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World News - Ex-Murdoch editor Brooks, five others, charged over phone-hacking scandal

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Is Sky in danger of falling? Michael Wolff reacts as hacking scandal hits Murdoch’s TV news in UK

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Ed Pilkington on the latest twist in Murdoch-gate: James Murdoch steps down as chairman of BSkyB

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Privacy is Evil?

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TV piracy claims heap more pressure on Murdoch empire

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Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payouts

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#NDAA Occupy Wall Street Protester arrested in Grand Central Station

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Rupertgate Tuesday - The Smoking Son.

The gift that keeps on giving.

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Rupertgate Wednesday - Sleazing By Example.

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L.A. Venice Beach - How The American Dream become a nightmare

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From the Community: Brain-eating amoebas, James Murdoch, and Hershey plant exploitations

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James Murdoch admits News Corp. paid off convicted criminal

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From the Community: Murdoch hacking update, Ron Paul, and New York rainfall

We're taking a look at some of the most popular stories from the Current community, and we've rounded up some highlights to share. Check them out and add your two cents:
New Evidence of Cover-up in Murdoch Hacking ScandalSubmitted by chew_chew
A newly released document from former News of the World staffer Clive Goodman states that phone hacking was indeed "widely discussed" at editorial meetings.

In a 2007 letter addressed to the paper's HR department, former royal correspondent Clive Goodman said he acted "with the full knowledge and support" of other senior journalists. "This practice was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by [Andy Coulson]," said the paper's former editor, who went on to serve as an aide to prime minister David Cameron. Tom Watson, who questioned Rupert and James Murdoch last month, called the letter "absolutely devastating" to their defense.
"Clive Goodman's letter is the most significant piece of evidence that has been revealed so far," said Watson. "It completely removes News International's defense. This is one of the largest cover-ups I have seen in my lifetime." Goodman's letter can be seen in full here.

Our community offer its thoughts:
wynnmeg61: "This is interesting, not a bit surprising though. However, if you think that the Murdochs or their empire will suffer any legal consequences, you are dreaming. Rupert has entirely too much power, and frankly too much dirt on others, to have to face any consequences."
Vic_Romano: "I just hope that people keep digging. Not only do I want to see News Corp. totally destroyed, but I'd like to see the other corporate media outlets dismantled as well."
EdJoyProductions: "I would have been more surprised if there was no evidence of a cover up. I would like to think more heads will roll but these things have way of fixing themselves when billionaires are involved. There will probably be some more sacrificial lambs but it will probably not effect the Murdoch empire significantly."
Ron Paul Breaks With Mitt Romney: ‘People Are Individuals…Not Companies’Submitted by Dagum
Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas spoke out against Mitt Romney's view that "corporations are people."
"Obviously they’re not. People are individuals, they’re not groups and they’re not companies. Individuals have rights, they’re not collective. You can’t duck that. So individuals should be responsible for corporations, but they shouldn’t be a new creature, so to speak. Rights and obligations should be always back to the individual."
New York sees record one day rainfall and floodingSubmitted by JanforGore
New York just recorded the all-time record for a one-day rainfall Sunday. As much as 8 inches of rain drenched the city, caused power outages, flooded streets and disrupted trains.

"The normal rainfall for all of August in New York is 4 inches - which means the city was socked with two months worth of rain in a single day." "This is what you would expect in a major hurricane," said Steve Wistar, senior meteorologist at AccuWeather."

The community shares its struggles with the erratic weather conditions:

coolplanet: "We are the same way in here in western Pennsylvania. Actually the entire Appalachian region from Georgia to Maine is the most stable landmass on Earth because it is the oldest mountain chain. The oldest rivers run here. Our hills were once higher than the Himalayan mountains millions of years ago."
lazloman: "We had the rainiest July ever in Chicago this year, with most of that rain coming after the 21st. The 9 inches we had on the 23rd, is second rainiest day on record."

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News of the World reporter's letter saying hacking was 'widely discussed' released by MPs

MPs have released a letter from the News of the World's former royal editor Clive Goodman, who was jailed for phone hacking, alleging that senior figures at the paper knew what was going on.

Goodman wrote the letter to News International as he appealed against his dismissal in 2007, saying hacking was "widely discussed" at the paper and that he had been promised his job back if he did not implicate it in court.

