Eric Holder’s Banana Republic Style Attack on Rupert Murdoch and News Corp

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 20th at 09:57 AM  | 

Rupert and James Murdoch were a great tag team yesterday before the Parliamentary inquiry. In fact, I dare say the pie attack coupled with Mrs. Murdoch’s response lent sympathy toward the Murdoch clan and ultimately helped Rupert Murdoch take the upper hand in the hearings. But in this country, Media Matters, the left in general, and the Obama Administration are savoring the possible destruction of | Read More »

Destroying Rupert Murdoch

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 19th at 05:00 PM  | 

In 1998, a reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer, Michael Gallagher, wrote an 18 page exposé on Chiquita Brands International and its corporate goings on in Central America. The report sourced phone calls leaked to the newspaper. In fact, Gallagher had illegally tapped into Chiquita’s phone system. In 2010, NBC’s parent company General Electric paid a $23.5 million settlement to the SEC on allegations that its | Read More »