Tabloid's actions bring shame on Murdoch's empire

Seattle Times | Jul. 11, 2011 (Editorial)
Shame, shame, shame on the Murdoch empire. Closing a tabloid doesn't begin to clean up his reputation for sleazy journalism tactics

SHAME on Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., News International, the new poster children for guerrilla tactics of the tabloid news business and a hideous lack of ethical and moral business values. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 11, 2011 - 3:17 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 11, 2011 - 3:32 PM PDT

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Appropriate journalistic disgust, from a paper that leans as far right as it can itself.

All of Murdoch's political travesties that parade as "news" should be boycotted. until they are divested to ethical ownership that is overseen by anti-monopoly laws.

Thursday’s big news that Murdoch was shutting down News of the World does not clean the slate. Public trust of an organization is not like a little etch-a-sketch toy: ... More »

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