[Update] The News Corp scandal

[denphone]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...pendent-editor


Chris Blackhurst, the editor of the Independent, has described the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and press standards as "deeply flawed" and in danger of stifling responsible journalism.

Unfortunately, journalists, editors, and proprietors should have thought of that before they indulged in irresponsible journalism...

And we, as consumers/purchasers of the deluge of pointless innuendo and gossip bear some responsibility, too.

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Be careful what you wish for. Even in jest.

I don't think it would be a bad thing if he owned it....remember he doesn't own VM, they just use his brand name.

Originally Posted by denphone

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...pendent-editor


Chris Blackhurst, the editor of the Independent, has described the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and press standards as "deeply flawed" and in danger of stifling responsible journalism.

What total BS..The guardian manages to provide good honest(agreed not totally neutral) journalism using traditional ethical methods to source their articles and anyone can use those methods and not fall into error with Lord Justice Leveson.
Going by what Blackhurst and Thurlbeck are saying I suggest that self regulation has no chance of working with those attitudes.

[mertle]

The thing about ondigital and itv digital. The old NTL before virgin got involved had boxes galore chipped codes broke.

Wonder if football clubs who suffered losses will look at compensation claims for damages.

[Sirius]

I so hope that these allegations around the release of codes to hack On Digital are true. It will i feel be the straw that breaks the donkeys back.

[Tricky]

Is it just me, but if this had any real ground the evidence would have been passed to the relevant authorities to bring a real investigation and possible charges? Or did I miss it?

Originally Posted by Tricky

Is it just me, but if this had any real ground the evidence would have been passed to the relevant authorities to bring a real investigation and possible charges? Or did I miss it?

This evidence has only just come to light.

[telegramsam]

Originally Posted by denphone

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...pendent-editor


Chris Blackhurst, the editor of the Independent, has described the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and press standards as "deeply flawed" and in danger of stifling responsible journalism.

Well he would say that being as he is a journalist/editor,wouldn`t he?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by telegramsam

Well he would say that being as he is a journalist/editor,wouldn`t he?

What else would you expect from a journalist/editor.

[denphone]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...australia.html

News Corp facing hacking inquiry in Australia.

The Australian government has called for an investigation into allegations that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation engaged in hacking and piracy against its pay-TV rivals.

Earlier in the week, the BBC's Panorama programme aired evidence suggesting that the part News Corp-owned NDS smartcard maker hacked into the technology used by ITV Digital - a key rival to News Corp's Sky - and then made the data available to pirates.

This was followed yesterday by a report in the Australian Financial Review, claiming that News Corp also engaged in high-tech piracy to sabotage its rivals in Australia, including Optus and Austar.

The Australian Financial Review, owned by Fairfax, a rival media group to News Corp, said that during a four-year investigation it had received 14,400 emails from a hard drive in a laptop used by Ray Adams, who acted as NDS's European security chief until May 2002.

Panorama also referred to Adams as the key contact for alleged piracy activity against ITV Digital, operated through a hacker website called the 'House of Ill Compute'.

[mertle]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...te-information

Shocking stuff here

Private detective Steve Whittamore supplied information about celebrities such as Charlotte Church to Fleet Street.

Worse was this I hope this gets delt with.

The investigator apparently enjoyed access to social security logs via a civil servant at the Department of Work and Pensions; he could search the Police National Computer through a worker in Wandsworth police station; two men who sold him vehicle registration numbers, and others who could blag ex-directory phone numbers linked to a range of targets from celebrities to murder victims, including Holly Wells, Sarah Payne and Milly Dowler.

[denphone]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...s-corp-critics

Rupert Murdoch blasts 'lies and libels' against News Corp

Rupert Murdoch has launched a fightback on Twitter against what he described as "lies and libels" against News Corporation, attacking "enemies" including "old toffs and rightwingers".


The media mogul tweeted three times in the early hours of Thursday morning London time attacking his critics.


In his first tweet he said: "Seems every competitor and enemy piling on with lies and libels. So bad, easy to hit back hard, which preparing."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...orp-bbc-pay-tv

News Corp accuses BBC of 'gross misrepresentation' over pay-TV claims

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has accused the BBC of "gross misrepresentation" over the Panorama documentary alleging that its former subsidiary NDS was involved in helping computer hackers to undermine ITV Digital.


Chase Carey, News Corp's chief operating officer and Murdoch's right-hand man, said in a statement issued early on Thursday that Monday's Panorama had "presented manipulated and mischaracterised emails to produce unfair and baseless accusations".


"The BBC's Panorama programme was a gross misrepresentation of NDS's role as a high quality and leading provider of technology and services to the pay-TV industry, as are many of the other press accounts that have piled on – if not exaggerated – the BBC's inaccurate claims," Carey said.


"Panorama presented manipulated and mischaracterised emails to produceunfair and baseless accusations. News Corporation is proud to have worked with NDS and to have supported them in their aggressive fight against piracy and copyright infringement."

Aint this is just typical of Murdoch and his cronies.

presented manipulated and mischaracterised emails to produce unfair and baseless accusations

Oh, the irony.....

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by denphone

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...s-corp-critics

Rupert Murdoch blasts 'lies and libels' against News Corp



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012...orp-bbc-pay-tv

News Corp accuses BBC of 'gross misrepresentation' over pay-TV claims



Aint this is just typical of Murdoch and his cronies.

So Murdoch doesn't like getting a taste of his own medicine then