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To The Loser Go The Spoils
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I've worked in the media for my entire career. I've been fired, but I've never screwed up an entire organization, nor have I put my companies in legal jeopardy or faced criminal charges. Rebekah Brooks, who ran Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper division and is deeply implicated in the phone hacking scandal that has put News Corp. in danger, got an $11 million payout upon her resignation. That's how much she got for, basically, screwing up, putting the company in legal trouble, and losing them the chance at buying 100% of cash cow Sky TV. She got cash, pension payments, a legal fee allowance, and a car and chauffeur. Imagine had she actually done a good job... oh, right, I did and I got nothing. (Reuters via NBC News)
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