hackgate
James Murdoch Will Likely Be Called Back to Parliament for More Lying
John Cook · 07/29/11 12:31PMJames Murdoch, whose claim to Parliament last week that he had no idea there was rampant phone hacking going on at News International when he approved a $1.1 million settlement for a phone hacking case has since been contradicted by two of his executives, will probably be called back to explain the discrepancy.
Murdoch Pie Guy Pleads Guilty, Quotes Rupert
Jeff Neumann · 07/29/11 07:14AMMurdoch Paper Hacked Phone It Gave as Gift to Murdered Girl's Mother
Max Read · 07/28/11 12:29PMThe Noose Tightens Around Piers Morgan's Neck
John Cook · 07/27/11 09:50AMLispy CNN host Piers Morgan's increasingly desperate claims to have had no knowledge of phone hacking during his time as editor of the Daily Mirror just got a little harder to believe: The Telegraph and Daily Beast have published audio of Morgan admitting to a BBC Radio interviewer in 2009 that he played all kinds of dirty tricks.
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Adrian Chen · 07/22/11 11:49AMThe Case Against Piers Morgan
John Cook · 07/21/11 01:48PMBlotchy Gong Show revivalist and CNN host Piers Morgan came off looking good in his confrontation with a British MP who accused him—falsely, as it turns out—on Tuesday of having confessed in his memoir to phone hacking while he was editor of the Daily Mirror. So we decided to catalog all the other—far more credible—indications that hacking went on under his nose during his tabloid days and...not so good! Let's have a look.
Rebekah Brooks Covers Rebecca Black
Maureen O'Connor · 07/21/11 11:31AMObviously, this is not the real Rebekah Brooks singing her inner monologue to the tune of Rebecca Black's "Friday." If real Rebekah Brooks were to sing her inner monologue, it would be a string of British curse words set to the Wicked Witch of the West's theme song in the Wizard of Oz. Until the internet gets around to that, here is a much cuter version of "Rebekah Brooks" singing about "Phone hacking, phone hacking, hey! Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun." [AdWeek]
Everyone Just Can't Wait For Piers Morgan to Get Arrested
John Cook · 07/20/11 01:55PMPuffy British game-show presenter Piers Morgan, who also hosts a show on CNN about Twitter, is in the spotlight these days because he formerly edited Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and a competitor called the Daily Mirror, and as such is prima facie guilty of hacking into everyone's voicemails all the time.
The Best Memes to Come Out of 'The Rupert and Wendi Show'
Seth Abramovitch · 07/20/11 04:52AMMan, was that a gas or what? Two-plus hours of doddering and selective senility, with a surprise splosh party and French manicure attack thrown in for good measure! One day, we'll have a better understanding of what the Murdochian Inquisition meant in the grand scheme of things; but for now, let's just take a moment to savor the bounty of fresh memes it's produced. These memes to us be blessed, amen.
Jon Stewart Tackles the Latest in the Murdoch Hacking Scandal
Matt Cherette · 07/19/11 10:47PMRupert Murdoch appeared before a British parliamentary committee today to testify about his knowledge of phone hacking at News of the World. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took the opportunity to poke fun at the 80-year-old media mogul—and praise wife Wendi Deng for defending him against a pie-wielding assailant—before mocking Fox News's efforts to downplay the scandal.
Rupert Murdoch Has Left the Building
John Cook · 07/19/11 04:01PMWhat the fuck does Rupert Murdoch do all day? To judge by his baffling performance before a British parliamentary committee investigating him for phone hacking, little more than gossip on the phone with whatever old-timer is willing to indulge him while his son James and wife Wendi battle for control of News Corporation.
Rupert Murdoch: It's Not My Fault
John Cook · 07/19/11 10:19AMRupert Murdoch and his son James have been testifying this morning before a British Parliamentary committee investigating the wide-ranging criminality of basically everything they've done for the past 20 years.