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    Is Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Crumbling?

    Growing scandal has forced "an extraordinary reversal of fortune" for Rupert Murdoch. We talk with Carl Bernstein and others about gathering news by hacking cell phones and bribing police, and...

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 13, 2011 • 50m Listen

    Growing scandal has forced "an extraordinary reversal of fortune" for Rupert Murdoch. We talk with Carl Bernstein and others about gathering news by hacking cell phones and bribing police -- and the shaky position of British Prime Minister David Cameron. Also, debt negotiations devolve, and Roundup and the Monarch Butterfly.

    Banner image: Rupert Murdoch, Chief Executive Officer of News Corp, smiles at photographers as he is driven from News International's headquarters on July 13, 2011 in London, England. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      Debt Negotiations Devolve

      Another high-level meeting was planned for the White House this afternoon, but it's considered unlikely to break the stalemate over taxes, spending and raising the debt limit by August 2. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a new idea : let President Obama raise the limit all by himself.

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      7 min
    2. 7:25

      Murdoch's Media Empire Exposed

      Rupert Murdoch's troubles in Britain are escalating fast. Since closing his News of the World , he's had to buy back stock in his News Corporation, to keep up its value. Today, he abandoned plans to take full ownership of British Sky Broadcasting, which the BBC calls "a huge humiliation" and "extraordinary reversal of corporate fortune."

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      37 min
    3. 44:22

      Will Roundup Resistant Crops Be the End of the Monarch Butterfly?

      In the Midwest, neat rows of modified corn and soybeans are free of unruly patches of milkweed. The crops are resistant to the herbicide Roundup . But the destruction of milkweed may have an unintended consequence: the end of annual migrations of the Monarch butterflies, a phenomenon dear to lovers of nature.

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      6 min
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

      NewsNationalPolitics

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:007 min

      Debt Negotiations Devolve

    2. 7:2537 min

      Murdoch's Media Empire Exposed

    3. 44:226 min

      Will Roundup Resistant Crops Be the End of the Monarch Butterfly?

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