Murdoch's World (66 page)

Posetti, Julie,
93–94

Potok, Mark,
85

Potter, Dennis,
148
,
282–283

Powers, Kirsten,
80
,
85–86

Prescott, John,
139
,
173

Presidential campaigns and elections.
See
Elections

Prime Minister's Questions (PMQ),
181
,
193

Prince Charles–Camilla Parker

Bowles scandal,
28
,
193

Prince Harry phone hacking,
3
,
119
,
169

Prince William phone hacking,
3
,
119
,
169
,
188
,
191

Privacy violations by corporations,
217

    
enabled through payments, ruses,
30–31
,
169

    
of Gordon Taylor,
126

    
McMullan on,
30–31

    
of Milly Dowler,
3
,
6

    
parliamentary hearings,
165–166

    
of Steve Coogan,
139–140

Private Eye
,
26
,
268

Psaki, Jen,
82
,
83

Public radio.
See
National Public Radio

Pulitzer Prizes,
213
,
217
,
290

Racism,
45
,
47–48

Reagan, Ronald,
85
,
247
,
259

Reddicliffe, Stephen,
73

Rees, Jonathan, murder case,
130
,
163

Regan, Judith,
53–54

The Reporters
television program,
52

Rhee, Michele,
225

Rhodes, David,
55

Ricketson, Matthew,
23

Rivera, Geraldo,
61–65

Romney, Mitt,
69
,
252–259
,
261–265

Rooney, Wayne,
139

Rose, Dinah,
266–267

Rove, Karl,
105
,
112
,
257
,
262–263
,
265

Rowan, Carl T.,
103–104

Rudd, Kevin,
22
,
45
,
95
,
288

Ruddy, Christopher,
42
,
46
,
114

Rusbridger, Alan,
130–131

Saddam Hussein,
43

Sales, Leigh,
15

Sammon, Bill,
77–78
,
97–98

Samuel, Graeme,
10
,
16–17
,
18

Sanchez, Rick,
112

Santorum, Rick,
252
,
253–254

Sarah's Law,
35

Savile pedophile scandal,
284–286

Schiff, Dorothy,
40

Schiller, Vivian,
108
,
118

Schroeder, Anne,
66–67

Scotland Yard

    
corruption scandal,
165
,
175

    
denies extent of hacking,
132

    
erasures of voice mail questioned,
277

    
police aware of Milly Dowler phone hacking,
137

    
police discover hundreds more cases of phone hacking (2013),
297

    
police receive payments from
News of the World
,
171

    
stores Gordon Taylor documents,
126

    
testifies about
Sun
's illegal payments to officials,
245

September 11, 2001 attacks,
6
,
61
,
194–195

Sex offenders listed in
News of the World
,
35

Shales, Tom,
52

Shawcross, William,
11

Sherman, Gabriel,
259
,
260

Sherrod, Shirley,
87

Shine, Bill,
56
,
77
,
250
,
254

Shine production company,
134–135
,
237
,
240
,
282
,
283

Silver, Nate,
258
,
265

Silverleaf, Michael,
127

Simon, Scott,
106

The Simpsons
television program,
43
,
52–53
,
96
,
136
,
279

Sky News,
161
,
163
,
188
,
193
,
272

Sky News Australia cable service,
17
,
21

Sky TV

    
broadcasts to UK from Luxembourg,
142

    
early financial losses,
184

    
merges with British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB,
143

    
NDS encryption company sold,
270

    
See also
BSkyB satellite TV service

Smith, Adam (aide to Hunt),
162
,
178

Smith, Adam (economist),
148
,
282

Smith, Shepard,
64
,
70
,
79–80

Soros, George,
115–116

Special Report
television program,
80–81

Sports Illustrated
magazine,
53

Springsteen, Bruce,
255–256

Star
magazine.
See
National Star

Star TV,
146

Stecklow, Steve,
231–232

Steinberg, Jacques,
73

Stelter, Brian,
70–71
,
110

Stephenson, Paul,
171
,
175
,
176

Stern, Jared Paul,
44

Stewart, Jon,
112
,
114
,
117

Stossel, John,
64

Sullivan, Brendan,
189–190
,
273

Sulzberger, Arthur,
26
,
219–220

“Sun on Sunday,”
205
,
245
,
268–269
,
281

Sun
tabloid

    
BBC–Savile scandal coverage,
286

    
employees arrested on suspicion of bribing police,
244–245
,
266–267

    
Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster coverage,
25

    
with largest UK circulation,
281

    
Page Three girls,
40
,
93

    
Prince Charles–Camilla Parker Bowles scandal,
28–29

    
as R. Murdoch's favorite child,
42

    
Wapping Rebellion,
268

Sunday Times

    
purchased by R. Murdoch,
4

    
admits to blagging Gordon Brown,
194
,
244

    
J. Murdoch resigns from board,
242

Sunstein, Cass,
81

Supreme Court of the US,
103
,
104
,
106
,
254

Sutherland, Kiefer,
93
,
96

Sydney Daily Telegraph
,
11
,
100
,
101

Tabloid sensibility

    
ethical constructs of reporters,
30–31

    
MacKensie on,
25–26

    
R. Murdoch's philosophy,
28

Tabloids vs. newspapers,
26–28

Talk of the Nation
program of NPR,
104

Tantaros, Andrea,
259

Tasmania, Australia,
95–96

Taylor, Gordon, voice mail hacking

    
Crone and Myler reveal J. Murdoch's role in settlement,
209

    
Guardian
exposes hacking and settlement,
166
,
173
,
204

    
lawsuit settlement authorized by J. Murdoch,
239
,
242

    
represented by Mark Lewis,
125–127

Teach for America,
225

Telegraph
newspaper,
154
,
158–159
,
167–168
,
182–183
,
207
,
267–269

Thatcher, Margaret,
41
,
150
,
274–275

Thomas, Clarence,
104

Thompson, Mark,
154
,
155
,
157
,
285
,
294

Thomson, Robert

    
background,
9
,
212–213

    
as CEO of new News Corp,
9
,
292

    
curtails
WSJ
investigation of Milly Dowler story,
232–235

    
managing editor of
WSJ
,
134
,
211–212
,
214–225

    
runs
WSJ
article of Chinese murder cover-up,
289–290

Thurlbeck, Neville,
126
,
169–170
,
231
.
See also
“For Neville” email

    
Time Warner,
58

Times of London

    
purchased by R. Murdoch,
4

    
admits to email hacking,
244

    
covers BBC-Savile scandal,
286

    
editor Harding leaves,
293–294

    
J. Murdoch resigns from board,
242

    
reveals illegal payments given to police,
171

    
as UK broadsheet,
26

Toobin, Jeffrey,
61

Torv, Anna.
See
Murdoch, Anna Torv

Tory Party,
122
,
150
,
152
,
180
,
187
,
270

Totenberg, Nina,
113

Tribune Co.,
290–291

Trump, Donald,
252

Turner, Ted,
53
,
66

TVNewser website,
70–71

20/20
television program,
168

20th Century Fox,
51
,
278

21st Century Fox,
292
,
299

Union of Concerned Scientists,
98

Unions and teachers' unions,
220–222
,
224–225

University of Maryland,
102–104

US Supreme Court decision on health care overhaul,
254

Varney, Stuart,
233

Vega, Dag,
82

The View
television program,
108
,
113

Village Voice
,
41

Virgin Media,
142
,
293

Virginia Tech mass shootings,
215

Vos, Geoffrey,
267

Wade, Rebekah.
See
Brooks, Rebekah

Wahlquist, Asa,
93
,
94