News International – the story continues : Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:22 pm  

It seems that today, a current journalist working for the Sun has been arrested as part of Operation Elveden, in connection with payments to police. Ooops.

It seems that today, a current journalist working for the Sun has been arrested as part of Operation Elveden, in connection with payments to police. Ooops.

Re: News International – the story continues : Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:14 pm  

I can't believe that, everyone knows that journalists have always been very keen to stay within the bounds of what is permitted, Even when their CEO didn't realise it might not be ok to pay policemen for information.

When will the NI execs be banged up for corrupting coppers? And when will the coppers be banged up for accepting bribes?

Probably after they are dead.

Not good enough.

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:56 am  

Tom Watson MP just made me chuckle with his comment to young Murdoch back in front of the select committee.

Some thing along the lines of - ''You must be the first mafia boss in history who didn't realise his company was dealing in criminal enterprises.''

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:21 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Tom Watson MP just made me chuckle with his comment to young Murdoch back in front of the select committee.

Some thing along the lines of - ''You must be the first mafia boss in history who didn't realise his company was dealing in criminal enterprises.''

But he lost the initiative with that line, I thought. Watson was not getting what he wanted and resorted to playground insults that the committee and Murdoch treated the right way. Murdoch 1 - Watson 0

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:26 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

But he lost the initiative with that line, I thought. Watson was not getting what he wanted and resorted to playground insults that the committee and Murdoch treated the right way. Murdoch 1 - Watson 0

Watson is a grade A douche bag with a blatant agenda.

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:29 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

But he lost the initiative with that line, I thought. Watson was not getting what he wanted and resorted to playground insults that the committee and Murdoch treated the right way. Murdoch 1 - Watson 0

I wondered where he was going when he brought Omerta into the conversation.
I'd agree, it was obviously pre-conceived by Watson and possibly not the greatest way to go.

Junior is a slippery little eel and you knew the committee weren't going to get anywhere fast with him after the first round of Q&A's.

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:31 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

I wondered where he was going when he brought Omerta into the conversation.
I'd agree, it was obviously pre-conceived by Watson and possibly not the greatest way to go.

Junior is a slippery little eel and you knew the committee weren't going to get anywhere fast with him after the first round of Q&A's.

I thought the Omerta bit was quite clever, but like a bad comedian, he took the gag too far

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 12:56 pm  

'Didn't you ask when Gordon Taylor was involved 'But he isn't a royal?''
'You seem to be the only person in london at the time that thought it was only down to 1 rouge reporter'
'Do you think that failing to ask questions that were SCREAMING to be asked made you look incompetent, yes or not?'

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:09 pm  

Standee wrote:

Watson is a grade A douche bag with a blatant agenda.

When's the beatification of the Murdochs?

Re: News International – the story continues : Thu Nov 10, 2011 1:23 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

When's the beatification of the Murdochs?

It's okay – they're good Christian folk, just like their close family friend, Tony Blair. And they never helped him (and Bush) push any agendas for reason of whatever agenda of their own or a shared one, oh no.