Monday, March 26, 2012

#Leveson : The Cover-Up Not The Crime Brings Down James Murdoch

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Unfortunately, it’s as bad as we feared,” Myler wrote.  “No worries,” James replied.
In that case, James reportedly approved a settlement of over $1 million not long after reading the e-mail. Business continued as usual at News International until last July, when it was revealed that News of the World hacked into the voicemails of Milly Dowler, a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered.

It goes way beyond, James, Bergman notes — and it’s shaking up Britain’s core. “We’re talking about the involvement of every prime minister in Britain for the last quarter century,” says Bergman. “Equivalent of the White House, the FBI and the largest press organization or media organization in the country, all colluding, money changing hands, cover-up and all kinds of black arts in between.”

These arts are the subject of Lowell Bergman’s upcoming FRONTLINE film Murdoch’s Scandal, slated to air March 27...read more


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/media/the-cover-up-not-the-crime-brings-down-james-murdoch/