Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of

Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

Dial M for Murdoch uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain, how it used its huge power to bully, intimidate and cover up, and how its exposure has changed the way we look at our politicians, our police service and our press.

Rupert Murdochâ€™s newspapers had been hacking phones and casually destroying peopleâ€™s lives for years, but it was only after a trivial report about Prince Williamâ€™s knee in 2005 that detectives stumbled on a criminal conspiracy. A five-year cover-up then concealed and muddied the truth. Dial M for Murdoch gives the first connected account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Murdochsâ€™ News Corporation went to â€œput the problem in a boxâ€ (in James Murdochâ€™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.

The book details the smears and threats against politicians, journalists and lawyers. It reveals the existence of brave insiders who pointed those pursuing the investigation towards pieces of secret information that cracked open the case.

By contrast, many of the main players in the book are unsavory, but by the end of it you have a clear idea of what they did. Seeing the story whole, as it is presented here for the first time, allows the character of the organisation which it portrays to emerge unmistakably. You will hardly believe it.
Country USA
Manufacturer Blue Rider Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-05-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399162633

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Blue Rider Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-05-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399162633

Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

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