Murdoch's World (61 page)

Page 299
News International and News Limited vanished:
“News International renamed News UK,” News UK press release, June 26, 2013; “News Ltd set for a name change,” Australian Associated Press, as posted on
SBS.com.au
, June 26, 2013.

Page 299
Murdoch has never convincingly shown any capacity for self-reflection:
Four former News Corp executives, interviews by author.

      
INDEX

ABC (American Broadcasting Company),
58
,
78
,
108
,
113
,
168

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation),
18
,
100–101
,
295

ABC Insiders
television program,
101

Adams, J. Christian,
85

ADL.
See
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith

Afghanistan,
62–63
,
65
,
137–138
,
251

African Americans,
87
,
102–103
,
117
,
247

The Age
newspaper,
11
,
15
,
22
,
100–101

Ailes, Roger

    
compares NPR executives to Nazis,
113–115

    
creates Fox News niche news channel,
47
,
54–59

    
encounter with author,
68–69

    
and Gen. David Petraeus,
250–252

    
gives Juan Williams $2 million contract after termination by NPR,
111–114

    
global warming stance ambiguous,
96–97

    
marginalizes Lachlan Murdoch,
144
,
282

    
profiled,
73–74

    
receives contract extension through age 77,
260–261

    
shapes Fox News politically,
252–259

Akerman, Piers,
101

Akers, Sue,
245

Allan, Col

    
accused of racism,
47–48
,
49

    
accused of receiving freebies to influence coverage,
44–45

    
as editor in chief of
New York Post
,
44
,
121
,
123

American Idol
television program,
136

Amplify (Joel Klein's education division of New News Corp),
278
,
280
,
281

Anderson, Jack,
56–57

Anderson, Matthew,
156
,
160

Angelo, Jesse

    
creates digital tablet publication
The Daily
,
279

    
as J. Murdoch's close friend,
145

    
as
New York Post
city editor, publisher, editor,
45
,
291
,
294

Antaeus,
9

Anthony, Casey,
168

Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (ADL),
116–117

Anti-Semitism,
73
,
112
,
115–116

Arango, Tim,
44
,
72–73

Archer, Jeffrey,
170

Arnold, Harry,
25

Arnold, Tom,
168–169

Associated Press (AP),
64
,
75
,
215
,
249

Atomic mushroom cloud image on anti-Obama story,
86

Attard, Monica,
17–18
,
100

Australia

    
dominated by Murdoch's media conglomerate,
16–23

    
history of News Ltd,
10
,
14–15
,
17–19

    
News LTD's coverage of climate change,
89–96

    
politicians grant Murdoch concessions,
14–15

Australian Financial Review
(
AFR
),
18
,
271–272

The
Australian
newspaper (the
Oz
)

    
aggressively opposes climate change regulation, taxation,
90–91
,
93–95

    
established by R. Murdoch as first national daily,
13

    
mission statement,
19–20

    
political stance and influence,
21–23

    
shapes opinion, exacts toll on dissenters,
15
,
17

Avatar
movie,
93
,
279

Ayres, William,
75–76

Bacon, Wendy, research on climate change coverage,
94–100

Baier, Bret

    
as chief political anchor for Fox News,
64
,
80–81

    
covers Williams firing by NPR,
111

    
on Obama's reelection,
261
,
263

    
Romney interview,
253

Bailouts and stimulus spending of US government,
78–79
,
82

Baker, Gerard,
218–221
,
223
,
294

Baltimore Sun
,
61–62
,
64
,
102–104

Barboza, David,
289–290

Barnes, Fred,
97

Barry, Paul,
17
,
18

Bauder, David,
63–64

Baxter, Greg,
99

BBC

    
assailed by J. Murdoch for unaccountability,
149

    
E. Murdoch rebuts J. Murdoch's positions,
283–284

    
investigates questionable practices by News Corp's NDS,
271

    
opposes News Corp takeover of BSkyB,
154

    
Panorama
and
Australian Financial Review
investigative reporting,
271–272

    
policy on paying sources for information,
167

    
as R. Murdoch's enemy,
28
,
122
,
141–142

    
Savile pedophile scandal,
284–286

BBC licensing fee and subsidies,
141
,
149
,
153
,
155
,
276
,
284

Beck, Glenn

    
anti-Semitism of remarks alleged,
115–116

    
features Shirley Sherrod,
87

    
hired by Fox News,
78–79

    
removed from Fox News by Ailes,
248–250

Beckel, Bob,
59
,
250

Beckham, David,
170

Beeby, Sue,
162

Benghazi consulate attack on September 11, 2012,
254–255

Bertin, Gabby,
161
,
181

Big Head DC,
71

Bin Laden, Osama,
61–62

Black, Conrad,
123

Blackmail,
31
,
170
,
207

Blair, Jayson,
189

Blair, Tony

    
close to Murdochs,
139

    
flies to island to court R. Murdoch,
14–15
,
187
,
274

    
Iraq invasion supported by R. Murdoch,
44

    
seeks to manage, not confront, newspapers,
166

    
supported, directed by, by R. Murdoch,
150
,
274
,
275–276

    
Wendy Deng Murdoch affair denied,
299

Bloomberg, Michael,
256

Bloomberg financial news services and Bloomberg TV,
58
,
82
,
210
,
279

Blumenstein, Rebecca,
215
,
289
,
294

Bolt, Andrew,
100

Booker, Patricia.
See
Murdoch, Patricia Booker

Bono, Chaz,
86

Boston Herald
,
41
,
196

Branson, Richard,
142
,
293

Brauchli, Marcus,
210–211
,
214

Bray, Thomas,
213

Breitbart, Andrew, and Breitbart News,
85
,
87
,
260

Briganti, Irena,
60
,
64–66
,
71
,
106–107

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
See
BBC

British Satellite Broadcasting merges with Sky TV,
142–143

Broadsheet newspapers,
26–27

Brooks, Charlie,
186–187
,
200–201
,
269
,
293

Brooks, Rebekah

    
arrested for hacking and corruption,
200

    
as CEO of News International,
4
,
151–152
,
178–179
,
189

    
News of the World
editor,
34–37
,
190–191

    
pays police for information,
165–166

    
protected, supported by, R. Murdoch,
188–190
,
192

    
resignation called for in wake of hacking scandal,
180
,
184
,
192

    
resigns from News International,
198

    
Sarah Brown friendship,
150
,
186
,
194

    
set to stand trial for hacking, bribing officials,
293

    
shuts down
News of the World
,
183–184
,
190–191

Brown, Gordon

    
accuses Murdoch papers of lawbreaking,
194

    
blagged by journalists to obtain information illegally,
194
,
244

    
courts R. Murdoch,
274

    
loses Murdoch's backing,
130
,
150–152

Brown, Sarah,
150
,
186
,
194

Browning, E.S.,
213

Bryant, Chris,
36
,
165–166

BSkyB satellite TV service

    
chairman J. Murdoch, resigns during scandal,
146–147
,
272

    
controls British movies, sport,
152

    
formed through merger with British Satellite Broadcasting,
143

    
News Corp withdraws bid for takeover in wake of hacking scandals,
193

    
proposed takeover by News Corp reviewed by Cable and OfCom,
136
,
149–163
,
272
,
277

    
public opinion turns in wake of hacking scandal,
179
,
181

Bush, George H.W.,
54
,
60
,
148
,
259

Bush, George W.,
61
,
105
,
108

Bush, Jeb,
61

Cable, Vince, adjudicates BSkyB deal,
153
,
156
,
158–159
,
163
,
267