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July 22
What The Guardian Can Learn from Watergate Coverage
On the importance of making the “right” mistakes
By Craig Silverman
CNN, Piers Morgan, and the Hacking Scandal
Questions raised about primetime anchor’s tenure as a tabloid editor
By Ryan Chittum
July 21
Audit Notes: Ex-Execs Flip, Rupert’s Management, Daily Show
Rupert and Co. claim they knew nothing
By Ryan Chittum
July 20
The Murdoch Pushback: Attacking the Press
Pathetic attempts to play down the scandal fall flat before the facts
By Ryan Chittum
The Newspaper that Said “No” to Murdoch
Thirty years ago, the Buffalo Courier-Express took a stand
By Celia Viggo Wexler
Murdoch, “Humble,” in Global Headlines
Front pages from around the world
By Liz Cox Barrett
Audit Notes: The Murdochs at Parliament, In the Journal, and Via Fox News
Murdoch’s media covers the scandal
By Ryan Chittum
July 19
The Audit on NPR
Talking about Murdochs, News Corp., NotW, etc.
By Dean Starkman
NOTW and the FCPA
Experts and pundits weigh in on a US prosecution of News Corp.
By Erika Fry
In Other Angles: Blame Brooks’s “Big Hair”
The London Evening Standard: “Big hair cannot be ignored.”
By Liz Cox Barrett
July 18
Murdoch’s Journal, Joe Nocera, and Fox-ification
The paper has slipped, but don’t give up on it yet
By Ryan Chittum
The News Corp. Scandal is a Triumph for Investigative Reporting
Expensive, time-consuming, risky, stressful—and indispensable
By Dean Starkman
The Real Rupert Murdoch Exposed
News Corp.’s attempts to quell #hackgate
By Felix Salmon
July 15
Chaos at Dow Jones is the Bancrofts’ Legacy
Family says they wouldn’t have sold WSJ
By Dean Starkman
July 14
The Mirror’s Dodgy “9/11 Hacking” Story
A piece that triggers an FBI probe reports no actual hacking and its information is third-hand
By Dean Starkman
July 13
Forget Regulating the Press. Enforce the Law.
Demonizing the press misses the heart of the problem
By Dean Starkman
July 11
News Corp.: Barometer Rising
“Some of the activity clearly was illegal.”
By Dean Starkman
Kurtz: Let He Who is Without…
Hacking is “just an extreme example”
By Liz Cox Barrett
Bad Parent
Reading The Wall Street Journal’s hamstrung coverage of its owner, News Corp.
By Dean Starkman
July 8
What Damage Could Rebekah Brooks Do to News Corp.?
Keeping her on is in their best interest
By Felix Salmon
Les Hinton, Translating Murdoch Jr., UK Tabloid Culture
Murdoch Jr.: “Having consulted senior colleagues…” The Guardian: “Doesn’t this mean, ‘Dad says … ‘?”
By Ryan Chittum
Another Guardian Scoop: Destruction of Evidence at News Corp.
Millions of emails go missing
By Ryan Chittum
The Audit TV: Murdoch Hacking Scandal
NotW scandal is the super bowl of media criticism
By Ryan Chittum
Accountability, News Corp. Style
Those with responsibility escape it
By Dean Starkman
July 7
This Is How the World ends…
A cynical and fitting sacrifice for the News of The World
By Archie Bland
A Young Rupert Murdoch in Britain, Via the BBC Archives
Adam Curtis pulls fascinating archival footage that shows the tycoon on his way up
By Ryan Chittum
Also Exposed by The Guardian: Murdoch’s Grip on U.K.’s Elites
And it isn’t pretty
By Ryan Chittum
News Corporation Hacking Scandal Edition
The Guardian and The WSJ cover NotW
By Ryan Chittum
Water keeps rising in NOTW scandal
Revelations abound
By Clint Hendler
July 6
News of the World and U.S. Media Culture
How would this have gone down in America?
By Ryan Chittum
Audit Notes: Rein In Rupert, “The Age of Greed”, Bartlett on Thatcher
The scandal of many angles
By Ryan Chittum
July 5th
News Corp. and Murdoch Swamped By Hacking Scandal News
Revelations come fast and furious in the twenty-four hours after a Guardian bombshell
By Ryan Chittum
The Hack that Broke the Camel’s Back
A long-running investigation finally catches people’s attention
By Alysia Santo
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