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Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon talk politics at Tribeca
LOS ANGELES - Michael Moore thinks that the News Corp. phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom may have spread to the United States, the documentary filmmaker said at a Tribeca Film Festival panel on Sunday.
"I can't believe it just happened in Britain, because really who cares about what's happening over there," Moore joked.
Moore said he thinks that the hacking that cast a shadow over Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media empire in recent months may have taken place at the company's stateside news properties.
He said that as investigations take place domestically, it may be discovered that it "...happened here with certain people's voicemails."
"It will be interesting to see what happens with Fox News," he added. ...................(more)
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