Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires
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Nazi allusions used by Ailes, Beck, 114–115
policy of not paying sources for information, 167
Schiller is ousted, 118
Weiss resigns, 118
National Star, 40, 52
Nazi rhetoric used by Fox, 115–117
NBC, 168
NDS smartcard technology, 193, 270–271
Negroponte, Nicholas, 213–214
Neil, Andrew, 53–54, 133, 276
Network Ten, 17, 100
New Black Panthers voter intimidation charges, 84–86
New News Corp
described, 279, 280–281
led by CEO Thomson with Carey and J. Murdoch, 9, 292, 294, 299
New York Daily News, 294–295
New York magazine, 41
New York Post
cast in R. Murdoch’s image as favorite child, 38–43
and columnist Dunleavy, 33–34, 41, 45, 52
losing money, circulation, J. Angelo returns as publisher, 291, 294
mateship culture under Allan, 45
payments from sources and extortion revealed, 44–45, 189
political stance and influence, 41, 46–50
as R. Murdoch’s favorite child, 42–43
New York Times
“Back in the Game” story (Arango), 72–73
Barboza’s reports on China’s corruption and retaliation, 289–290
collaborates with Guardian on tabloid corruption exposé, 130–131, 229
coverage of candidate Romney, 252
“Don’t Mourn Brown v. Board of Education” op-ed (Williams), 106
on exclusion of Fox from White House press sessions, 83
the Fox-ification of WSJ (Nocera), 227–228
Jayson Blair fabrication, plagiarism, scandal, 189
Juan Williams termination from NPR, 110
policy on not paying sources for information, 167
reporters targeted by Fox News, 72–74
on 2012 election, 258
viewed as despised competitor by WSJ, 219–220
News Corp Australia, 299–300
News Corp in Asia, 5, 49, 146, 147
News Corp media empire
described, 1–4, 14, 122–127, 184
attempts takeover of BSkyB, withdraws, 136, 153, 193
CEO Thomson (see Thomson, Robert)
dominates Australia’s media, 17–18
financial impact of scandal, 237–242
Management and Standards Committee (MSC), 190, 198
questionable practices in NDS, 270–271
radio stations operated against regulations, 47–48
rides Tea Party wave in 2010 elections, 113–114
Star India satellite service, 146, 278
Wireless Generation acquired, 225
See also News Corp split
News Corp split, 278–279, 298–299. See also New News Corp
News International (British wing of News Corp)
becomes News UK, 299–300
Brooks as CEO, 36–37, 151–152, 187
CEO Mockridge leaves for Virgin Media, 293
concedes hacking, settles, with a few wealthy people, 133
J. Murdoch as executive chair, resigns, 147, 269
loses court case, 206–207
pays off litigants for hacking mobile phone messages, 127–128, 206–207
scandal containment strategy fails, 266–269
spies on Mark Lewis, daughter, ex-wife, 132
supports, then undermines, Cameron, 151–152, 270
News Ltd in Australia
declared green by R. Murdoch, 92–93, 96, 100
dominates Australia’s media and political spheres, 17–22
history, 10, 14–15
negative coverage of climate change and Bacon’s research, 90–93, 96–99
News of the World
hacking of Gordon Taylor, 126
hacks Milly Dowler’s phone voice mail, 3–4, 137, 231–232
hacks voice mail of Prince William, Prince Harry, 119, 169, 191
history of salacious reporting with pay offs, 182–183
manufactures news, 30–31
offers settlement money to celebrities for hacking, 160, 164, 173
pays police for information under Coulson, 171
pays royals’ security detail for contact information, 169
shut down in wake of hacking scandal, 183–184, 190–191, 245
News UK, 299–300
NewsBusters, 113
Newsnight BBC television program, 284–286
Newspapers vs. tabloids, 26–28
Nightline television program, 58
