[lbo-talk] News Corp executives at risk of US prosecution for 'willful blindness'

Nicholas Roberts nicholas at themediasociety.org
Mon Feb 13 21:28:50 PST 2012


now that Occupy has completely imploded into a blackhole of doctrinal and tactical infighting, perhaps it makes sense for the left to move on and take-on News Corp and Fox News

this is the time, to campaign against the single organization in the US most responsible for taking the entire country to the far right

News Corp executives at risk of US prosecution for 'willful blindness'

American anti-corruption law holds company chiefs culpable for consciously avoiding knowledge of corrupt deeds at News Corp

News Corporation <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/news-corporation> executives could be vulnerable to individual prosecution by US anti-bribery authorities under the so-called "willful blindness" clause that holds company chiefs culpable if they chose to be unaware of any specific wrongdoing by their employees.

The FBI and other law-enforcers are probing<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/11/news-corp-us-investigation-fcpa>

Rupert Murdoch <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/rupert-murdoch>'s media empire under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that seeks to punish US-based companies engaging in bribery abroad. News Corp is headquartered in New York.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/13/news-corp-executives-risk-us-prosecution



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