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Giuliani Campaign Scandal: Ex-Publisher Sues News Corp for $100 Mil, Says They Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Rudy [VIDEO]

Posted by Paddy , Brave New Films at 6:35 AM on November 14, 2007.


In the civil complaint filed in state court in Manhattan, Ms. Regan says the company has long sought to promote Mr. Giuliani's ambitions
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This post, written by Paddy, originally appeared on Cliff Schecter's Brave New Films Blog

Ex-Publisher Says News Corp. Official Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Giuliani

Judith Regan, the book publisher who was fired by the News Corporation last year, asserts in a lawsuit filed today that a senior executive at the media conglomerate encouraged her to mislead federal investigators about her relationship with Bernard B. Kerik during his bid to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.

The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik's mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post.

Nummy. Sex.

Ms. Regan makes the charge at the start of a 70-page filing that seeks $100 million in damages for what she says was a campaign to smear and discredit her by her bosses at HarperCollins and its parent company, the News Corporation, after her project to publish a book with O.J. Simpson was abandoned amid a storm of protest.

In the civil complaint filed in state court in Manhattan, Ms. Regan says the company has long sought to promote Mr. Giuliani's ambitions. But the lawsuit does not elaborate on that charge, or identify the executive who she alleged pressured her to mislead investigators, nor does it offer details or evidence to back up her claim.

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Tagged as: giuliani, regan, kerik, news orop, murdoch, fox news, election08

Paddy is a regular contributor to Cliff Schecter.com.


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Put a Fork in Him - Ghouliani's Done
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Posted by: Astroboy on Nov 14, 2007 8:02 AM   
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What's coming across to me, as the Kerik thing keeps rearing it's ugly head, is that there are people within the Rethuglican base itself that wants to stifle Rudy's presidential ambitions.

There is much more dirt on Ghouliani to come, and as more shit continues to be excreted about him, it will directly affect and damage the Rethuglican party itself.

Once again, they are eating their own. Bon Appetit!

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Ding dong the witch is hanging by a thread! Scissors please. Drum roll please.
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Posted by: johngary66 on Nov 14, 2007 8:21 AM   
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N/C.

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Hyperbole
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Posted by: Artaraxl on Nov 14, 2007 8:51 AM   
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I hate to say it, but this piece on MSNBC sounds an awful lot like what we criticize Fox for.

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Hummm
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Posted by: placid on Nov 14, 2007 10:40 AM   
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Why does none of this surprise me?There appears to unending info regarding Rudy and Bernie.If Bernie is the quality of appointments Rudy would make....imagine if..Mary Basombrio

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BBC is for grownups
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Posted by: Kenny on Nov 14, 2007 2:59 PM   
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I still can't get over American news shows. Why does he have to yell the story at the viewer? Why does the story need thumping electronic music to accompany it? I could barely watch the thing. Sigh. Ritalin: Friend or foe? Back to BBC and CBC.

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