It took a long time coming, but Rebekah Brooks eventually resigned today.
Why it took so long to come to this decision is anyone's guess, but she really should have known from the outset that it was inevitable. If she had resigned earlier, there may have been the possibility that the NotW may not have closed, which looked like a knee-jerk reaction.
It also looks like the FBI may be investigation allegations that 9/11 victims phones were hacked.
Rupert Murdoch defended the company's handling of the crisis. Hmm. Can't say they've been convincing.
Meanwhile, Americans can get an idea of how partisan tv companies are to informing the public about news stories related to the affected tv stations.
Saturday's Fox News (owned by News Corp) ignored the story about the closure of the News Of the World. How convenient.
During a commercial break, the news panel discuss, amongst other things, the subject they wont be talking about.
Click here and fast forward to about 1:55.
Same applies to the New York Times, where as News Corp had withdrawn their bid for the remaining shares of BSkyB, there was no mention of the scandal.
It would appear that American News media are pretty selective about what their readers should read about.
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