9/11 attacks. See September 11, 2001 attacks
Nixon, Richard, 54, 60
Nocera, Joe, 227–228
NPR. See National Public Radio
Obama, Barack
appoints Petraeus as CIA director, 252
Delonas’s chimpanzee cartoon, 47–48
endorsed in presidential primary by New York Post, 46–47
Fox News’ atomic mushroom cloud in anti-Obama story tease, 86
Fox News depictions, 75–81
misinformation about birth, religion, 75–78, 87–88
political hit piece by Fox & Friends, 254
supports Sandy victims and Governor Christie, 255–256
and toner cartridge bomb, 174
WSJ coverage, 217–218
Obama, Michelle, 107
Obama administration, 82–84
OfCom
opposed by Cameron, 152
proposed by Leveson as press regulator, 288
reviews Murdoch’s takeover attempt of BSkyB, 156–157, 163, 193, 272, 277
Official secrets act and laws governing privacy in UK, 169
Olbermann, Keith, 65–66, 70
Oliver, Craig, 162–163, 177, 181
O’Reilly, Bill
assertion would serve as anchor, 70–71
blames Muslim people for 9/11 attacks, 108
blasts Shirley Sherrod, 87
brands NPR as totalitarian, 111–112
described, 56, 65–66
on Obama as president, 76, 78
rumor/scam about becoming anchor, 70–71
on 2012 election, 257–258, 261–262
O’Reilly Factor television program, 56, 107
Origin of Species (Darwin), 148–149
Orwall, Bruce, interviews Rupert Murdoch, 226–227, 232–233, 234, 278
Osborne, George, 150, 151, 159, 270
Oxford University, 12, 13, 150, 286, 296
The Oz. See The Australian newspaper
Page, Jeremy, 289
Paleologos, David, 257–258
Palin, Sarah, 218, 265 Panorama television program, 271
Parker Bowles, Camilla, 28
Parliamentary hearings and investigative committees
Brooks’s testimony (2003), 165
conclusions, 277
J. Murdoch’s testimony, 202–207, 236, 242–244
Les Hinton’s testimony, 127, 197
on phone hacking (July 19, 2011), 201–207
on phone hacking (September 6, 2011), 238–241
R. Murdoch’s testimony, 197–198, 201–207, 273–276
shift to email and computer hacking, 241–244
See also Leveson Inquiry
Patten, Chris, 146, 285
Payne, Sarah, murder of, 34–35, 139
Paywall of Wall Street Journal, 211, 217, 281
Petersen, Freya, 33–34
Petraeus, David, 250–252
Pike, Julian, 127, 239
Podhoretz, John, 264
Police
arrest reporters for hacking, 236
conduct inquiry clearing News International of wrongdoing, 173–174, 203, 238
connected closely to tabloid presses, 170–176
paid by tabloids for information, 30, 171
paid for database information, phone data, 166–167
See also Scotland Yard
Political influence of Murdoch’s media
in Australia, 14–15, 17–23
in Britain, allies switch from Conservatives to Labour to Tories, 150, 152
climate change discourse ambiguous, inaccurate, 89–101
Fox News under Ailes, 60–74
investigated by Leveson Inquiry, 273–276
with tabloids in America, 41, 46–48
WSJ shifts to the right under Thomson/Murdoch, 217–225
Populist conservative politics, 17, 46, 78, 134, 246
Posetti, Julie, 93–94
Potok, Mark, 85
Potter, Dennis, 148, 282–283
Powers, Kirsten, 80, 85–86
Prescott, John, 139, 173
Presidential campaigns and elections. See Elections
Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ), 181, 193
Prince Charles–Camilla Parker
Bowles scandal, 28, 193
Prince Harry phone hacking, 3, 119, 169
Prince William phone hacking, 3, 119, 169, 188, 191
Privacy violations by corporations, 217
enabled through payments, ruses, 30–31, 169
of Gordon Taylor, 126
McMullan on, 30–31
of Milly Dowler, 3, 6
parliamentary hearings, 165–166
of Steve Coogan, 139–140
Private Eye, 26, 268
Psaki, Jen, 82, 83
Public radio. See National Public Radio
Pulitzer Prizes, 213, 217, 290
Racism, 45, 47–48
Reagan, Ronald, 85, 247, 259
Reddicliffe, Stephen, 73
