MSNBC's Hayes Reports On James Murdoch's Resignation From News International Amid "Ever-Widening Scandal Over Phone Hacking"

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- by epkklk851 (March 03, 2012 12:12 pm ET)
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  Good, someone has to do it. I like Chris, he's easy going and kinds nerdy.
  
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  - by MiG (March 03, 2012 1:47 pm ET)
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    I agree. It is encouraging to watch all the young talent at MSNBC. Rachel Maddow, Melissa Harris-Perry, Chris Hayes. They really do a good job making sure they get the facts right. They understand the value of their integrity. It is punditry done right.
    
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  - by Disputed Zone (March 03, 2012 2:05 pm ET)
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    I miss Chris' podcast. I guess he was getting spread to thin.
    
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    - by jjamele2880 (March 03, 2012 3:08 pm ET)
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      I think the guidance counselor warned him that he was taking too many extra-curricular activities ;>)..
      
      Sorry- I like his show, but I still think he looks and acts as if he's heading up the Glee Club back in High School.
      
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      - by Disputed Zone (March 03, 2012 5:23 pm ET)
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        That doesn't come across in his audio podcast or his work in the Nation, which is largely how I know him.
        
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        by jjamele2880 (March 03, 2012 10:40 pm ET)
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        No, it doesn't. I get The Nation sent to my Kindle every month. His articles are always great- which is why it's surprising that he looks like a kid on tv.
        
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  - by dogbreath (March 03, 2012 3:49 pm ET)
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    I've always had a thing for nerds...
    
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- by blk-in-alabam (March 03, 2012 12:33 pm ET)
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  I wonder what is the salvage price value of various news corp own entities ??? The vulture capitalist companies will sone find out........What parts will they strip,and eliminate to recover their money and quickly make a profit at the beginning of the deal to bust-ip break-up and cash-out news corp?????
  
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- by gg (March 03, 2012 12:47 pm ET)
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  I can't believe it, Fox News does not appear to be following this story, I wonder what gives over there.
  
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- by Dem02020 (March 03, 2012 3:48 pm ET)
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  I was wondering what was the significance that someone at MSBNC Reports On James Murdoch's Resignation From News International Amid "Ever-Widening Scandal Over Phone Hacking", because The New York Times and of course the UK Gaurdian regularly report all the news on this front, and in a timely manner, sometimes accompanied by insightful commentary.
  
  And I figured that maybe it's because television and television news in general is such a "Vast Wasteland", that any mention at all about this story, by MSNBC or whoever, becomes noteworthy... just as water in the desert becomes noteworthy, so does any actual useful news or commentary on television.
  
  But then I heard in the video clip why this item is here, it's because this guy in the video clip mentioned Media Matters, and described them as "dogged".
  
  I'm not sure if that's meant to be a good thing or a bad thing, calling someone "dogged".
  
  I figure the gratuitous mention of Media Matters (as "dogged") in this case is a bad thing, as that makes some part of a report on News Corp's and james murdoch's criminal activities to be about Media Matters, which is untrue and senselss, but even worse, it's a strange and completely unwarranted deflection from the substance of the report.
  
  It was not called a "Vast Wasteland" for nothing you know.
  
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  - by Dem02020 (March 03, 2012 4:01 pm ET)
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    I wanted to add that the guy in the video clip got it wrong, murdoch didn't resign because of an "ever-widening scandal over phone hacking", but because of the crimes of bribing police and other public officials in the UK, and of the many News Corp employees being arrested for of those crimes and because of that bribery...
    
    And so james murdoch is fleeing the UK, a jurisdiction in which he's being investigated for criminal activity, so as to be beyond the arrest powers of the Metropolitan Police (a flight his fellow criminals at News Corp had wished they had taken before their arrest).
    
    It's as important to report this fact correctly, as it would be for a prosecutor to completely and accurately read aloud the charges in a courtroom... and so this guy in the video clip is getting it wrong.
    
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    - by Conchobhar (March 03, 2012 4:34 pm ET)
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      Agreed. My oldest was in third grade with James. I really like kids, always have, but there was a hardness in James' eyes that I found disquieting. He didn't seem like a happy child at all.
      
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      - by grmce (March 04, 2012 3:57 am ET)
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        The story is old news a the Fairfax stable (Sydney Morning Herald,Melbourne Age) as well as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
        
        The story is well and truly about the U.K. bribery scandal. I posted here recently that both Rupert and James were notable absentees from Dame Elisabeth's 103rd birthday celebrations. I don't think it would be unreasonable to suggest that they are both going into hiding.
        
        Maybe Uncle Rupert's luck is running out.
        
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        by Conchobhar (March 04, 2012 7:11 am ET)
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        Maybe Uncle Rupert's luck is running out.
        Not before time.
        
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- by DDRic (March 03, 2012 6:45 pm ET)
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  The immigrant to US citizen sure won't take 3-4 years with this Murdock idiot. He'll be here and a citizen in a few months.
  
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  - by Bongo Fury (March 04, 2012 12:57 am ET)
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    While driving and listening to NPR yesterday, somebody mentioned that James would be a deputy something at News Corp. To escape criminal prosecution in England and come here is quite a privelege for the criminal son of a criminal. The Cosa Nostra has nothing like the Murdochs do.
    
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  - by Conchobhar (March 04, 2012 10:07 am ET)
    
    Murdoch became a citizen (you're right in that it was expedited) years ago, for business reasons.
    
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- by dalek (March 03, 2012 9:54 pm ET)
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  9/11 VICTIMS PHONES HACKED BY NEWS INTERNATIONAL.......an article by right wing newspaper the Daily Mail.
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013334/News-World-hacked-phones-September-11-victims-claims-ex-cop.html
  
  I think there needs to be an investigation into this.
  
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- by FNC Liberal (March 04, 2012 1:53 am ET)
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  All hell will break loose when the phone hacking scandal comes to the U.S. Notice I said when.
  
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