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Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was an American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate Axis propaganda during World War II. Following her capture in post-war Berlin, she became the first woman to be convicted of treason against the United States. In March 1949, she was sentenced to ten to thirty years' imprisonment.
Tokyo Rose was a name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to all female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The programs were broadcast in the South Pacific and North America to demoralize Allied forces abroad and their families at home by emphasizing troops' wartime difficulties and military losses. Several female broadcasters, pictured Iva Toguri D'Aquino, operated using different aliases and in different cities throughout the territories occupied by the Japanese Empire, including Tokyo, Manila, and Shanghai.
Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American television host and conservative political commentator who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. Tucker is employed by Rupert Murdoch and family to disseminate anti-American propaganda by seldom stating facts and using an interesting technique of declaiming questions instead of making declarative sentences.
Skeleton Cardboard.
Formerly the studio of street artist Stik.
I included the dreary modern building on the left so as to show the proud craftsmanship of the victorian building to it's right. Scrolled brickwork, stucco work and glazed bricks indicate that this building was once something special.
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KLAX (Los Angeles International Airport) - 03 JAN 2011
News Corp N889NC rolling out on RWY 7R after landing. This aircraft is owned by News Corp, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
*** Update: Aircraft registration was cancelled on 09 MAR 2012 and aircraft was sold and exported to Aruba, where it was registered as P4-BBJ.
Again Many Thanks To Glen F For The Classic Image On The Left www.flickr.com/photos/trainsandstuff/33787220404/in/photo... Prezzo Replaces The Bank...The Duke of York's Theatre It Actually Opened On 10 September 1892 As The Trafalgar Square Theatre...The Theatre Was Grade II Listed In 1960...Standing In The Rear, Orion House Which Was Complete In 1959 Back Then It Was Thorn House And Was Designed By Sir Basil Spence....The London Coliseum Over To The Rght Opened In 1904...The Chandos Pub...But In The Seventies It Was A Schooner Inn..`Steak House`...Now Who Remembers Them?...
Rupert Murdoch, former Chairman of the Fox Corporation, which includes Fox News, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal, hired people like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Bill O'Reilly to spread untruths about American society and elections. In April 2023, Fox News settled a lawsuit initiated by Dominion Voting Systems for $785 million for broadcasting disinformation about the security of Dominion's voting machines. Despite what Fox says, they should not be touted as "the most trusted name in news," as their tagline suggests.
Americans have lost confidence in their government. We no longer trust our legislators and the Supreme Court to solve our country’s problems: income inequality, affordable health care, a woman’s right to decide what’s best for her health, the economy, and climate change. Governance has become a series of battles. It’s no longer just political ideology. We are at war over cultural issues while our politicians ignore our basic needs. And we’ve lost faith in our country’s institutions when ersatz news organizations like Fox knew Donald Trump lost the election but promoted voter fraud to get ratings.
The morals of our GOP legislators and their sycophants are just as important as their economic policy. How can we trust a party that Alex Patton, a Florida-based Republican consultant, and pollster, has characterized as a party that “has become mean and driven by emotion on whom we dislike.”? “But,” he says, “that is the driving force in American politics right now.” That is the driving force of the GOP, not the Democrats. This is not an example of the equality of “bothsidesism.”
In my essay, “ It’s Time to Release Our Own Kraken!” I outlined the history of the Republican Party’s “below the belt” tactics. They continue to be underhanded to this day. But with the low level of civility in our present polarized country, many Republican legislators now in office have hit new ethical lows.
As a visual artist who has spent over a decade creating posters about the sorry state of American political discourse, this year I began a new series of portraits, “Faces of the Republican Party.” The men and women in this series deserve to be taken to task for their unwillingness to compromise, belief in conspiracy theories, and disdain for the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, and our children’s education. The purpose of our government is to solve our nation’s problems. It’s not a place for personal vendettas or manufactured cultural issues.
“Faces of the Republican Party” is not a partisan series of portraits. Merriam-Webster defines the word as “a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person, especially one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance.” The people depicted in these images are the partisans. Instead, my series is a documentary and op-ed showcasing the facts in 2022. All of them had a hand in trying to overthrow the government. These images are MAGA Republicans who put their blind allegiance to Donald Trump and their careers ahead of the needs of the American people.
