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... and BSkyB shares up, this morning! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 10:29 am
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I still think their shares are worth less than before this all came around.


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 10:35 am
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Shares also up in Shaving Foam and Paper Plates. How many people did Murdoch say he employs? 53,000? Thats a lot of flans to fling ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 10:36 am
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anticipating a shareholder revolt and the ousting of Roopie?

or just because the select committee couldn't get a confession out of a 2 year old with their hand in the cookie jar?


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 11:03 am
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The comittie did seem a bit wet, but then it's not their job to be either the police or a public enquiry.

The share price also went up when the Sun was hacked and had a story about Rupert being dead on the frotn page, got to be gutting for him!


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 11:08 am
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but then it's not their job to be either the police or a public enquiry.
is it only me who is a little lost as to what their job really is.

they asked a few important questions that were neatly side stepped, so i can only think that it's all for show.


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 11:15 am
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is it only me who is a little lost as to what their job really is
It's to pontificate and let the world know how incredibly clever they are for not ever being in Murdoch's pockets and for eradicating all evil in the world.

For which they deserve a jolly large helping of custard pie IMHO


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 11:59 am
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The committes produce reports for governments to consider and act on.

The report from MPs on the all-party home affairs committee will be released on Wednesday morning. Its publication has been moved forward in time for a statement on the scandal by the prime minister, David Cameron.

It finds the company "deliberately" tried to "thwart" the 2005-2006 Metropolitan police investigation into phone hacking carried out by the News of the World.

So - they don't have to prove anything - they simply report and sometimes make recommendations. parliamentary privilege means that can say what they want.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/20/news-international-deliberately-blocked-investigation


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 12:03 pm
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I thought they gave the commissioner and deputy commissioner a much harder time of it than the newscorp people, I thought they were downright rude and abrasive to Stevenson whereas it seemed they just allowed brooks to fob them off. They didn't let the police do that, they laboured every question โ“


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 1:33 pm
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Grantus - the police and the murdochs appeared in different committees, Home Affairs for the former, Culture, Media and Sport, for the latter.


 
Posted : 20/07/2011 1:37 pm