The boards of directors of both News Corp and BSkyB (40 per cent-owned by News) should look at the history of accountants Arthur Andersen and tremble. The accounting firm was brought down by a legal judgment that was eventually overturned. If News gets in US legal trouble, it could be hobbled before justice is done. As at Andersen, the problem at News is perceived to be cultural. Andersen had no way to make a clean break with its past, but News could, because its culture is so closely identified with Rupert Murdoch and his family.
新聞集團(News Corp)和英國天空廣播公司（BSkyB，40%股份由新聞集團持有）的董事會都應當回顧一下安達信會計師事務所(Arthur Andersen)的歷史，並且爲之顫慄。安達信因爲一項法律判決而倒閉，雖然這項判決最終被推翻。如果新聞集團在美國遭遇法律上的麻煩，它可能會在公正判決得出之前就被拖垮。與安達信一樣，新聞集團存在的問題被認爲是一個文化問題。安達信無法與自己的過去一刀兩斷，但新聞集團能夠做到這一點，因爲它現在的文化與魯柏•梅鐸(Rupert Murdoch)及其家族聯繫得如此緊密。