Cries in Washington for Those Bankrolled by Murdoch, News Corp. to Return Money
by Josh Israel, iWatch News
7/13/1
The growing controversy about alleged illegal hacking by employees of News Corp. has laid bare the company's broad influence on British politics writ large. Over the past three decades, though, Rupert Murdoch and his media empire have been plenty active on this side of the pond, including a cool $1 million contribution to the Republican Governors Association last year.
And now the scope of that influence is starting to stir the political pot in Washington. In the wake of the scandal, some critics are already calling on lawmakers who have received money from the company's corporate PAC and its chairman and CEO to return it. And others are demanding that Congress and the Obama administration investigate whether News Corp. employees have engaged in similar kinds of hacking statewide...
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