From The Hill:
Consumer groups and watchdogs are pressing Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) to hold hearings into potential violations of privacy laws by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
CREDO Action, the West Virginia Citizen Action Group, and Public Citizen sent letters to Rockefeller and House Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) asking for hearings into the News Corp. phone hacking scandal, which has been the subject of a long-running investigation in the United Kingdom.
Consumer advocacy group Free Press sent Rockefeller a similar letter, along with a petition signed by 70,000 people calling for hearings on News Corp.’s businesses practices.
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It appears Rupert is a bit threatened by this latest development. From a second, even more recent piece in The Hill:
News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch isn't pleased about a campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission review his broadcast licenses.
Numerous public advocacy groups have called on Congress to investigate whether News Corp. employees' involvement in the growing hacking scandal, which originated in the United Kingdom, also violated U.S. law.
In response to a Twitter campaign orchestrated in part by activist group CREDO Action, Murdoch tweeted “One or two tweets on FCC okay, but hundreds identical Just phoney and abuses twitter. By the way, what law?”
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ACTION:
Please sign the CREDO petition, asking Congress to investigate Murdoch's operations here in the U.S.:
http://act.credoaction.com/...