The results of the 2022 midterm elections showed we are tired of autocratic and self-absorbed politicians. We would simply like our officials to do the jobs we elected them to do. Everyone deserves a piece of American Exceptionalism. As it stands, there is nothing exceptional about the tribalism these people promote.
Republicans are perfect examples of Patton’s “driving force.” This force is dirty, mean, misogynistic, selfish, and wastes our tax dollars. These people are just a small sampling of individuals responsible for the loss of credibility and faith in America’s institutions. And worse, they couldn’t care less.
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Follow the history of our country's political intransigence from 2010 to 2020 through a eight-part exhibit of these posters on Google Arts & Culture.
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
It's nice to have one's work admired on Flickr.
However, it's rather less nice to have it stolen from Flickr and used without permission, payment or even being credited as the photographer.
A couple of days ago, I discovered that the original version of the above image was being used on the Times Online website, to illustrate an article relating to Gilbert and Sullivan. The original image can be seen here:
Three Little Maids From School
The sole "credit" was "Picture from Flickr" and it didn't even link back to the original page...and it was badly cropped.
This is a website of the historic newspaper The Times, owned by News International. They really have NO excuse for this.
They never even contacted me to ASK for permission.
The picture was deleted immediately when I demanded that this happen (but not before I took screen grabs...or evidence as they may hereafter be referred to)...and I was sent an e-mail apologising (from a journalist who wasn't responsible for using the photo).
So far, so good.
I have consulted with a lawyer who is an expert on the subject of copyright and intellectual property rights (and who also happens to be a friend of mine). He said that basically, they (i.e. News International) are guilty of both civil AND criminal offences under the Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act (1988).
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/UKpga_19880048_en_1.htm
So, proceeding from a position of knowledge, I'll be getting in touch with The Times to tell them what they will need to pay me for breaching my copyright...or alternatively we can go down the legal route (which is fine by me because they don't have a legal leg to stand on in this regard).
Fortunately, I read of a champion of intellectual property rights...only yesterday. It was Rupert Murdoch (owner of News International):
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7988561.stm
Mr. Murdoch was quoted as saying:
"Should we be allowing Google to steal our copyrights?"
Absolutely not, Mr. Murdoch. Should I be allowing News International to steal my copyrights?
I think not.
It seems there are those who view Flickr as a free picture library and have no respect for its photographers.
Earlier today I came across someone who had a similar experience and achieved a satisfactory result:
The best bit is that the Times Online are VERY clear that you have to contact them if you want to use any of THEIR copyrighted material, even for a personal website:
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/services/syn...
Well, sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander, I think?
Seconds out...
As P.G. Wodehouse memorably said..."It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine." :-)
The sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison has a famous video rant on the subject of 'Pay the Writer'...that also goes for photographers...it's very entertaining:
N898NC – Gulfstream G650ER (2015)
Registered to Wells Fargo Bank out of Salt lake City, Utah, USA – I believe it may well be Rupert Murdoch's little run-around.
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Oamaru Railway
Trump Had Documents That Never Leave Special Facilities
'No Area For Confusion': U.S. Classification System Designed Against Accidents
Attorney Shoots Down Trump’s ‘Insane’ New Document Defense
Lawrence: Only Way It Gets Worse For Trump Is To Be Charged
www.newsweek.com/trump-bought-mar-lago-crucial-detail-bar...
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Two lady visitors checking the credentials of an oil painting of 79-year old Rupert Murdoch, an Australian-born American media magnate and the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of News Corporation.
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library, Sydney, Australia (Wednesday 18 August 2010 @ 1:17pm).
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On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
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On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on August 16, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Photo by Larry D. Moore, used under a Creative Commons ShareAlike License.
Source of image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hostess_twinkies_tweaked.jpg
Poor bamboozled slobs with Foxed & Koched minds are acting out delusions over the news that Hostess Brands, maker of Twinkies, is closing because, the corporation & Fox nooze claim, they were put out of business by that bugbear of the deranged right, labor unions. In what is itself a quite marvelous revelation, Forbes Magazine just published a corrective to the bullshit, which deserves reading:
Who Killed Hostess Brands and Twinkies?
11/16/12
By Helaine Olen
EXCERPT: More than a few observers say they know who to blame for the demise of the iconic company: the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International union, which represents thousands of striking Hostess Brand workers who have refused to accept a new contract that would do everything from slash their salaries to their retirement benefits.
