Another Murdoch editor is arrested. Les Hinton @ the Wall Street Journal must be sweating bullets

Snoutport

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Thu Jul-14-11 10:35 AM
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Another Murdoch editor is arrested. Les Hinton @ the Wall Street Journal must be sweating bullets

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/14/phone-hacking-60-year-old-arrested

Murdoch is running out of editors...I wonder how long until Les Hinton gets pulled into this.

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salin

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Thu Jul-14-11 10:39 AM
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1. this one (arrested) allegedly worked as a consultant for the police last year.

not yet confirmed. If so, I expect the pressure mounts to do some firing. As it gets closer and closer to others - I expect more folks will keep revealing.

Speculation a few days ago was that Hinton was the choice sacrificial lamb if this moves to close to the US operations. It's easy - as he is said to be within a year from retirement.

Don't know that even such a sacrifice can stop the ball that is now rolling.

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Snoutport

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Thu Jul-14-11 10:56 AM
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2. I think the sacrifices will be for naught...but they will still be entertaining

I wonder who Murdoch will throw to the dogs first? Coulson must be terrified...he knows he is scapegoat #1.

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salin

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Thu Jul-14-11 10:59 AM
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3. Coulson and Brooks

Remember lurking about is the issue of the "millions" of erased (but findable) emails at NewsIntl (beyond just NoTW, iirc). That BIG but not sexy detail came out early last week. The tendrils of serious coverup are buried in that leg of the story.

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malaise

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Thu Jul-14-11 11:01 AM
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4. I'm greedy

I want Roger Ailes :rofl:

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WhiteTara

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Thu Jul-14-11 11:37 AM
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5. I hope he is contemplating his karma.

And with that, I would imagine he is sweating profusely. Sleep must be a bit precious too.

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