Rubert Murdoch

PANORAMA rubert murdoch : Pass the buck, Murdoch and Brooks

Pass the buck, Murdoch and Brooks

During the British parliamentary hearing of the news tycoon Murdochs on 19 July, a friend analysed the 'father-and-son's game of patty-cake': 'I pass the buck to you, you pass it back. Pass pass pass pass, oh, and then pass it to competitor papers, because it's clearly their fault. And then pass it to News of the World because how can one or two men be responsible for a company that's just SO big?' Is it a phrase which translates well to other European idioms?

by English language version of cafebabel.com @ // 20/07/11

rubert murdoch, european parliament, newspaper, idioms, society, scandal, media

PRESS REVIEW rubert murdoch : There was a media mogul, a police service and a prime minister

There was a media mogul, a police service and a prime minister

The deputy chief of the London police service Scotland Yard John Yates resigned on 18 July in the wake of the resignation of his boss Paul Stephenson. The two officials stepped down in response to corruption charges emerging from the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper the News of the World. The Austrian, British and Swiss press see national security threatened and call for a reform of Scotland Yard

by eurotopics @ // 19/07/11

rubert murdoch, corruption, euweek, society, scandal, media, united kingdom

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