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Lawsuit: Publisher Fired To Protect Giuliani!

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

regan.jpgAccording to a $100-million defamation lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court against Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., former HarperCollins publisher Judith Regan alleges company brass instructed her to lie to federal investigators to protect Rudy Giuliani’s presidential bid, and that she was a victim of a smear campaign helmed by former boyfriend Bernie Kerik. “The smear campaign was necessary to advance News Corp.’s political agenda, which has long centered on protecting Rudy Giuliani’s presidential ambitions,” Regan said in the complaint filed yesterday. MORE »