Rees, Jonathan, murder case, 130, 163
Regan, Judith, 53–54
The Reporters television program, 52
Rhee, Michele, 225
Rhodes, David, 55
Ricketson, Matthew, 23
Rivera, Geraldo, 61–65
Romney, Mitt, 69, 252–259, 261–265
Rooney, Wayne, 139
Rose, Dinah, 266–267
Rove, Karl, 105, 112, 257, 262–263, 265
Rowan, Carl T., 103–104
Rudd, Kevin, 22, 45, 95, 288
Ruddy, Christopher, 42, 46, 114
Rusbridger, Alan, 130–131
Saddam Hussein, 43
Sales, Leigh, 15
Sammon, Bill, 77–78, 97–98
Samuel, Graeme, 10, 16–17, 18
Sanchez, Rick, 112
Santorum, Rick, 252, 253–254
Sarah’s Law, 35
Savile pedophile scandal, 284–286
Schiff, Dorothy, 40
Schiller, Vivian, 108, 118
Schroeder, Anne, 66–67
Scotland Yard
corruption scandal, 165, 175
denies extent of hacking, 132
erasures of voice mail questioned, 277
police aware of Milly Dowler phone hacking, 137
police discover hundreds more cases of phone hacking (2013), 297
police receive payments from News of the World, 171
stores Gordon Taylor documents, 126
testifies about Sun’s illegal payments to officials, 245
September 11, 2001 attacks, 6, 61, 194–195
Sex offenders listed in News of the World, 35
Shales, Tom, 52
Shawcross, William, 11
Sherman, Gabriel, 259, 260
Sherrod, Shirley, 87
Shine, Bill, 56, 77, 250, 254
Shine production company, 134–135, 237, 240, 282, 283
Silver, Nate, 258, 265
Silverleaf, Michael, 127
Simon, Scott, 106
The Simpsons television program, 43, 52–53, 96, 136, 279
Sky News, 161, 163, 188, 193, 272
Sky News Australia cable service, 17, 21
Sky TV
broadcasts to UK from Luxembourg, 142
early financial losses, 184
merges with British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB, 143
NDS encryption company sold, 270
See also BSkyB satellite TV service
Smith, Adam (aide to Hunt), 162, 178
Smith, Adam (economist), 148, 282
Smith, Shepard, 64, 70, 79–80
Soros, George, 115–116
Special Report television program, 80–81
Sports Illustrated magazine, 53
Springsteen, Bruce, 255–256
Star magazine. See National Star
Star TV, 146
Stecklow, Steve, 231–232
Steinberg, Jacques, 73
Stelter, Brian, 70–71, 110
Stephenson, Paul, 171, 175, 176
Stern, Jared Paul, 44
Stewart, Jon, 112, 114, 117
Stossel, John, 64
Sullivan, Brendan, 189–190, 273
Sulzberger, Arthur, 26, 219–220
“Sun on Sunday,” 205, 245, 268–269, 281
Sun tabloid
BBC–Savile scandal coverage, 286
employees arrested on suspicion of bribing police, 244–245, 266–267
Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster coverage, 25
with largest UK circulation, 281
Page Three girls, 40, 93
Prince Charles–Camilla Parker Bowles scandal, 28–29
as R. Murdoch’s favorite child, 42
Wapping Rebellion, 268
Sunday Times
purchased by R. Murdoch, 4
admits to blagging Gordon Brown, 194, 244
J. Murdoch resigns from board, 242
Sunstein, Cass, 81
Supreme Court of the US, 103, 104, 106, 254
Sutherland, Kiefer, 93, 96
Sydney Daily Telegraph, 11, 100, 101
Tabloid sensibility
ethical constructs of reporters, 30–31
MacKensie on, 25–26
R. Murdoch’s philosophy, 28
Tabloids vs. newspapers, 26–28
Talk of the Nation program of NPR, 104
Tantaros, Andrea, 259
Tasmania, Australia, 95–96
Taylor, Gordon, voice mail hacking
Crone and Myler reveal J. Murdoch’s role in settlement, 209
Guardian exposes hacking and settlement, 166, 173, 204
lawsuit settlement authorized by J. Murdoch, 239, 242
represented by Mark Lewis, 125–127
Teach for America, 225
Telegraph newspaper, 154, 158–159, 167–168, 182–183, 207, 267–269
Thatcher, Margaret, 41, 150, 274–275
Thomas, Clarence, 104
Thompson, Mark, 154, 155, 157, 285, 294
Thomson, Robert
background, 9, 212–213
