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Op-Ed: 'Leftist' BBC under scrutiny from conservative government By Paul Wallis London - Rupert Murdoch hates public broadcasters. So do many U.S., UK and Australian conservative politicians. The BBC is now part of the global hate campaign directed at the whole idea of public broadcast. The excuse is that it’s “leftist.”

Op-Ed: 17-year-old vs Rupert Murdoch? Guess who's winning? By Paul Wallis London - A 17-year-old fan of UK Labour leader Ed Miliband got the Murdoch press camped on the doorstep and following her relatives after getting attention as part of the #Milifandom group. The Sun apparently got interested, and things deteriorated from there.

Op-Ed: Walker compares unions to ISIS, gets well-deserved slap by Warren By Megan Hamilton Madison - One thing is becoming very clear about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Either he is a bumbling fool or he needs to fire his speech writer. When Walker compared unions to ISIS, Sen. Warren handed his cluelessness back to him on a rhetorical platter.

Op-Ed: Fox news getting in trouble over questionable news reporting By Karen Graham Rupert Murdoch's FOX News network has had so much egg on its face lately it has become hard to figure out what's real. But airing a "snuff film" and alleging a "major investor in its parent company" was behind the 9/11 attacks takes the prize this week.

Op-Ed: Google vs Murdoch — When giants disagree By Paul Wallis Sydney - A recent open letter from Rupert Murdoch to the European Commission accuses Google of being anti-competitive. That’s not good news for Google, which is currently under anti-trust investigation in the EU.

Op-Ed: Murdoch drops Time Warner bid, experts screw up again By Paul Wallis New York - So far from increasing his offer for Time Warner as many experts predicted, Rupert Murdoch has simply taken his offer off the table. Fox shares soared, while Time Warner stocks dropped 14 percent.

Phone hacking: Andy Coulson 'guilty', Rebekah Brooks 'not guilty' By Mathew Wace Peck Former "News of the World" employee Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones; while his co-defendant, Rebekah Brooks, also formerly of the "NOTW," has been found not guilty.

Op-Ed: Suddenly, all public broadcasters are Leftists? BBC under fire By Paul Wallis London - All of a sudden, public broadcasters in the UK and Australia are under fire from conservative governments for perceived bias and “leftist” views. Interestingly, Rupert Murdoch and other conservatives have been targeting public broadcasters, too.

Op-Ed: The war against public broadcasting —ABC Australia in firing line By Paul Wallis Sydney - There’s been an ongoing war against public broadcasters, notably the BBC and PBS, waged mainly by commercial media interests trying to reduce their competition. In the case of ABC Australia, politicians are getting involved.

Bruce Willis advert banned By Tim Sandle An advert for a U.K. broadband service, featuring the actor Bruce Willis, has been banned from being screened because the claims made in the advert have been deemed to be ‘misleading’.

Op-Ed: Murdoch's impunity in the hen house By Craig Boehman Rupert Murdoch will appear once again in front of British lawmakers after the release of a secret recording of statements he made before Sun newspaper journalists in March this year, many of whom had been arrested over the British phone-hacking scandal.

Senior police officer sentenced in British hacking scandal By Eileen Kersey London - In January 2013, a British senior police officer became the first person prosecuted as a result of the UKs £40m, phone-hacking investigation. Today she was sentenced to 15-months in jail.

Fox News founder tried to enlist Petraeus for presidential run By David Silverberg Fox News chief and founder Roger Ailes attempted to recruit then-Gen. David H. Petraeus to run for president, a sentiment passed on via Fox News analyst Kathleen T. McFarland.

Rupert Murdoch's mother dies at 103 By Brian LaSorsa Melbourne - Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, died at her Melbourne home Wednesday. She was 103.

News Corp. shuts down iPad-only newspaper ‘The Daily’ By Brian LaSorsa New York - Executives at News Corp. announced Monday that the company’s iPad-only newspaper “The Daily” will cease operations Dec. 15.

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for ‘Jewish owned press’ By Brian LaSorsa Media mogul Rupert Murdoch apologized Sunday morning for a tweet criticizing the “Jewish owned press” over its stance on Israel.

Murdoch tells N.J. Christie to re-endorse Romney 'or take blame' By Yukio Strachan Fox News tycoon Rupert Murdoch had a little friendly advice for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Friday — publicly reaffirm his support for Mitt Romney, or else.

Op-Ed: Murdoch quits boards of UK papers, News International By Paul Wallis Rupert Murdoch has quit the boards of the various News papers and News International. News Corp says that this is in preparation for the coming split of operations into two separate News Corp groups, print media and entertainment.

Scientologists attack Rupert Murdock over 'creepy cult' remarks By Katerina Nikolas Scientologists have been hurling insults at Rupert Murdock, after the newspaper magnate branded the religion an "evil, creepy cult" on his Twitter account.

Rebekah Brooks: 'I am baffled by the decision to charge me' By Yukio Strachan Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, now faces criminal charges and possible prison time over the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Britain to its core.

Op-Ed: In defence of Rupert Murdoch By Alexander Baron London - After his appearance at the Leveson Inquiry, the knives are out for Rupert Murdoch, but is this almost pathological hatred of the man entirely rational?

News Corp stands by their man, has 'full confidence' in Murdoch By Yukio Strachan Days after British lawmakers questioned Rupert Mudoch's fitness to run his multi-billion dollar company, News Corp.’s board of directors issued a statement standing by their man saying, it has “full confidence” in Murdoch.

The damning verdict: Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to lead News Corp By Yukio Strachan Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said in a damning report Tuesday, finding him guilty of "willful blindness" towards its staff at the News of the World tabloid.

Op-Ed: Murdoch ‘unfit’ to run News — UK parliamentary committee By Paul Wallis Sydney - The UK parliamentary committee set up to investigate phone hacking by News Corp papers has described Rupert Murdoch as “unfit” to run the corporation. Murdoch and his son weren’t found to have misled Parliament, but the criticism was scathing.

Rupert Murdoch admits phone-hacking 'cover up' By Yukio Strachan Rupert Murdoch took the stand Thursday, where he admitted to the phone-hacking cover up but blamed 'one or two very strong characters' for shielding him from what was going on.

Gingrich: Fox News in the tank for Romney By Arthur Weinreb In a private meeting, Newt Gingrich blasted Fox News, his former employer, and said CNN was more 'fair and balanced' than Fox in covering his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

James Murdoch severs all ties with News Corp in Britain By Yukio Strachan Following his move last month, James Murdoch has severed all ties with News Corp's British newspaper business which is at the center of phone hacking and bribery.

Ex-Murdoch exec Brooks among six arrested in phone-hacking probe By Yukio Strachan Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of the British tabloid News of the World, her husband Charlie, and four others were arrested without warning Tuesday morning on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, police officials said.

James Murdoch steps down from News Corp By Yukio Strachan James Murdoch, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, resigned overnight as the head of his father’s scandal-plagued newspaper in Britain.

Op-Ed: Union says News betrayed Sun staff ‘for doing their jobs’? By Paul Wallis Sydney - In an unprecedented outburst which does nothing for the credibility of the journalistic profession, the UK's National Union of Journalists has accused News International of “throwing arrested journalists to the wolves”.

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