Chapter 1 through 13 on BBC about the phone hacking scandal of News Corp began with this: "How are three prime ministers, two top police officers, a media mogul, a clutch of journalists and a private investigator paid to eavesdrop on high-profile people connected? The story of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal has revealed a web of links between senior figures within politics, the police and the media. Click through the chapters below to find out how the key players' lives are intertwined."
There is a lovely diagram of people asking the question of 'who is linked to whom?' Check the link at Chapter 1 and follow the very brief chapters which appear on the left. Click on the diagram's colored dots. It is shocking how many people in high places seem to have been involved. It confirms how comfortable in taking chances so many people are, assuming that nothing will be done if they are in high places and hobnob with well placed people..
Tonight someone theorized that the granting of a total pardon to Nixon by Gerald Ford started an immune reaction in many who are guilty. The theory both has merits and can be debated. It must be asked how people can see so many people punished but assume from one act that politicians in high places are immune to being held responsible for their actions. We must also assume that many of the people involved knew nothing of Gerald Ford and the pardon as they are too young.
The most shocking part of this is, like Bernie Madoff, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News has gotten away with their lies for so long. Note should be made to their destructive influence on politics to the detriment of our country.
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| Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks |
Tonight someone theorized that the granting of a total pardon to Nixon by Gerald Ford started an immune reaction in many who are guilty. The theory both has merits and can be debated. It must be asked how people can see so many people punished but assume from one act that politicians in high places are immune to being held responsible for their actions. We must also assume that many of the people involved knew nothing of Gerald Ford and the pardon as they are too young.
The most shocking part of this is, like Bernie Madoff, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News has gotten away with their lies for so long. Note should be made to their destructive influence on politics to the detriment of our country.
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