Time for a reality check.
Hostess has been sold at least three times since the 1980s, racking up debt and shedding profitable assets along the way with each successive merger. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2004, and again in 2011. Little thought was given to the line of products, which, frankly, began to seem a bit dated in the age of the gourmet cupcake. (100 calorie Twinkie Bites? When was the last time you entered Magnolia Bakery and asked about the calorie count?)
As if all this were not enough, Hostess Brands’ management gave themselves several raises, all the while complaining that the workers who actually produced the products that made the firm what money it did earn were grossly overpaid relative to the company’s increasingly dismal financial position.
Please continue to full text: www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/16/who-killed-ho...
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18,000 workers are losing their jobs - miserable jobs, but in this corporatist nation simply what most jobs are.
Keith Rupert Murdoch, aka Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born billionaire businessman, media tycoon, and investor.
This caricature of Rupert Murdoch was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from David Shankbone's Flickr photostream.
Peter James Doocy, aka Peter Doocy, is an American journalist and a White House correspondent for Fox News. His father, Steve Doocy, is also a Fox employee.
This caricature of Peter Doocy was adapted from in the public domain from The White House on YouTube.
Peter James Doocy, aka Peter Doocy, is an American journalist and a White House correspondent for Fox News. His father, Steve Doocy, is also a Fox employee.
This caricature of Peter Doocy was adapted from in the public domain from The White House on YouTube.
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG aka Rupert Murdoch is the Chaiman and CEO of New Corporation.
The source image for this caricature is a Creative Commons licensed photo from the World Economic Forum's Flickr photostream - www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/3488040165/.
The birth of a newspaper. Interesting last line from Rupert: "... Australians ...will appreciate an unbiased news service .." Time Magazine advertisement - July 17, 1964
Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on October 18, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Miner's badge: 'Murdoch is bad news.' The Sun, News of the World, The Times and Sunday Times Newspapers.
Recently Beamish received a fantastic collection of objects relating to the 1984 Miner's Strike. They were kindly donated by Heather Wood, at the time chairwoman of SEAM (Save Easington Area Mines) who set up a support network to help miners and their families. This began in Easington Colliery but quickly developed into a larger operation as the strike went on.
These badges are partly from Heather's own collection and some were donated from other supporters around the country.
On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Les Misérables Australian Premiere
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On Election Day 2022, members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
March Against Murdoch in protest against NewsCorp, part of Day 4 of Extinction Rebellion's Autumn Rebellion in Melbourne.
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Members of the activist groups Truth Tuesdays and Rise and Resist gathered on October 18, 2022 at the weekly FOX LIES DEMOCRACY DIES event outside the NewsCorp Building at 1211 6th Ave. Activists are pushing back against Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues their campaign to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Anti-Murdoch flashmob demands Rebekah Brooks' sacking. London, 07.07.2011
On what proved to be a momentous day in UK press history, News International, the owners of the scandal-ridden News of The World newspaper suddenly announced the paper's shut-down following a last edition to be published this weekend. The newspaper's reputation has been destroyed by the infamous phone-hacking scandal which News International has tried desperately to underplay over the past few months, but which suddenly erupted into a fully-blown national outrage this week when it was revealed that the Metropolitan Police had evidence to suggest that not only had the newspaper's journalists been behind the hacking of murdered teenager Millie Dowler, the families of several of the victims of the 7/7 London Underground bombings and the families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also that the News of the World had been secretly - and illegally - paying members of the Metropolitan Police to get hold of confidential data on up to a thousand people over the years to provide the paper with insider knowledge and many scoops.
These very serious allegations have been revealed against the backdrop of News International's current bid to buy the remaining 61% of shares in the pay-to-view TV company BSkyB, which had been protested vigorously by many people concerned about the unchallenged domination of Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the United Kingdom.
Today's flashmob, organised by the group 'Take Back Parliament', congregated outside the Department of Culture, Media and Sport - the domain of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who, despite many demands for a full review of News International's suitability and trustworthiness in the light of months of revelations about the phone-hacking and News International's attempts to deceive Parliament during questioning several months ago, has ignored all the warnings and was pushing the Murdoch bid through the official channels at an indecent speed, raising suspicions that David Cameron's close relationship with News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brookes and with Rupert Murdoch himself was influencing Hunt's professional judgement.