as CEO of new News Corp, 9, 292
curtails WSJ investigation of Milly Dowler story, 232–235
managing editor of WSJ, 134, 211–212, 214–225
runs WSJ article of Chinese murder cover-up, 289–290
Thurlbeck, Neville, 126, 169–170, 231. See also “For Neville” email
Time Warner, 58
Times of London
purchased by R. Murdoch, 4
admits to email hacking, 244
covers BBC-Savile scandal, 286
editor Harding leaves, 293–294
J. Murdoch resigns from board, 242
reveals illegal payments given to police, 171
as UK broadsheet, 26
Toobin, Jeffrey, 61
Torv, Anna. See Murdoch, Anna Torv
Tory Party, 122, 150, 152, 180, 187, 270
Totenberg, Nina, 113
Tribune Co., 290–291
Trump, Donald, 252
Turner, Ted, 53, 66
TVNewser website, 70–71
20/20 television program, 168
20th Century Fox, 51, 278
21st Century Fox, 292, 299
Union of Concerned Scientists, 98
Unions and teachers’ unions, 220–222, 224–225
University
of Maryland, 102–104
US Supreme Court decision on health care overhaul, 254
Varney, Stuart, 233
Vega, Dag, 82
The View television program, 108, 113
Village Voice, 41
Virgin Media, 142, 293
Virginia Tech mass shootings, 215
Vos, Geoffrey, 267
Wade, Rebekah. See Brooks, Rebekah
Wahlquist, Asa, 93, 94
Al Waleed bin Talal, 194, 242
Walker, Scott, 220–221
Wall Street Journal
A-hed as defining element, 211, 217
“Can we believe the presidential polls?” (Rove), 257
changes under Thomson/R. Murdoch/Baker, 211–212, 214–225
China cover-up article leads to retaliation against WSJ, 289–290
cuts costs by working with Dow Jones, 134
editorials skeptical about climate change, 98–99
investigates inconsistencies in Milly Dowler story, 231–234
with largest paid US circulation, 281
publishes Orwall interview of R. Murdoch, 227–228, 232–233, 234
schadenfreude editorial blames tabloid scandal on police, newspaper rivals, 229–230
shapes currents within Republican Party, 2
Special Committee for journalistic integrity, 213–214, 230–231
Wendi Deng’s story, 49
Wallace, Chris, 66, 70, 81–82, 114, 262–263
Wallace, Jay, 86
Wallis, Neil, 174–176
Walters, Barbara, 113
Washington Post, 66–67, 104, 225
Watson, Tom
book about News International, 293
criticizes Coulson, 162, 171
at News Corp shareholders meeting, 241
parliamentary hearings and conclusions, 203–207, 243, 277
speaks out against phone hacking, 137
aftermath of parliamentary conclusions, 293
Weekend Edition Saturday program of NPR, 106
Weiss, Ellen, 108, 118
White, Mary Jo, 208
Whitlam, Gough, 21
Whittingdale, John, 197, 202, 207, 277
WikiLeaks, 130, 229
Wilkes, Giles, 156
Williams, Juan, controversy, 102–114
Wireless Generation, 224–225
Wisconsin union protests of 2011, 220–221, 224
Witherow, John, 244
Wolff, Michael, 48–50, 153
Woodward, Bob, 252
Wootton, Mark, 91
World Cup games host decision (2010), 188
Wright, Jeremiah, 78
WSJ. See Wall Street Journal
Yacktman, Don, 279
Yates, John
dismisses hacking allegations and police payments, 129, 172–175, 187–188
downplays payments to police for information, 166–167
resigns, 176
Yelland, David, 43, 276
Zahn, Paula, 65
Zimmerman, Rob, 61, 64, 65
Zweifach, Gerson, 273
STEPHEN VOSS
Award-winning journalist DAVID FOLKENFLIK has been NPR’s media correspondent since 2004. He previously covered media and politics for the Baltimore Sun and edited the 2011 book, Page One: Inside The New York Times and the Future of Journalism. He has covered Murdoch and News Corp extensively and has been a frequent commentator on the hacking scandal in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Folkenflik lives with his wife, the radio producer Jesse Baker, and their daughter in New York City.