{"id":5121,"date":"2011-08-08T14:16:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T21:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5121"},"modified":"2011-08-08T14:16:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T21:16:04","slug":"is-the-murdoch-mob-coming-under-fbi-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5121","title":{"rendered":"Is The Murdoch Mob Coming Under FBI Scrutiny?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Murdochalypse\"Author and Rupert Murdoch biographer, Michael Wolff, is reporting that Murdoch and his crime family may be staring down charges<\/a> under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act:<\/p>\n

“Among the areas that the FBI is said to be looking at in its investigation of News Corp. are charges that one of its subsidiaries, News America Marketing, illegally hacked the computer system of a competitor, Floorgraphics, and then, using the information it had gleaned, tried to extort it into selling out to News Corp.; allegations that relationships the New York Post has maintained with New York City police officers may have involved exchanges of favors and possibly money for information; and accusations that Fox chief Roger Ailes sought to have an executive in the company, the book publisher Judith Regan, lie to investigators about details of her relationship with New York police commissioner Bernie Kerik in order to protect the political interests of Rudy Giuliani, then a presidential prospect.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wolff documents the magnitude of the corruption at News Corp that has become so integral to their corporate culture that they don’t even regard what they’re doing as corrupt. Wolff also notes the mechanism by which Murdoch has evaded justice to date:<\/p>\n

“…it’s because the fundamental currency of the company has always been reward and punishment. Both the New York Post and Fox News maintain enemy lists. Almost anyone who has directly crossed these organizations, or who has made trouble for their parent company, will have felt the sting here. That sting involves regular taunting and, often, lies.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No kidding. Fox News, in particular, brazenly lies about their perceived enemies who include pretty much any Democrat. Certainly President Obama has been the frequent target of dishonest attacks. Currently Media Matters is the victim of a sustained campaign<\/a> that misstates the law in order to challenge their tax-exempt status. And the Fox-led assaults against ACORN, Climate Change, immigrants, and voting rights have all been subject to the fabrication factory run by Murdoch and company.<\/p>\n

The RICO statutes may be just the vehicle to rein in these crooks. Here’s hoping that the legal authorities will crack this case and bring the Murdoch Mob to justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author and Rupert Murdoch biographer, Michael Wolff, is reporting that Murdoch and his crime family may be staring down charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: “Among the areas that the FBI is said to be looking at in its investigation of News Corp. are charges that one of its subsidiaries, News America […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,4,13],"tags":[380,32,30],"class_list":["post-5121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-news","category-scandalous","tag-michael-wolff","tag-news-corp","tag-rupert-murdoch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-1kB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1141,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1141","url_meta":{"origin":5121,"position":0},"title":"Does Rupert Murdoch Despise Bill O’Reilly?","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/28\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The question of Rupert Murdoch's relationship with his top-rated TV blowhard, Bill O'Reilly, has come up before. 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