Full Court Press On Murdoch & Fox News? NPR Retracts Story!

FBI probes Murdoch empire over 9/11 hacking claims
Earlier, media mogul reverses course, decides to testify in Parliament over scandal

LONDON — The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The official spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

The FBI's New York office didn't immediately comment Thursday. There was no immediate response to messages left for News Corp. and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.

Some U.S. lawmakers called for an investigation to see if the billionaire's News Corp. had broken American laws while in Australia, where Murdoch was born, the prime minister said her government may review media laws.

Science Chic wrote: Guilt by association? Dude, it's the same company!

The British press, particularly the tabloids, has a freewheeling history, and some actions that might be considered disreputable in the United States are merely viewed as mischievous, said Archie Bland, foreign editor of The Independent in Britain.

Science Chic wrote: Be more like Europe and England? Where did that come from? I've never said anything like that, I've never seen anyone on this board say anything like that. And when you've heard that are you sure it was in response specifically to being more like their press or are you making broad generalizations and applying it here?

Science Chic wrote: I don't want to make any assumptions as to what you are referring to when you say "falsely accusing a sitting president of something based upon some altered documents" - but can I guess that this is about the Obama birth certificate ridiculousness? If so, look to the blogs and Fox News first for that crap. Last I heard, the MSM was accused of being liberally biased and kissing Obama's ass, not falsely accusing him of anything...

CBS executives lost jobs following a 2004 story questioning President George W. Bush's National Guard service, an episode that eventually led to longtime anchor Rather's unpleasant departure from the network.