Dial M for Murdoch : News Corporation and the corruption of Britain /
Watson, Thomas, 1967-
Dial M for Murdoch : News Corporation and the corruption of Britain / Tom Watson and Martin Hickman. - London : Allen Lane, 2012. - xix, 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The wrong headlines -- Wapping's news factory -- The dark arts -- First heads roll -- Rogue defence -- The Manchester lawyers -- One determined reporter -- Intimidating Parliament -- A murder -- Our man in Downing Street -- Losing a battle -- Out of control -- U-turn at Wapping -- Summer's lease -- A missing girl -- Sky plus -- "We are sorry" -- Democracy Day -- Assault on the establishment -- The Ghosts of Wapping -- The press on trial -- Darker and darker.
Offers an account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Rupert Murdochs' News Corporation went to "put the problem in a box" (in James Murdoch's words), how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed.
9781846146039 1846146038 9781846146046
Murdoch, Rupert, 1931-
News Corporation.
Mass media--Influence.
PN4734.5.N48 / W342 2012b
338.7610701
Dial M for Murdoch : News Corporation and the corruption of Britain / Tom Watson and Martin Hickman. - London : Allen Lane, 2012. - xix, 359 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The wrong headlines -- Wapping's news factory -- The dark arts -- First heads roll -- Rogue defence -- The Manchester lawyers -- One determined reporter -- Intimidating Parliament -- A murder -- Our man in Downing Street -- Losing a battle -- Out of control -- U-turn at Wapping -- Summer's lease -- A missing girl -- Sky plus -- "We are sorry" -- Democracy Day -- Assault on the establishment -- The Ghosts of Wapping -- The press on trial -- Darker and darker.
Offers an account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Rupert Murdochs' News Corporation went to "put the problem in a box" (in James Murdoch's words), how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed.
9781846146039 1846146038 9781846146046
Murdoch, Rupert, 1931-
News Corporation.
Mass media--Influence.
PN4734.5.N48 / W342 2012b
338.7610701