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The Culture, Media and Sport select committee’s report is published at 11.30am
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Journos get locked in an hour beforehand for a quick look at it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gGp7fN7Y9VAeEL7q1eJ9Y229WYMQ?docId=N0010011335829561673A
Apparently it’s going to be some compromise between the lefties, who want to put J. Murdoch in the frame, and the righties, who want to blame Myler & Crone more.
"With five Labour MPs and five Tories on the committee, the casting vote could end up with Adrian Sanders, a mild-mannered Devon MP who is its only Liberal Democrat."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6e301e2-922d-11e1-867e-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tZqvFnqL
Whenever I see that phrase it makes me think of "Mild-mannered Clark Kent ......."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gGp7fN7Y9VAeEL7q1eJ9Y229WYMQ?docId=N0010011335829561673A
Apparently it’s going to be some compromise between the lefties, who want to put J. Murdoch in the frame, and the righties, who want to blame Myler & Crone more.
"With five Labour MPs and five Tories on the committee, the casting vote could end up with Adrian Sanders, a mild-mannered Devon MP who is its only Liberal Democrat."
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6e301e2-922d-11e1-867e-00144feab49a.html#axzz1tZqvFnqL
Whenever I see that phrase it makes me think of "Mild-mannered Clark Kent ......."
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More here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9238228/Culture-Media-and-Sport-select-committee-releases-phone-hacking-report-live.html
Well this Lib Dems went with Labour rather than their coalition partners...
Phazer
He's probably hacked off at Guido for asking why he leaked the committee findings in his book.
Some conflict - I'm not sure about a lot. With Watson involved I think close scrutiny is called for.
Edit: Mensch is on record as saying that the credibility of this report is damaged because it does not have full backing of all committee members.
It is unfortunate that this is becoming Labour vs Conservative. It would have been better I think to come to a unanimous conclusion even if it meant watering it down a bit.
Having said that it should be remembered that some conservative members have acted with bias towards the Murdoch's.
Louise Mensch is a case in point. Her questioning of James Murdoch was particularly sycophantic.
Using privileged information for personal gain? Gosh - that's quite a serious allegation... If wonder if Labour will demand an inquiry?
She showed extraordinary bias when she wished J. Murdoch luck in cleaning up his company during his last encounter with the committee. That was suggesting that he was somehow above the corruption that was under discussion.
That can be said about the majority of them.
I don't believe that every Tory member is, as suggested by, J. Hunt a cheerleader for News Corps. Mensch unfortunately is one who definitely does seem to be in that camp.
Back in the 1970's there was an insurance fraud whereby the company involved eventually had so much fake insurance on it's books that the fake insurance was bigger than the genuine insurance - in that instance the CEO of the company, despite being unaware and taking no part in the actual fraud - went to prison. The reason is that a CEO is ultimately responsible for what goes on.
The same standard should apply to the Murdoch's - hacking phones is illegal, it happened in their watch and saying they did not know is no excuse - and even if it was all it shows is they are incapable of running the company in a proper way - knowing what is happening is their job.
Indeed! Apart from that though I think it is not credible that the Murdoch's only found out that the "one rogue reporter defence" was a pack of lies until just over a year ago. Especially the one who signed off a large cheque to pay off somebody who was not under the remit of that one rogue reporter.
Indeed, though lots of them are at least keen to make it less obvious (other exceptions such as Keith Vaz, Denis MacShane, Dorries and Claire Perry exist - they all seem to enjoy public humilation by application of faulty logic skills and just plain stats fibbing).
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Phillip Davies, Shipley
Louise Mensch, Corby
Damian Collins, Folkestone and Hythe
Therese Coffey, Suffolk Coastal
John Whitingdale, Maldon
I hope their constituents are watching.
Totally agree, it is not just Astonishing, but fu*king Incredible that a CEO that has been so successful in running businesses and making money, did not know what was going on in his company.
What I do also find incredible is that MP's do not know what the procedure/law is for dealing with people that have Misled Parliament.