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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:47 AM Original message |
News of the World to close amid hacking scandal |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Liveblog of developments at the Guardian |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oddly enough |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. ALL newspapers sell at a loss in the absence of ad revenue |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. I dont think this was a money choice |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. My husband was saying that earlier this evening - that's one way to destroy all the evidence. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. "if recent allegations are true.... no place in our company" - James Murdoch |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Exactly, and the Buck stops where James? |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Too bad his signature is on the hush money checks! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. and that should continue to be a big deal |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. News International Says Sunday News of the World to be Last Issue |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. In fairness, hacking wasn't the only scandal. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. The search for scapegoats begins. nt |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. Dive! Dive! |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. BREAKING: Murdoch closes News of the World |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Awesome! They need to follow this through to Murdochs other rags |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wow! Look at the home page. It looks like a porn site. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Totally inappropriate for viewing at work too! |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. So inappropriate, it is blocked on my employers' network. nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Looks just like "The Sun" - NotW's "sister paper". nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Headline: 'Girl evicted after noisy sex' |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Looks like nothing but a trashy gossip paper. |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. That's because it is/was a trashy gossip rag |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. A poet once wrote: She's the kind of a girl |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. That poet was John Lennon. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
58. Dammit, you made me look. Where's the eye-scrubbing brush? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent News |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Tactically |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. Holy Polythene Pam Batman! |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:11 AM Original message |
Now if we could just get him to shut down his other tabloid rag, Fox News.... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. Prediction: Murdoch announces premier of new paper called "Reports of the Earth" |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. We wondered who would be thrown overboard . . . |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. not morally better |
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Bosonic (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
17. Probably window dressing |
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Tony_FLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. News of the World to close amid hacking scandal |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Jail should be next. Nt |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Closing down does not stop the previous crimes |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Holy Polythene Pam Batman! |
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Blacksheep214 (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. What's that old saying? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
25. Biggest-selling? Disgusting how The Observer couldn't get more |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
28. So if illegal activity has been done in one Murdoch enterprise, what about all the others? nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Is Fox News hacking our phones, or spying on our government? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I thought Fox News WAS our government! nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Then our government is run in part by a Saudi Sheikh. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:35 PM Original message |
Right. nt |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. A question that needs to be answered. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not good enough, IMHO. |
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musiclawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. They must be scared. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. Mail on Sunday Next to Close Please! n/t |
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robbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Heard about this on NPR |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
42. slimey paper, but I feel for the press operators, drivers, and |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Same here |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. that is true |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. The Times is LOT more upmarket then the News Of The Screws |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. oh I know that |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. It looks like the "working stiffs who are now out of a job" |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. NOTW is not a daily. It's a Sunday paper. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Do you really think they've got a separate advertising department for a weekly paper? |
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The Green Manalishi (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Interesting, thanks |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. "National Graphical Union"? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. The UK's tabloid industry is massive, if anyone gets fired they'll move on or create new tabloids. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. excellent news!! |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. Alas, our celebrations appear to be premature. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. I thought maybe they'd name it after the first line of Plaistow Patricia |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. I figured that would happen. Yeah there's a shakeup, for sure, but otherwise... |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. +++ |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. Am I the only one who immediately thought of the the Beatles "Polythene Pam" |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
56. Closing the barn door. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
61. Awesome. nt |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
62. Meaningless unless senior management & all reporters involved in the hacking |
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larwdem (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
63. good newz |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
64. Cut and Run |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
67. Don't fall for Murdoch's games. |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. Murdock World Class Criminal |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
71. Deleted message |
LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
72. Glad that vile rag is closing.. |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
74. murdoch means the "good things have been sullied by that which he endorsed" |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. Bribery, hush money, civil suit payments, phone taps, & |
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fedsron2us (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
76. Cockroaches rarely appear alone |
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