This is the week
in which Britain’s tabloid newspapers look set to become the story. The world’s
media will converge on the Old Bailey in London, as one of the most
long-awaited criminal cases for
many years is due to get under way. Rebekah
Brooks, the former head of News International and a former editor of the
defunct News of the World, will stand trial, along with Andy Coulson, the prime
minister’s former head of communications and another past NotW editor, and six
others. The prosecution of two people
who until recently were among the most powerful agenda-setters in Britain is
likely to shine a light on the relationship between the media – particularly
Rupert Murdoch’s empire – and the heart of the UK establishment.......The
biggest risk relates to US federal investigations into whether News Corp
violated anti-bribery laws under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. If the
trials reveal any direct involvement by News Corp in press abuses or any
illegal activity on US soil, financial sanctions could be even larger than the
$382m in legal fees and civil claims the group has paid out over the past two
years.....To Read More....
My Take – I don’t mean to make light of all of
this, but you absolutely have to see the irony.....and humor...... in all of
this in light of all the NSA revelations.
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