The flashmob protesters - some wearing cutout masks of Rupert Murdoch - held up copies of today's London Evening Standard (which is not a Murdoch newspaper), displaying the front page headline "Murdoch Staff Pay Met £100K In Bribes", referring to the illegal supply of highly confidential information to reporters by trusted police officers to News of The World journalists.
Demanding an immediate and complete halt to the BSkyB bid attempt, the protesters also called for the sacking of News International's Chief Executive Rebekah Brookes who was Editor in Chief of the News of The World when all the worst offences were supposedly carried out and who, many maintain, must have known what was happening, despite her frequent denials of any knowledge of the phone-hacking offences. Also of the utmost concern is Brookes' close personal friendship with Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, and the depth of the debt of gratitude he feels he owes to Rupert Murdoch and his media empire for the massive support he got from the Murdoch press during the last general election.
Many, many questions remain unanswered right now about "who knew what and when did they know it?", and as police enquiries commence it was announced today that five journalists will be arrested, as will ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson who resigned when the first scandal broke after Royal Correspondent Clive Goodman was famously imprisoned for hacking into Prince William's phone. Coulson immediately became David Cameron's election strategist and press spokesman until more recent discoveries obliged him to resign his post as Cameron's spokesperson. Coulson has always maintained he had no knowledge whatsoever of the phone-hacking, but a cache of emails was handed to the police a few days ago which allegedly contradict Coulson's claims of innocence in the matter, and of the clandestine payments made to corrupt police officers, may be behind the news of Coulson's imminent arrest.
Today's shock announcement of the newspaper's sudden demise saw around 200 journalists made redundant today, almost none of whom were working on the paper during the period in question, prompting National Union of Journalist General secretary Michelle Stanistreet to make the following official statement this afternoon:
“This shows the depths to which Rupert Murdoch and his lieutenants at News International are prepared to stoop. The announcement James Murdoch should be making today is the dismissal of Rebekah Brookes as chief executive of News International. The shocking revelations this week show beyond doubt the systemic abuse and corruption at the top of the operation ran by both Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. Yet News International has persistently lied about the extent of this scandal and tried to pass it off as a problem created by a couple of rogue reporters.
“Closing the title and sacking over 200 staff in the UK and Ireland, and putting scores more freelances and casuals out of a job, is an act of utter cynical opportunism. Murdoch is clearly banking on this drawing a line under the scandal, removing an obstacle to the BskyB deal, and letting his senior executives off the hook. That simply won’t wash. It is not ordinary working journalists who have destroyed this paper’s credibility – it is the actions of Murdoch’s most senior people.
“James Murdoch was absolutely right when he said in his statement today that ‘Wrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad.’ Yet those wrongdoers are still there today, at the top of the News International empire and ordinary staff at the paper are paying with their livelihoods.
“The closure of the News of the World – a newspaper that has been in print now for 168 years – is a calculated sacrifice by Rupert Murdoch to salvage his reputation and that of News International, in the hope that readers will switch allegiance to a new seven-day operation at The Sun, the government will wave through the BskyB deal and he will widen his grip on the UK’s media landscape.
“It is ironic that 25 years after the Wapping dispute it is the behaviour of Rupert Murdoch and his management that has caused the closure of the newspaper. The NUJ will offer all support to its members at the News of the World facing compulsory redundancies and will be organising an emergency meeting of all journalists at the title to offer advice and support.”
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Anti-Murdoch flashmob demands Rebekah Brooks' sacking. London, 07.07.2011
On what proved to be a momentous day in UK press history, News International, the owners of the scandal-ridden News of The World newspaper
suddenly announced the paper's shut-down following a last edition to be published this weekend. The newspaper's reputation has been destroyed
by the infamous phone-hacking scandal which News International has tried desperately to underplay over the past few months, but which
suddenly erupted into a fully-blown national outrage this week when it was revealed that the Metropolitan Police had evidence to suggest that
not only had the newspaper's journalists been behind the hacking of murdered teenager Millie Dowler, the families of several of the victims
of the 7/7 London Underground bombings and the families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also that the News of the World had
been secretly - and illegally - paying members of the Metropolitan Police to get hold of confidential data on up to a thousand people over
the years to provide the paper with insider knowledge and many scoops.
