|
Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien
No evidence The Guardian paid for the confidential information and that was obtained in the course of investigating the former alleged criminal act you mention. While the interception of communications was a fishing exercise into people's private lives too obtain information which was rarely in the public interest.
No one thinks The Telegraph overstepped journalistic ethics by illegally obtaining the MP expenses files. That, as in the the case of The Guardian, is a precise query for information in which they have a reasonable chance of unearthing something in the public interest.
|
erm, I didn't say they had paid for it* - I said they had " obtained confidential information from a Police Officer", which is still an criminal offence.
*that is the tack the Grauniad are taking as well - they are not confirming or denying they have received confidential information from a Police Officer, they are stating "we didn't pay any Police Officer any money", which is answering a question that wasn't asked, but is close enough to perhaps mislead some people into thinking they answered the original question....
__________________
Thank you for calling the Abyss.
If you have called to scream, please press 1 to be transferred to the Void, or press 2 to begin your stare.
If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.
|