[PDI] Fwd: Senate Hearing on Rupert Mudoch Now

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From: "RootsAction, Jeff Cohen" <info@rootsaction.org>
Date: May 12, 2012 10:02 AM
Subject: Senate Hearing on Rupert Mudoch Now
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*A law breaking U.S. company shouldn't be held accountable only by the
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*Over 10,000 people have signed the demand for a U.S. Senate investigation
of the criminality of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Let's make that 25,000 by
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Dear Daniel,

For decades, Rupert Murdoch has been the most powerful media mogul on earth
– anointing, manipulating and intimidating political leaders across the
globe, including U.S. presidents.

Headquartered in the U.S., *Murdoch's News Corp. owns dozens of American
outlets including Fox News, Fox Broadcasting, Wall Street Journal and New
York Post.* His outlets are powerful opinion-shapers; no one pushed harder
for the Iraq invasion than Murdoch and his media.

Last week, a British Parliamentary committee declared Rupert Murdoch "not a
fit person" to run a major company. The committee found that Murdoch had
"turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness" while his London
newspapers massively hacked into private citizens' phones and computers –
and bribed police officials.

When a U.S. company bribes foreign officials, it *violates the U.S. Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act.*

*Let's urge the U.S. Senate to investigate and hold public hearings on the
corrupt practices of Murdoch and News Corp.*
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For almost a year, while this scandal involving a U.S. company dominated
the news in England, our Congress looked away. Weeks ago, the British
attorney whose lawsuits broke open the scandal alleged that Murdoch's
journalists committed the crime of phone-hacking *against victims in the
U.S.*

The Senate Commerce Committee has oversight of American business and the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). While British broadcast regulators
today investigate whether Murdoch is fit to hold a broadcast license in
England, the American FCC shows no interest in Murdoch's fitness to possess
27 U.S. TV licenses.

*Urge Senate Commerce Committee Chair Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) to initiate
an investigation of News Corp. corruption and
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After it starts investigating News Corp., we will urge the committee to
probe why the FCC has taken our public property – the broadcast airwaves –
and turned them over, for free, to a handful of giant conglomerates
(Murdoch, Disney, General Electric, Comcast, etc.)

Please forward this email to friends and family.

It's time we "occupy the airwaves."

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Jeff, Aimee, David, Sarah
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Resource:
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