{"id":5427,"date":"2011-07-21T00:29:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2011-07-21T00:29:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T07:29:23","slug":"will-murdoch-or-cameron-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/21\/will-murdoch-or-cameron-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Murdoch or Cameron Fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Trying to keep track of MurdochGate can be challenging at best.&#160; Rupert\u2019s propaganda empire is complex and Machiavellian to the core.&#160; His testimony was reminiscent of Cheney and Fredo. And the more the scandal develops, the more at risk Murdoch becomes, and not only him.&#160; He may just bring down David Cameron as well.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"21MurdochCameron\" border=\"0\" alt=\"21MurdochCameron\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/21MurdochCameron.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"242\" \/>Continuing the fallout (or the detonations) from the Phone Hacking\/Bribery\/Influence peddling scandal currently engulfing Britain (and soon appearing at a hearing room near you), comes an appearance by Prime Minister David Cameron to an emergency session of Parliament, cutting short his visit to South Africa in order to attempt quelling of a growing concern in the Government.<\/p>\n<p>What did he know and when did he know it? Hard to say at the moment. How cozy was his relationship with disgraced former editor of News Of The World and Communications Director Andy Coulson? How much influence has been given with relation to the proposed BskyB takeover?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cameron, along similar lines to the Murdoch&#8217;s and Brooks, gives a hearty &quot;I knew nothing&quot; when asked repeatedly and at times contentiously<\/strong>. Prior to this appearance Cameron pointed to Coulson as a good and trusted friend. On this particular day, Coulson was reduced to the role of Anathema and Cameron was twisting himself in knots to make a point\u2026 [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/newstalgia.crooksandliars.com\/gordonskene\/rupertgate-wednesday-exchanging-hotsea\" target=\"_blank\">Crooks and Liars<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The person who seems to have the best handle on this mess is Keith Olbermann, and he covers the details in two segments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wTfhu5yiSQo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Part 2:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KXpzXokUo-M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If Murdoch needs Ollie North\u2019s liar, you know it\u2019s about to gel.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The ideal answer to the question in the title is both.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trying to keep track of MurdochGate can be challenging at best.&#160; Rupert\u2019s propaganda empire is complex and Machiavellian to the core.&#160; His testimony was reminiscent of Cheney and Fredo. And the more the scandal develops, the more at risk Murdoch becomes, and not only him.&#160; He may just bring down David Cameron as well. Continuing <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/21\/will-murdoch-or-cameron-fall\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}