These very serious allegations have been revealed against the backdrop of News International's current bid to buy the remaining 61% of shares
in the pay-to-view TV company BSkyB, which had been protested vigorously by many people concerned about the unchallenged domination of Rupert
Murdoch's media empire in the United Kingdom.
Today's flashmob, organised by the group 'Take Back Parliament', congregated outside the Department of Culture, Media and Sport - the domain
of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who, despite many demands for a full review of News International's suitability and trustworthiness in the
light of months of revelations about the phone-hacking and News International's attempts to deceive Parliament during questioning several
months ago, has ignored all the warnings and was pushing the Murdoch bid through the official channels at an indecent speed, raising
suspicions that David Cameron's close relationship with News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brookes and with Rupert Murdoch himself
was influencing Hunt's professional judgement.
The flashmob protesters - some wearing cutout masks of Rupert Murdoch - held up copies of today's London Evening Standard (which is not a
Murdoch newspaper), displaying the front page headline "Murdoch Staff Pay Met £100K In Bribes", referring to the illegal supply of highly
confidential information to reporters by trusted police officers to News of The World journalists.
Demanding an immediate and complete halt to the BSkyB bid attempt, the protesters also called for the sacking of News International's Chief
Executive Rebekah Brookes who was Editor in Chief of the News of The World when all the worst offences were supposedly carried out and who,
many maintain, must have known what was happening, despite her frequent denials of any knowledge of the phone-hacking offences. Also of the
utmost concern is Brookes' close personal friendship with Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, and the depth of the debt of gratitude
he feels he owes to Rupert Murdoch and his media empire for the massive support he got from the Murdoch press during the last general
election.
Many, many questions remain unanswered right now about "who knew what and when did they know it?", and as police enquiries commence it was
announced today that five journalists will be arrested, as will ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson who resigned when the first scandal
broke after Royal Correspondent Clive Goodman was famously imprisoned for hacking into Prince William's phone. Coulson immediately became
David Cameron's election strategist and press spokesman until more recent discoveries obliged him to resign his post as Cameron's
spokesperson. Coulson has always maintained he had no knowledge whatsoever of the phone-hacking, but a cache of emails was handed to the
police a few days ago which allegedly contradict Coulson's claims of innocence in the matter, and of the clandestine payments made to corrupt
police officers, may be behind the news of Coulson's imminent arrest.
Today's shock announcement of the newspaper's sudden demise saw around 200 journalists made redundant today, almost none of whom were working
on the paper during the period in question, prompting National Union of Journalist General secretary Michelle Stanistreet to make the
following official statement this afternoon:
“This shows the depths to which Rupert Murdoch and his lieutenants at News International are prepared to stoop. The announcement James
Murdoch should be making today is the dismissal of Rebekah Brookes as chief executive of News International. The shocking revelations this
week show beyond doubt the systemic abuse and corruption at the top of the operation ran by both Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. Yet News
International has persistently lied about the extent of this scandal and tried to pass it off as a problem created by a couple of rogue
reporters.
“Closing the title and sacking over 200 staff in the UK and Ireland, and putting scores more freelances and casuals out of a job, is an act
of utter cynical opportunism. Murdoch is clearly banking on this drawing a line under the scandal, removing an obstacle to the BskyB deal,
and letting his senior executives off the hook. That simply won’t wash. It is not ordinary working journalists who have destroyed this
paper’s credibility – it is the actions of Murdoch’s most senior people.
“James Murdoch was absolutely right when he said in his statement today that ‘Wrongdoers turned a good newsroom bad.’ Yet those wrongdoers
are still there today, at the top of the News International empire and ordinary staff at the paper are paying with their livelihoods.
“The closure of the News of the World – a newspaper that has been in print now for 168 years – is a calculated sacrifice by Rupert Murdoch to
salvage his reputation and that of News International, in the hope that readers will switch allegiance to a new seven-day operation at The
Sun, the government will wave through the BskyB deal and he will widen his grip on the UK’s media landscape.
“It is ironic that 25 years after the Wapping dispute it is the behaviour of Rupert Murdoch and his management that has caused the closure of
the newspaper. The NUJ will offer all support to its members at the News of the World facing compulsory redundancies and will be organising
an emergency meeting of all journalists at the title to offer advice and support.”
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