News Corp Phone Hacking Scandal is the New Watergate

May 09, 2012 3 Replies
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More and more it looks like the News Corp phone hacking scandal is the new Watergate



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While it is early for broad historical perspective, many commentators have pointed out similarities between the "UK phone hacking scandal of



2011", involving illegal acquisition of confidential information by news media companies, and the scandal over bugging the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972, commonly referred to as the "Watergate Scandal."

So when will the FCC pull Faux News licenses?



Not soon enough.



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Fox News doesn't have licenses, dumbass.

Individual broadcast stations have licenses. Unless Murdoch's name is on the license, they can't be pulled for anything he did.

Cable networks are not licensed.

"Too Many Tools= a box of hammers, which you are even dumber than.

-- "A good march should make a man with a wooden leg want to step out."--

John Phillip Sousa

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LOL...looks like you are the dumbass.

The FBI is already investigating News Corp...criminal charges to follow.

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Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of News Corp., owns 27 TV stations in the US. News Corp. is publicly traded but Murdoch owns most of the voting shares. He also is Chairman and CEO.

So, in theory, the licenses could all be pulled on a "character" decision against Murdoch. But the FCC very rarely has used that provision of the Communications Act of 1934 to actually revoke a license.

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