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Rupert Murdoch accidentally joined the Independence Party, according to Chris Bragg.
“I’m going to continue on with my greatest social experiment of seeing how misinformed a person can be while still hosting a morning news program.”
—Fred Armisen as Rupert Murdoch, on Saturday Night Live
SOPA support, fracturing?
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One reporter was told by his editor that “Rupert ordered” a look into the connections between then-governor David Paterson and the lobbying activities of his father, Basil Paterson, according to a Post insider. It was, in fairness, a sound story to investigate, but there was an implied understanding that the reporter should turn up something, since his editor felt the need to mention where the idea came from.
from my story this week.
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Meanwhile, a phone-hacking scandal was engulfing Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. This was not in itself relevant to the Times, but it carried its own symbolism.
New York magazine talks to Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.
Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and, in the background, Joel Klein, during today’s hearing in the British Parliment, about the phone hacking scandal.
