I'm following a dude named Jeff Jarvis because I've vaguely heard of him, and I figured I'd use G+ for new things. It turns out that he's got a throbbing vein or two for the carcass of Rupert Murdoch. I've been rather uninterested in the matter, because nobody's really treated it well on this side of the pond. Hoever there's a new snapshot of the tangled web in the News of the World scandal and it begins to look rather interesting.
Since the real excressence of interest to me is the extent to which News Corp has used cell phone hacking as a source for information, that's rather the angle I will bang on as the maddening shcadenfruede continues to give this story legs. It's a story until there is an arrest, and you will note those gunning for the owner of Fox News and the those who presumably get all of their education from Bill O'Reilly and the Bible are slipping a bit when it comes to their own ethics. Obviously, many of them have little regard for 'Big' anything, and several have suggested that Murdoch himself be hacked, (but not arrested).
There are several angles to pursue in this that I will be brief about.
One: The extent to which this is a non-issue in a planet spewing forth more and more accessible news of equal or higher quality than that profiting the MSM.
Two: The extent to which this non-issue is more significant to MSM outlets and journos attempting to reclaim reputations for rigor and righteousness.
Three: The contrast between the political significance of Murdoch and Assange with no moral regard to the crime of cracking.
Four: The outrage of The News of the World itself.
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