News Corp. Scandal

It has been a few months, but the story of News Corp. scandal still lingers in our minds. News Corp's News of the World, Britain's oldest publishing newspaper, had been caught in dozens of scandals within the past past year involving intercepting cellphone voicemail, hacking into telephone lines, and many other ways to illegally obtain information. On July 7th 2011, News of the World announced its withdrawal from publishing.

Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp., is feared by many politicians because of the investigative stories behind his news papers. Politicians fear that speaking out about Murdoch would only ruin their own careers. This type of system is an oxymoron. Media in Social responsible counties is free from government control in exchange for serving the public interest, but Murdoch's media empire violates laws to report on the filth they dig up. That resembles an authoritarian government.

I certainly think that News Corps. deserved its demise. Stories are more interesting when every detail is filled in; but not when it's illegally obtained. The purpose of news is to deliver accurate, meaningful content and inform its audience. Its purpose is not to go beyond the legal limits to produce segments that violate the rights of people.