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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16283935
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Phone hacking appeared to be a "bog-standard journalistic tool" for gathering information, a former Daily Mirror financial reporter has said.
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He told the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics that he overheard showbiz journalists openly talking about it.
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In a statement read to the inquiry, he stated: "I witnessed journalists carrying out repeated privacy infringements using what has now become a well-known technique - to hack into the voicemail systems of celebrities, their friends, publicists and public relations executives.
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