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“Bug Storm" is scratching across the United States.

When the scandal revealed that the press corps had not responded, the Associated Press reported using a federal law enforcement official who was reluctant to give his name publicly, and the FBI had begun investigating reports that newspaper reporters under the press corps had eavesdropped on the phone of the victims of the 9/11 incident.

According to the law enforcement official, the FBI typically “routinely investigates" incidents similar to scandal tapping and high-profile public opinion, especially if the United States Congress requests an investigation. Public opinion rallied, and several Congressmen urged the Government to investigate whether the eavesdropping scandal harmed United States citizens.

Democratic Senators Jay Rockefell and Barbara Boxer urge the Department of Justice to investigate whether news groups violate U.S. law...

Democratic Senator Robert Menendez wrote a separate letter to the Minister of Justice, stating that the newspapers of the press group “seek to profit from information relating to the personal tragedies of the victims” and must be investigated.

One day later, anonymous sources inside the FBI revealed that the FBI had opened an investigation into the press corps and that all evidence of alleged violations would not be spared, from the top executive to the guards at the door.

Undercover, fishing, eavesdropping, paying inside...

The eavesdropping scandal began to ferment again, driven by some of Britain's minded people, and these days have become almost synonymous with news groups, with Murdoch, who has become too many enemies, and has been referred to by many media as "Britain's Celebrity First Executioner”.

Murdoch was undoubtedly the last thing Murdoch wanted to see and was most worried about, just because Murdoch himself knew very well that he was sitting too big in the UK media market.

It holds nearly 40% of UK newspapers, with a total daily circulation of 25 million copies of six newspapers and cross-media influence such as Sky TV. Its repeated attempts to deregulate the media and prevent the Government from pursuing policies that undermine the interests of its newspapers and television stations.

And this time, the "bugging doors" spreads, first attacked by the opposition Labour Party, but rapidly supported by the coalition government of the Conservative and Liberal Democrats. It is neither self-preservation nor an opportunity to weaken its control over the British media from the considerations of its political influence.

Murdoch, who has found it difficult to withstand tremendous pressure from U.S.-British politics, and while the media is constantly trying to justify him and his son, those who have been provoked by anger are not convinced at all that a large number of sign-point demonstrators outside the News Group's headquarters can provide a very good illustration.

In response to this increasingly difficult situation, Murdoch made successive "shocking” moves on 8 August, first expressing his willingness to be questioned by the British Parliament and then interviewed for the first time after the scandal was exposed. However, his media empire had deepened in the scandal.

“ The problem was confined to a particular publication and was not one of contagion of the press corps as a whole, but of prejudice based on ideology and the spirit of competition. ”

Andy sat on the couch watching Murdoch face the host of FOX News Channel seriously said, in exchange for Andy laughing, “Old fox is trying to abandon the car guard and the dead duck has a hard mouth. Looks like your lesson isn't profound enough! ”

To be questioned by the British Congressional Media Commission, it should be noted that Murdoch had previously indicated that he would not be questioned and that his son, James, had been excused. This time the choice was made softly to be questioned, undoubtedly in order to alleviate people's discontent and anger. However, in the interview, the old fox still put up an uncomfortable stand.

Murdoch remains an arrogant voice to refute the news that he is considering selling other English-American newspapers in his possession as "a bunch of nonsense”. He also claims to be “uncomfortable and somewhat bored" by the constant appearance in the press of negative news about news groups.

“Oh, your disobedience is bound to spark new controversy. It's a god-assisted attack...” Andy picked up the remote, turned off the TV, and lost interest in continuing watching.

In the past few days, Andy can say that a thoughtful way to target the news group, the resources used, is definitely much more than the last time to target General Electric, whether from Washington or Wall Street, to inspire Anglo-American public opinion fire news group, all sorts of bad news about the news group, rumors are almost all over Wall Street, creating a building that will lean against the stock price of Sky News Group.

Naturally, the effect is remarkable. In a few days' time, News Group's share price has plummeted by 30 percent, and Andy Smith is definitely making a lot of money.

However, Andy still had no intention of letting go of the old fox, and since he was already an enemy and had used so many resources, he did not mind giving Murdoch the deepest lesson.

Taking out his cell phone, Andy found the editor-in-chief of the Independent LI newspaper and dialed it out, quickly connecting it and skipping the greeting, Andy said directly: "Release the evidence that Scotland Yard (often referred to as the London Criminal Investigation Office) leaked to the World News. ”

In the meantime, the door of the office was knocked.

“Come in...”

Andy covered his phone microphone and said to the door, the door was pushed open and walked in by the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Andy nodded at the other party and pointed at the chair opposite him, indicating that he would sit first.

“ I just wanted to expand bo and scope, and under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, bribery of foreign officials by a United States enterprise in order to obtain a commercial contract was illegal. And News Group is headquartered in the United States, and now that News Group is suspected of bribing the British police, the US Department of Justice will never turn a blind eye! ”

John Carroll, the editor-in-chief who just sat down, couldn't help but look at his boss with admiration. To be honest, he witnessed how his young boss turned his hand over the clouds to bring the news group to life. He used to hear about his boss's harsh decision, and now he's really emotional. What is harsh?

Andy hung up and looked at him with a smile, admiring him, and John Carroll said, "John, what is it? ”

“Hmm? Boss, this is a front-page article based on your request. If there's no problem, I'll sign it...” John Carroll was very respectful when he handed the folder to the boss.

“Oh?” Andy said softly, reaching over the folder and browsing quickly.

“ The traditional serious newspaper Sunday Times had eavesdropped on former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the Sun and other media had been involved in the eavesdropping of Brown for 10 years.

“Illegal access to news leads" seems to have become a “common practice” and “diving rule” for some media groups, ranging from royal nobility and dignitaries to the civilian population at all levels of society. Worse still, the media, represented by the World News, also hide and deny eavesdropping in general and even pay "sealing fees” to victims.

It is not difficult to see from these facts that certain media outlets, which have traditionally labelled "freedom of the press", have wantonly violated various rights, such as the privacy of citizens, under the banner “at all costs for the press”.

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Reading the story, Andy nodded from time to time, and had to say that the review report, which was well-founded, had a very good point of entry for judgment and had nothing to question.

“Nice...” Andy picked up the pen and looked up at John and said, "But I'll add another one! ”

“ To this day, the scandal of eavesdropping and buying information has not abated, but has evolved into a crisis for news groups. And that also led us to discover the real side of the news group when it came to family Murdoch and his newspapers.

Just two months ago, the group's United States News Corporation closed charges of commercial espionage and anti-competitive behaviour with $665 million. Meanwhile, Murdoch kept Paul Carrudge, then chairman and CEO of American News.

And according to court documents disclosed, this Paul Carrucci warned a competitor outright, "If you plug into any piece of business, it will destroy you. He said he was“ working for someone who wants everything, who doesn't understand what people are saying to him that he can't get it all. ”

That's a real Murdoch. ”

Pfft!

Andy's pencil tip snapped, ordered an end, laughed satisfactorily, closed the pen, handed John Carroll the reconditioned article and said, "Send it like this! ”