his employees.

[jillan]

74. I'm surprised that Randi Rhodes isn't covering this story. Has Thom Hartmann?

I can understand why Rachel wouldn't, maybe Keith will?

It is crazy that it's not getting more attention.

If it wasn't for you, snoutpout, I wouldn't even know about this.