As The World Wobbles

An interesting article is in The Telegraph (co.uk) about the tabloid phone hacking case that is now --July, 2011, -- dominating the British headlines. I do not know if decades from now the current scandal will be seen as a forgotten chapter in the history of media, or a date cluster indicating some turning point in the history of corporate power and democracy. I doubt much improvement will result from the current news about scandals in the news. The article talks about a multi-millionaire who is bankrolling poor people who have been damaged by the phone hacking, like, some families who had members die in subway bombings. He does this by guaranteeing their court costs should their law suits against the Murdoch papers fail. Is Mosley interested in promoting media fairness?

The startling story that rates placement in this blog is Mosley's motives. The tabloid now in the headlines published a story about him some years ago, a story about sex, and he sued them, got damages, and has been carrying on a vendetta since. So its rich people vs. rich people. And if his name is familiar, Mosley's father was the leading British fascist during the thirties and forties --Oswald Mosley.