Murdoch Media Scandal Spreads

It was only a few days ago that media mogul Rupert Murdoch still thought he could head off his troubles with the British government after it became public knowledge that his newspaper News of the World had hacked into the phones of celebrities, crime victims, and government officials. But try as he might, Murdoch can't seem to keep the scandal from spreading.

He flew to England last week and, after shutting down News of the World, expressed his full confidence in its editor Rebekah Brooks (pictured above). Only days later Brooks resigned from News Corp (Murdoch's Media company) and now has been arrested by London police. Sources say she is cooperating with authorities. Another former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson had already been arrested.

In addition to the arrests, we now learn that London police chief Paul Stephenson has resigned -- apparently for his cozy relationship with the hackers. In addition Les Hinton, Dow Jones CEO and former Murdoch employee, has also resigned. It is suspected he had a deeper involvement with the hacking that previously believed and may even have lied to the British Parliament.

Now it comes out that another Murdoch newspaper, The Daily Mirror, may also have been involved in hacking some celebrity phones (and it could have happened while CNN's Piers Morgan was heading that paper). And it appears that actor Jude Law's phone was hacked while he was in the United States -- a violation of U.S. law.

This scandal seems to be growing by the day and there is no telling have far it will eventually reach. Did Fox News get in on the phone hacking scheme? We already know they are ethically-challenged, and I wouldn't doubt that Murdoch had them doing the same thing his British entities were doing.