Insight into News Corp.: If True, Amazing Method for Creating Content
August 17, 2011
I don’t know if the information in “Phone Hacking Letter Spells More Trouble for Murdoch and News Corp.” is accurate. Since I don’t “do” news, I look at most of the content available via the Web with some skepticism. Since I am not a “real” anything, I am not qualified to determine what is right and wrong in the rough and tumble world of newspaper publishing. With pressures on publishing companies increasing, the line between marketing and research seems to be fuzzy. In the quest for eyeballs, I am beginning to think that anything goes.
Here is the passage that caught my attention:
Dated March 2, 2007, Mr. Goodman’s letter was sent as a protest against his firing from NotW [News of the World] following his arrest for phone hacking. Goodman, the former royals correspondent, asserts dismay over his dismissal since hacking was “widely discussed” and supported by senior NotW [News of the World] management. At the parliamentary hearing last month, the Murdochs asserted that they did not know the scale of the hacking practice until recently, and said they thought it was restricted to Goodman. Yet immediately after the hearing, two former News International executives contested the younger Murdoch’s claim of ignorance.
Fascinating. Next time I read a “real news” story about publishing, I will make a note to consider the likelihood that some drift may be inserted into what’s stated. I wonder how News Corp. will present the trajectory of MySpace.com or how other “real” information distribution channels will describe certain events. I am certain there is an explanation for the apparent discontinuity.
Stephen E Arnold, August 17, 2011
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