In a separate move, the Commons culture committee may recall James Murdoch.

Committee chairman, Tory MP John Whittingdale, said that it might recall Mr Murdoch to give further evidence because it needed to ask more questions about what he knew about hacking.
Other former News International executives are already expecting to be called to give evidence to MPs in September.

Goodman is the only journalist so far to have been convicted of intercepting voice mail messages.
He was jailed for four months in January 2007 after pleading guilty to hacking phones.
News International said at the time that Goodman had acted alone and no other journalists were involved in hacking.

In early February of that year, Goodman was told he had been dismissed for gross misconduct, prompting his appeal to News International's director of human resources, dated 2 March.
The letter, published on the MPs' committee website, was copied to Les Hinton, News International's then executive chairman, and Stuart Kuttner, the then managing editor of the News of the World.

Appealing against his dismissal, Goodman wrote: "The decision is perverse in that the actions leading to this criminal charge were carried out with the full knowledge and support of [redacted] … payment for Glen Mulcaire's services was arranged by [redacted].
"The decision is inconsistent because [redacted] and other members of staff were carrying out the same illegal procedures.
"This practice was widely discussed in the daily editorial conference, until explicit reference to it was banned by the Editor. As far as I am aware, no other member of staff has faced disciplinary action, much less dismissal."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14541848MPs have released a letter from the News of the World's former royal editor Clive... more

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Fox News Responds To Record Heat Waves By Predicting Global Cooling

By Brad Johnson on Aug 9, 2011 at 11:58 am

In response to the fourth hottest July in U.S. history — the hottest ever in Oklahoma and Texas — Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News is reheating climate denier myths. Saturday’s Fox & Friends show featured climate zombie Joe Bastardi, a wrestler and weatherman who believes the rapid global warming since the 1950s is a natural blip in the climate. Hosts Alisyn Camerota and Dave Briggs claimed that a “new NASA study” debunks man-made global warming. Bastardi then cited “the first law of thermodynamics” and “La Chatelier’s principle” to argue that the greenhouse effect from a 40 percent increase in a “trace gas” isn’t physically possible:

BASTARDI: When you look at carbon dioxide, it increases 1.5 parts per million each year. We contribute 3 percent of that, which means that the human contribution is one part per 20 billion. Do you realize how small that is for a trace gas necessary for life on the planet? it is almost incomprehensible that this has taken off the way it has, the whole argument, it contradicts what we call the first law of thermodynamics: energy can neither be created or destroyed. So to look for input of energy into the atmosphere, you have to come from a foreign source and it is already out there. Carbon dioxide may be a part of it. May be the sun.

CAMEROTA: And what is that principle of Le Chatelier? Have I pronounced zat propairlee?

BASTARDI: I don’t know, but making a mistake his name isn’t as bad as making a mistake with mine. That any system in distress, physical or chemical in the atmosphere, tries to return to normal. That is why you see temperatures leveling off. We have warmed up overall the last 20 to 30 years, over the last two hundred years, because of sun spot cycles, you can trace it to the sun spot cycles, and you can trace it to the oceans. Look, in the next 20 to 30 years global temperatures should return to where they were in the 70′s.

The paper that Camerota and Bastardi claim is a “NASA study” is no such thing — it’s a mathematically and scientifically flawed paper by climate denier Roy Spencer, a University of Alabama professor.

Most of Bastardi’s lies and obfuscations are so trite that one can simply refer to SkepticalScience’s list by number: #2, #7, #21, #32, #62, #78, and #132. Bastardi’s appeal to the first law of thermodynamics is actually a new one — usually deniers try to claim that the greenhouse effect violates the second law of thermodynamics (#59). The invocation of Le Chatelier’s principle has some merit. Once humans stop adding fossil-based greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the planet’s geochemical systems will restore an equilibrium — in many hundreds of thousands of years.

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EVERYONE LAUGHED: 7 years ago.. When MURDOCH was exposed!

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Rupertgate Tuesday - Bracelets And Pies - August 2, 2011 | Newstalgia

Number 11 and counting.

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Biographer predicts News Corp. will oust Murdochs within 60 days

Rupert Murdoch's biographer and Vanity Fair scribe Michael Wolff predicts that... more

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News of the World may have hacked Sara Payne's phone

Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in July... more

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News Corp: a study in the failure of corporate self-regulation

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