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I don't want to say too much in case it doesn't pan out, but it would be a disaster for News Corp if it does.
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Did the BBC get back to you about that scheme BM?
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Zero Gravitas posted:Did the BBC get back to you about that scheme BM? They told everyone the last 60 get picked at the end of this month, they got to interviews in London at the start of December where 12 are picked. Hopefully they'll notice I've been on NPR, mentioned in the New York Times, and helped Human Rights Watch identify cluster bombs in Syria since I submitted my application, among other things.
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Being on the MI6 payroll can't hurt either.
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Banano posted:Being on the MI6 payroll can't hurt either. It can if you realise they make you pay for your own bullets now.
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I think this Tweet might clue you in with what's been discovered, along with this article.
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Brown Moses posted:I think this Tweet might clue you in with what's been discovered, along with this article. Oh man.
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Brown Moses posted:I think this Tweet might clue you in with what's been discovered, along with this article. Roop sex tape leaked?  Edit: Actually I'm guessing the story is that the Sun bribed a US military official, which would open them to a lawsuit in the States. Isn't that what we've been waiting for for some time? Warrahooyaargh fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Nov 17, 2012 |
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Jeez, you'd think Saddam was a Mormon judging by those pants. Looks like Rupe might be getting a taste of his own medicine. Can't throw money to make that problem go away.
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If you're saying what I think you're saying, then I really loving hope this pans out. It's pushed Piers Morgan getting arrested off the top spot on my letter to Santa.
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So this is very clearly bribing US officials? Just want to be certain
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Wait wait wait. Are you saying a US Official took money from Roop for the infamous Saddam in his tighty whities photos? How high ranking an official?
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Either works for me. Which day are they waiting to break this? Is there a particular day that's better for it to catch on in the news cycles?
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I'm working on this at the moment, there's complexities on getting stories like this, and I'm currently working to overcome them with a number of people.
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Brown Moses posted:I think this Tweet might clue you in with what's been discovered, along with this article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvqQrCg_qOg I can't wait till next week.
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It's okay for him to say that. His mother is jewish.
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Also he's supporting Israel so it's this Jewish owned press which is being anti-Semitic.
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Twitter has really removed any gateway between people's mouths and their brains. Had a incoherent, moron thought? Post it to the Internet at once!
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It's not a bad time to be reading the recent retweets on my Twitter timeline.
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Brown Moses posted:It's not a bad time to be reading the recent retweets on my Twitter timeline. Couple of questions: 1) ISn't that the sort of chat that can get you sued if the powers that be keep it quite? 2) Are you worried about getting bumped off?
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This is the tweet I found most interesting:quote:tabloidman @tabloidtroll I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say without getting anyone in trouble, but if you boast to your bosses about doing something illegal, that implicates them as part of a conspiracy, no? Depending on how far up it goes....
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notaspy posted:Couple of questions: They are nothing more than innocent retweets from a curious Tweeter, and I'm sure the dozens, if not hundreds, of journalists on Twitter who follow me realise that too.
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I should note there's multiple independent sources sharing this information as well.
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Keep an eye out for some news in the next 12 hours.
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Brown Moses posted:Keep an eye out for some news in the next 12 hours.  Oh man, after how quiet things have been recently, and the fact that I have a sinking feeling that it's all going to go away with a whimper rather than a bang, posts like this really get my hopes up.
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Seeing what Roop has already walked away from, surely it's something more damning than some hack at The Sun paying off a guard. e: This is my desperate hope.
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Brown Moses posted:Keep an eye out for some news in the next 12 hours. So... you're saying the next 12 hours are key? I'm sorry, I can't help but make a Friedman joke when the opportunity presents itself.
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Brown Moses you big Twitter cocktease. When's the news coming out?
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Daily Beast and tomorrow the Evening Standard. Interestingly the two pieces came about independently of each other.
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Isn't the Daily Beast run by Sir Harold Evans's other half? Dish best served cold, and all that.
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The wait is killing me. I hope this has as much of an impact as you're hinting!
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I've read the draft version of it, when reading the last few paragraphs it's worth taking into consideration what I've been posting in the thread recently and the stuff I retweeted today. I had a bit of a hand in getting the ball rolling on this one, but the Evening Standard article is something I only heard about tonight, no idea what's in that apart from it covering the same area. It might provide some of the details the Daily Beast article doesn't include.
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Man, this story is going to break while I'm sound asleep, isn't it.
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The Daily Beast have a story up about Saddam in his Y-fronts: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/18/did-news-corp-illegally-purchase-saddam-hussein-photos-from-u-s-officials.html quote:The problem for Murdoch and the board of News Corp. may be that these pictures were published on both sides of the Atlantic on the same day, perhaps suggesting some kind of advance co-operation between the American parent company and the British News International subsidiary. If there is any evidence that there was prior knowledge by senior executives of payment for the pictures, this could bring the possibility of a U.S. investigation and charges with stiff penalties for illegal payments to public officials. Vim fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Nov 19, 2012 |
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There was definitely collusion between the two, the Daily Post had The Sun bannerhead on their frontpage when they broke the story.
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