Originally Posted by Mount Olympus *Olly*:
ok am showing my ignorance of politics and related stuff here but what happens when this committee is finished asking questions? What can they do? they aren't a court of law are they?
do they sentence them to 6 of the best if found guilty of something or recommend it goes to criminal proceedings in which case is this not a form of questioning but a kind of deposition to use ma USA phrase but without lawyers .. and if that's the case why not go straight to court and save money..
or am I rambling with no coherent thought process
buga all same as last time I suspect. They've been asked to answer questions which they (the Murdochs) have so far avoided and which others from News Corp avoided when this first was questioned many years ago.
They appear to be answering very little just in case they say something that they could be prosecuted for
This is just an expensive waste of time financially and in air time but it gives the allusion that something is being done for the public - well that's my take on it anyway and whadda I know