Watson, Thomas,  1967- <br/><br/>
Dial M for Murdoch :  News Corporation and the corruption of Britain / 
Tom Watson and Martin Hickman. 
 - London :  Allen Lane,  2012. 
 - xix, 359 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The wrong headlines --  Wapping's news factory --  The dark arts --  First heads roll --  Rogue defence --  The Manchester lawyers --  One determined reporter --  Intimidating Parliament --  A murder --  Our man in Downing Street --  Losing a battle --  Out of control --  U-turn at Wapping --  Summer's lease --  A missing girl --  Sky plus --  "We are sorry" --  Democracy Day --  Assault on the establishment --  The Ghosts of Wapping --  The press on trial --  Darker and darker. 
<br/><br/> Offers an account of the extraordinary lengths to which the Rupert Murdochs' News Corporation went to "put the problem in a box" (in James Murdoch's words), how its efforts to maintain and extend its power were aided by its political and police friends, and how it was finally exposed. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846146039 1846146038 9781846146046 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Murdoch, Rupert, 1931- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>News Corporation.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mass media--Influence.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4734.5.N48  / W342 2012b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.7610701