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  • News of the World, one of several newspapers across the globe owned by Murdoch and News Corp., came under fire in recent weeks after it was revealed that the British tabloid had engaged in illegal phone-tapping of celebrities, politicians, members of the British royal family, relatives of deceased British soldiers and victims of the 7/7 London bombings.

    VIDEO: Rupert Murdoch Hit with Pie While Testifying in Front of British Parliament 2011

  • I hope they will expand their product offering and give us more toys that can help our children prepare for the new reality of a much safer America; specifically, I am eagerly waiting for the Staline-style Guantanamo American gulag set, the North-Korean-style CIA water-boarding set, the KGB-style NSA phone-tapping set.

    #200 for Abe the Warmonger « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • He raised questions about whether the central government would face constitutional legal hurdles in trying to appoint state-level ombudsmen, and he questioned whether the Lokpal needed broad phone-tapping powers, as Mr. Hazare has demanded.

    Indian Activist to End Hunger Strike as Parliament Reaches Deal Amol Sharma 2011

  • Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, released a statement today calling for an investigation into the News of the World phone-tapping scandal that has engulfed Britain.

    HUFFPOST HILL - Moody's Might Downgrade U.S., Hobo Clown Futures Skyrocket Eliot Nelson 2011

  • Then again, this is the paper owned by that phone-tapping, sociopathic NewsCorp. The company that both British and US courts should immediately strip of all of their broadcast licenses and force them out of the news business.

    Alec Baldwin: An Addendum to My Flying Lesson Alec Baldwin 2011

  • Another BJP leader, Arun Jaitley, raised questions about whether the central government would face constitutional legal hurdles in trying to appoint state-level ombudsmen, and he questioned whether the Lokpal needed broad phone-tapping powers, as Mr. Hazare has demanded.

    Indian Activist Anna Hazare Ends Hunger Strike Amol Sharma 2011

  • Of course I knew, like most people who follow Murdoch closely, that his properties in the United Kingdom were part of a phone-tapping scandal.

    Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Murdoch Empire's Heart of Darkness Eric Alterman 2011

  • The criminal inquiry will focus new attention on the tabloid's sophisticated phone-tapping operation, which included hacking into cell phones used by senior aides of the royal family in order to listen to voicemail messages.

    UK Reopens Murdoch Paper Phone Hacking Inquiry AP 2011

  • Of course I knew, like most people who follow Murdoch closely, that his properties in the United Kingdom were part of a phone-tapping scandal.

    Eric Alterman: Think Again: The Murdoch Empire's Heart of Darkness Eric Alterman 2011

  • Then again, this is the paper owned by that phone-tapping, sociopathic NewsCorp. The company that both British and US courts should immediately strip of all of their broadcast licenses and force them out of the news business.

    Alec Baldwin: An Addendum to My Flying Lesson Alec Baldwin 2011

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