[Update] The News Corp scandal

I suggest we try not to muddy this thread with off topic personal digs..

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

I suggest we try not to muddy this thread with off topic personal digs..

Sorry Maggy, but that was not intended as a personal dig at all.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Well I thought that someone like you would stick to their principles, and make sacrifices to do so.

The trouble it that they charge for their Website, and they hold the lions share of the Movies and Sports rights!

[BenMcr]

Oops

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...yments-leveson

Hours after Rupert Murdoch's defiant gamble of launching a Sunday edition of the Sun, the head of the police investigations into illegal behaviour by journalists spelled out startling details of what she called a "culture of illegal payments" at the title.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Oops

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...yments-leveson

Do I see the the closure of The Sun and The Sun on Sunday pretty soon?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Do I see the the closure of The Sun and The Sun on Sunday pretty soon?

The simple answer to that is no.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by denphone

The simple answer to that is no.

Which is a great shame, it make the UK a better place

[denphone]

Some interesting stuff coming out in the Leveson Inquiry as the evidence suggests network of corrupt officials.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17173438

Originally Posted by denphone

Some interesting stuff coming out in the Leveson Inquiry as the evidence suggests network of corrupt officials.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17173438

News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch issued a statement insisting the practices were "ones of the past, and no longer exist at the Sun".

Of course he would..However he has said he was unaware of such practices at the time so how can we be sure that it won't happen again? Just what has he done to ensure it won't happen again?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17178550

Charlotte Church says she was "sickened and disgusted" by what she discovered during her legal action against News International over phone hacking.
Ms Church and her parents have agreed damages and costs of £600,000 with News Group Newspapers - publishers of the defunct News of the World.
The High Court heard the singer's phone was hacked when she was 16 years old.

I suppose we should be pleased that they waited until she was 16.

New e-mails show that Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were warned in 2006 of phone hacking by staff at NOTW.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Alan Fry

Which is a great shame, it make the UK a better place

why

[Derek]

Originally Posted by denphone

Some interesting stuff coming out in the Leveson Inquiry as the evidence suggests network of corrupt officials.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17173438

Journalists pay people for information. One of the biggest media organisations had a large number of sources.

Hardly earth shattering news.

Does anyone think this has stopped in any way?

Originally Posted by Derek

Journalists pay people for information. One of the biggest media organisations had a large number of sources.

Hardly earth shattering news.

Does anyone think this has stopped in any way?

I think there is a difference between paying for a tip-off or certain information and maintaining a network of sources, some in sensitive posts, to provide you with a stream of information. The former would suggest a system were corruption can be exposed, the latter would suggest a system whereby those sources would routinely seek out information that they could sell to the paper. The former would led to stories like the expenses scandal whereas the latter would lead to minor stories about celebrities having children, getting arrested or having health issues. It leads to photographers being present at the arrest of a public figure.

I think the more interesting story from yesterday was the executives being aware of phone hacking as early as 2006. If you remember back in 2008 when this story first broke and was subsequently denied by News International in very strong terms, accusing The Guardian of misleading the public. The NOTW and Brooks called for the editor to resign and yet they knew all along it was true. The police spent a matter of hours looking at the new evidence and said there wasn't any. Suddenly, the same evidence has led to one of the biggest police operations ever with many arrests and many to come.

I still want to see senior police officers, those who decided not to go after News International, investigated.

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Sirius

why

Because they are both trashy newspapers who's sole purpose is as a mouthpiece of the Murdoch's!

Originally Posted by Damien

I still want to see senior police officers, those who decided not to go after News International, investigated.

Agreed!