Rupert Murdoch

The next few months, Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire will resonate in international communication discussions. A lot have been said about the news gathering methods and most persons who enjoyed the fruits of the outcomes of these are now the same persons shouting crucify him, crucify him! Some of the past outcomes of the Newspaper's investigative journalism saved this world from very embarrassing situations. The Newspaper exposed scandals, corrupt politicians and all manners of evil. For these we were grateful and should remain grateful.

Journalism is not an easy profession. People are interested in bizarre, breaking and scandalous stories but they never ask how the stories come about. Let us be a little fair to these guys. They were just after the real stufffs. Intentions and motives are vital considerations in criminal proceedings. We need to think through this.

YES, I am disappointed that the Newspaper went too far in its pursuit of exclusives, breaks and stories that could sell the paper. Violating peoples privacy cannot be justified, especially in the way the Newspaper did it but calling for a complete shut down of the man's media empire tells me of a sinister agenda. News of the World is not The Sun. Any person(s) criminally implicated should face the music but let the industry survive. Journalism is a public service, we cannot do without it. One of the best Presidents America had once said he will prefer to run a Newspaper organization without a Government than to run a Government without a Newspaper. The man has done the honorable thing. He has closed down a business that gave him money and fame just to tell us he is sorry. While are we asking for more than a pound of flesh? We cannot be the modern Shylock!!

Lets us consider the industry, the already saturated labor market and the families that will surely suffer from lack of a means of livelihood. I don't know what the media industry will look like without the types of Rupert Murdoch. Please, lets leave out the others and face a closure situation for the News of the World.

I am sure we will keep talking about this for a long time. But please, let us not throw away the baby with the bath water!!