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Now if Ol' Roops is as canny as I think he is, he'll consolidate on his "get-out-of-jail-free" card.

Let's see how visionary Ol' Roops actually is. The most out-there idea I can come up with is to initiate joint ventures between BSkyB/SKY networks worldwide and the BBC/PSB (but not too likely). I mean, if you can't get the police to get you what you want anymore, closer ties with the biggest-reach competitors  seems the way to rehabilitate the old image. A media Molotov-Von Ribbentrop pact would also allow access into normally unreached markets: if not from without, then from within. A synthesis that appeals from its symmetry. Of course, courting the Beeb and the like will take some doing.

IRL best guess: simply not possible. But making Murdoch and the Beeb co-dependent in certain markets has appealed to my sense of the absurd. The clash of cultures would be such a pleasure to watch. 

As is, without there being actual evidence, the performance of all three (Murdoch Senior, Murdoch Junior, & Rebekah Brooks) before the committee has been good enough to pass for innocent-of-serious-wrongdoing. It was definitely and certainly someone else's fault, and those someones else are now in the frame.

But, because they were ultimately responsible, they are co-operating fully with all the forces of good (with their rights reserved, as is proper) in this investigation.

Can't fault them there: I'd do the same.

[Tips hat, ruefully, to the Old Man, the Young Pretender, and the Scarlett-Haired Woman.]
Very-well done: 9/10. If there are no loose ends it's all back to normal at the start-of-business next week: loose ends, of course, can change things.


Date: 2011-07-20 07:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ankh156.livejournal.com
I think you're generous. James came across as an obfuscator/liar, Roops has lost the plot and has handed the reins to someone who will bring his palace tumbling down, Brooks is brilliant and not about to fall into any pre-dug holes. Just my impression having seen the inquisition on the Grauniad's streaming service.

The custard tart was a treat, and seemed to wake Old Roop up a bit.

:D

Date: 2011-07-20 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
35,000yenで落札できると思っていた?

Date: 2011-07-20 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
このかーでぃがん、以前、shopでusedが48,000yenで売られていたかも。。。。

Date: 2011-07-21 04:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlion.livejournal.com
It's difficult to find any dirt on such slippery bastards.

actually what happens next could be very interesting. Other countries, other businesses as crook'd as theirs (oh, 90+% of the US for instance).... it could be interesting.

Good, probably not. but definitely interesting.

Date: 2011-07-22 08:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ankh156.livejournal.com
From today's Indy : "In statements, NI argued then that hacking had been the work of a single rogue reporter: "From our own investigation, but more importantly that of the police, we can state with confidence that, apart from the matters referred to above, there is not and never has been evidence to support allegations that: News of the World journalists have accessed the voicemails of any individual; News of the World or its journalists have instructed private investigators or other third parties to access the voicemails of any individuals; there was systemic corporate illegality by News International to suppress evidence." This is essentially the defense made by Brooks in her testimony to the PSC - they bullshit the (paid) police, and when the (paid) police swallow whole this tissue of horse-shit thay claim their lies to be 'truth' on the basis that the (paid) police swallowed it whole. All this should become further unravelled - with any luck ! They were all 'in on it' including 'Rubber Dave' Spameron.

Date: 2011-07-22 09:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johnny9fingers.livejournal.com
Thank the gods for loose ends.

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