Cable Forum - [Update] The News Corp scandal

I bet they didn't. I've worked with a few civil servants in my time, reasonably senior ones too. They are extremely good at spotting what not to write down and which conversations are best held in the stairwell rather than via email or telephone.

denphone

06-10-2011 13:14

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Hacking 'not result of pressure', says former News of the World editor Phil Hall

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...l-2366373.html

Maggy

06-10-2011 20:09

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Phil Hall, who edited the now-defunct paper from 1995 to 2000, told a seminar for the Leveson Inquiry that competitive pressures on newspapers had not led to a drop in standards.

Pfttt!!!

denphone

06-10-2011 21:13

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Vote Murdochs out, council pensions group tells News Corporation investors

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ion-fund-group

Leveson inquiry could become tabloid witch-hunt, warns Sun veteran

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...oid-witch-hunt

Sun editor: celebrity reporters operate just like political hacks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...rity-reporters

denphone

07-10-2011 13:26

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Phone hacking: Kelly Hoppen settles with News of the World publisher

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...pen?CMP=twt_fd

denphone

11-10-2011 22:01

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Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire wants 'persecution' by victims to stop

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...re-persecution

Phone hacking: Les Hinton to give evidence to MPs for third time

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...inton-evidence

Private Eye editor defends use of subterfuge in investigative reporting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ive-journalism

Maggy

12-10-2011 09:47

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35313994)

Private Eye editor defends use of subterfuge in investigative reporting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ive-journalism

Ian Hislop made a very good point about the difficulties of providing good investigative journalism and that the methods used maybe considered indefensible by some but when the resulting article reveals murky doings such as corruption then we tend to applaud as a society.

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The magazine editor also defended the use of subterfuge by media organisations. He argued that while many industry observers were quick to condemn the methods employed by Mazher Mahmood â€“ the "fake sheikh" at the now-defunct News of the World â€“ they applauded the actions of a reporter at Channel 4's Dispatches, who posed as a lobbyist to expose MPs who agreed to be paid for working for a fictional firm. "It's not always the case that form of journalistic grubbiness is inexcusable," Hislop said.

Personally I've heard more about corruption in local government in Private Eye than I have seen or heard in the more well known news outlets.

denphone

12-10-2011 10:17

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Phone hacking: News Corp says focus on scandal is 'disproportionate' and it would say that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gree...ing?CMP=twt_fd

Chris

12-10-2011 10:53

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35314159)

Phone hacking: News Corp says focus on scandal is 'disproportionate' and it would say that.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gree...ing?CMP=twt_fd

It would say that if anyone from News Corp has been reading this thread. You're single-handedly sending its post count into the stratosphere. ;)

Maggy

12-10-2011 11:47

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Disproportionate?Hell they say so..Possibly a term that many might apply to the illegal phone hacking of Millie Dowler's voice mails and the deletions of said voice mails.

They are trying to defend the indefensible by making out they are the victims now.:rolleyes:

denphone

13-10-2011 05:24

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'Fake sheikh' Mazher Mahmood denies all knowledge of phone hacking

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...owledge-denied

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Leveson inquiry: David Cameron in firing line as Kelvin MacKenzie hits out Prime minister using Leveson inquiry to escape his own 'lack of judgment' over hiring Andy Coulson, says former Sun editor.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...lvin-mackenzie

devilincarnate

19-10-2011 19:29

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A lawyer who advised News International has said that the newspaper publisher was told in 2008 that there were three journalists other than Clive Goodman involved in phone hacking.

Speaking today to the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, Farrer and Co solicitor Julian Pike admitted that he had "not done very much" to debunk the company's claim that hacking was down to just one "rogue reporter". However, he denied being "party to any cover-up".

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...ys-lawyer.html

Maggy

21-10-2011 08:44

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15399055

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News Corporation holds its annual meeting later - its first since the phone-hacking scandal broke in the UK.
Some investors are calling for several directors - including Rupert Murdoch and his two sons - to step aside.
Labour MP Tom Watson, who played a prominent role in exposing the scale of phone hacking, has been given a seat at the meeting by shareholders.
He says he plans to make fresh allegations about malpractice by News Corp journalists.

I hope someone smuggles a camera in.

Maggy

22-10-2011 11:34

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/wo...nt&tntemail1=y

Interesting if true.

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