01789cam a22003617a 4500 80324 80324 BJBSDDR 20230410130801.0 ta 120510s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d 9781846146039 1846146038 9781846146046 17309609 (OCoLC)ocn791643017 YDXCP YDXCP spa eng lccopycat PN4734.5.N48 W342 2012b 338.7610701 23 Watson, Thomas, 1967- 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. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Murdoch, Rupert, 1931- News Corporation. Mass media Influence. Hickman, Martin. lcc BK dpf 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 4 0 PN4734.5.N48 W342 2012b 00000110510 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk