News of the World and the Murdoch Media Empire
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News of the World and the Murdoch Media Empire
Professor Eric Freedman7 November 2011
Lecture Outline
• The scope of the Murdoch empire• The News of the World hacking scandal• Pattern of corporate & professional
corruption in News Corp.• Ramifications of the scandal in the UK &
elsewhere• “Little Murdoch's” in other countries
Glossary
• Self-censorship: practice of journalists not reporting legitimate stories for fear of retaliation or punishment
• Media credibility: public trust in the truth of what the press reports
Discussion Points
• Where is the border between proper & improper relationships between media organizations & the politicians they cover?
• Should different ethical standards apply in different countries, and why?
Partial Holdings: News Corp.United States• Fox Television (including Fox TV, Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports,)• 20th Century Fox• Wall Street Journal -- New York Post• Dow Jones -- HarperCollinsUnited Kingdom• The Sun -- The Times• News of the World Europe• SKY Italia -- BSkyB (majority holding)• Sky Deutschland -- FOXTELAustralia• The Australian -- The Courier-Mail• The Daily Telegraph -- The Mercury Others• Russian radio stations Russia Nashe & Best FM • LNT TV & TV5 Riga (Latvia)
Milly Dowler
Rupert Murdoch
James Murdoch
Rebecca Brooks
Andy Coulson
David Cameron
Rupert Murdoch Live
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrb9_WYJ-l0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJn6Hb0MPK8
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACxYtwfk4g
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmupOfu0fcU
Sir Paul Stephenson
Fox News
17th century colonial press in America
• “The press was not merely partisan; it was at times vile, crude, unjust, more of a blight on the communities to which it reported than a service, a means of inciting more than informing.” –Eric Burns, Infamous Scribblers
21st century Fox News in America• “Fear is precisely what it is selling:
The network has relentlessly hyped phantom menaces like the planned "terror mosque" near Ground Zero, inspiring Florida pastor Terry Jones to torch the Koran. To watch even a day of Fox News - the anger, the bombast, the virulent paranoid streak, the unending appeals to white resentment, the reporting that's held to the same standard of evidence as a pre-election attack ad” – Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Magazine
British coverage of News of the World closing