An Empire in Peril
The News of the World Hackgate story has dominated headlines for days. Each day new details emerge that broaden the depth and breadth of the story as reputations and careers crumble on both sides of the pond.
- A company long known to cross ethical boundaries to get the story at all costs, cringes under the glare of its own empire.
- ...and the media empire calls for backup from a well known PR firm.
Rupert Murdoch hires PR firm Edelman – PR problem or Moral problem? « Kempton – ideas RevolutionaryJuly 16th update: "Richard Sambrook, Global Leader of Edelman Crisis and Issues Management, former BBC's Director of Global News confirms zero involvement in Rupert Murdoch PR file" From Guardian, "Phone hacking: Rupert Murdoch calls in PR firm Edelman - PR company will report directly to general manager of News International" Jeff Jarvis has a point in saying, "Murdoch hires Edelman PR.- Reactions to the hiring of Edelman are swift and unfavorable.
Murdoch Puts Trust in Edelman, whose "Trust Barometer" Foresaw Rampant Media Distrust Rising 2011 : t.co/QOTjehD via @AddThis
If only Murdoch had seen the Edelman Trust Barometer…The News Corporation disaster was waiting to happen - and, ironically, Edelman, the PR firm tasked with advising NewsCorp on handling the current crisis, was the firm that saw the writing on the wall. Edelman, which measures ‘trust' in institutions (NGOs, government, business and media) annually, underlined the fall in trust in media in both the USA and UK.
Phone-hacking: Murdochs and Rebekah Brooks face MPs - live Blogging of hearing: t.co/wIuktpa via @guardian- Former Murdoch Executive, Rebekah Brooks however took hits not for key role in the unfolding scandal but for her choice of hairstyle.
- As others discussed the actors best suited to play the roles in the movie we all assume will be made.
RT @Christiana1987: I can't wait till they turn this into a film. Kate Winslet as Rebekah Brooks, Matt Damon as James Murdoch & a mummy as Rupert Murdoch- The scandal took a darker turn with the death of whistleblower Sean Hoare.
News of the World phone hacking whistleblower, Sean Hoare, found dead - The Guardian bit.ly/pu8UxO
“@rozz3r: Police are treating this as not suspicious. Really? I mean REALLY?... t.co/BaQHDWc” My reaction precisely.
Don't understand how the U.K. police can consider this death "not suspicious." t.co/UperoHU- Another day, another resignation as more players fall under the bus of hackgate.
- Scotland Yard and Murdoch Empire Intertwined in Hacking Case ...Jul 16, 2011 ... Testimony and new evidence indicate that Scotland Yard and News International became so intertwined that they wound up sharing the goal of ...
Phone hacking: Les Hinton, CEO of Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, resignsHe became the first high profile casualty of the controversy in the United States, where he had been chief executive of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, a financial news service, since Mr Murdoch's takeover in late 2007.- Scandals make great headlines and even better cartoons
- LATEST: James and Rupert Murdoch - first picture from the #Hackgate hearing. twitpic.com/5si4e6
The wheels of justice may turn slowly but not so much when it comes to karma.
