Posted on 07/17/2011 6:10:02 AM PDT by Cardhu
Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been arrested in connection with an investigation into phone hacking and bribery.
The 43-year-old was arrested by appointment by Operation Weeting police at a London police station.
Met Police said she is currently still in custody.
This is the 10th arrest made by police investigating hacking allegations by the News of the World newspaper.
She was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and on suspicion of corruption allegations.
The Operation Weeting team is conducting the current investigation into phone hacking.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Yet another episode of the untouchables.
All of the large news companies support social subversion (feminism, family-busting, etc.) and socialism (one party for federal government, the other for local government).
To cardu Re: Rupert and Rebekah
Have not followed this UK story but because it’s trial by press and Murdock does have his opponents comming out from under every rock and sundry spider holes would rather wait to see what their courts decide.
The man who blew the whistle on phone hacking at New of the World last year has just been found dead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14194623
Actually its already been trial by court. Some people working for the News of the World have already been convicted. At the time, the management claimed (and as it turns out, possibly lied) that it was the work of a few rogue employees. Now, it seems possible that the hacking was been done with the knowledge of senior members of Murdochs companies. In fact, they may have directly ordered it.
Do cows in a banana republic give banana flavored milk?
OTOH, Hiving Fox off onto another owner is a very good idea.
It’s hard to believe that he couldn’t be aware of this. He’s the kind of guy who keeps a close eye on his business, and these allegations go back a very long way...
Curious. Brits complain of a “creeping American influence”.
“It’s hard to believe that he couldn’t be aware of this.”
I really don’t think he was. But I think his son was. And seeing as how his son is a liberal & set to run things when his dad no longer can, I ‘d like to see him go to jail so Murdoch has to choose someone else to take over. (hopefully not Rebekah Brooks, sheesh)
Sorry, the news media can't do things like this. They have got to be stopped.
No, I don’t think it is. Fox has no real presence in the UK. No one there is interested in taking them down.
I suspect you may both have been reading too many Murdoch newspapers.
Well said! I agree with every word.
The BBC is not on trial here. No one has accused them of wrongdoing in this affair (thus far). If you have evidence to the contrary, then you need to contact the relevent authorities and have them bring charges. Even if that did happen, the (alleged) iniquities of the BBC are immaterial as to whether or not NewsCorp is guilty. You cannot defend Murdoch's news outlets from charges by saying "other people have done even worse". That just means they should ALL be in the dock.
Far too many Americans on these boards seem to think this is some kind of conspiracy against righteous Murdoch by the evil left wing media. To be sure, I suspect most of them are rubbing their hands with glee at his discomfiture, but at the same time I can assure you all that if you were unfortunate enough to be exposed to Murdoch's UK based so-called "newspapers" most of you would PUKE. Newscorps operations in the UK are in no way on a par with Fox news. The News of the World and the Sun are like cut price versions of the "National Enquirer" without the journalistic scruples.
But Ulysse, News International journalists have admitted they were carrying out illegal hacking and phonetaps. Some of them are already behind bars! How is that presuming anything? No one is ignoring that there are several other persons accused who have not been brought to trial yet, but the investigation is continuing. This is not the end. There will be more arrests and trials.
Indeed! But the running joke on FR is that purdy women are innocent and homely/ugly women are guilty.
Sadly, juries seem to think so too.
We can’t fix it, but we can ridicule it.
You must be a newbie to FR.
This joke has been running on threads for a decade, LOL.
Mostly on ones about "naughty" female teachers.
I’m not so sure about this alleged Guardian/BBC axis. Of course they are reporting this - its big news after all - but I think your statement about them “regretting helping to open this particular can of worms” is in itself a very good reason why they would not push it. This investigation is going to run and run, and as you say, its unlikely to just indite NI at the end of the day.
Personally I find it inconceivable that the editor did NOT know it was going on. Consider. Some hack comes to her with an exclusive story - how is she not going to ask how he got that information? How would she be able to protect the paper from lawsuits if she didnt ask the question "are you sure this is true? And how do we know its true?"
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