Rupert Murdoch

I’ve watched a little of Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, talk to the parliamentary committee this week. 
I find it interesting that they don’t answer direct questions asked of them, they don’t recall things that they should and they are evasive. This, however, really stood out to me in the segment I watched:

Q202 Mr Watson: Mr Murdoch, why was no one fired in April, when News International finally admitted that News of the World had been engaged in criminal interception of voicemails?

Rupert Murdoch: It was not our job to get in the course of justice. It was up to the police to bring the charges and to carry out their investigation, which we were 100% co-operating with.

Q203 Mr Watson: But in April the company admitted liability for phone hacking, and nobody took responsibility for it then. No one was fired. The company admitted that they had been involved in criminal wrongdoing and no one was fired. Why was that?

Rupert Murdoch: There were people in the company who apparently were guilty. We have to find them and we have to deal with them appropriately.

I find this little snippet in and of itself very telling. Mr. Watson notes that News International admitted the company was engaged in criminal interception of voicemails and yet no one was fired. Murdoch wants people to believe that he and his company had no responsibility outside of cooperating with police. He didn’t have any ethical responsibility to fire employees and keep his paper honest?  Wouldn’t a legitimate honest businessman make that his top priority?  Murdoch says, “There were people who apparently were guilty. We have to find them.” He has to find them?  This is nonsense!

I also find it very interesting how many people are resigning amidst this scandal.  Honest people with nothing to hide do not resign.  All red flags…