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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
This is a fast moving story. The Sunday Times and The S*n have been accused of illegally accessing medical records of ex PM Gordon Brown's son who has cystic fibrosis. It is also alleged that The Sunday Times gained access to his bank account and legal files and private investigators working for the paper hired criminals to work on stories about him.
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This is an incredibly fast moving story and one that is going to have lasting ramifications.
On the one side there is of course the public outrage to these deplorable actions. And that on it's own would give the story a lot of legs and cause a massive headache for the Murdoch's entities in Britain and anyone publicly tied to either organization.
And not to diminish the outrage of the citizens, but the bigger underlying story will be how the politicians in Britain (and to an extent the US) distance themselves from Murdoch and his empire. There are a few articles that note to win an election in Britain, you pretty much had to play Murdoch's cards just right. It was a necessary evil for the past few decades. Blair, Brown and Cameron have all had relationships with Murdoch. Because of his power, I don't think there is a single politician in England that hasn't been linked to private meetings with Murdoch or members of his affiliates.
But this scandal is going to make even being remotely associated with Murdoch's empire akin to a political kiss of death in the eyes of the public. Because of this, I really doubt Cameron (or the coalition) will allow Murdoch's bid to own BSkyB to go through.