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Phone hacking scandal
« on: July 09, 2011, 01:15:28 am »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/hacking-scandal-is-this-britains-watergate-2309487.html

- Journos at News of the World newspaper (an absolute rag) found to have been hacking the phones of families of dead soldiers
- This in conjunction with previous phone-hacking scandals

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- News of the World (168 year old 'paper) stops publication
- Big shitstorm for all involved including Rupert Murdoch (owns group behind said paper), British PM (buddy-buddy with the players behind this), journalism in general

Pretty entertaining stuff so far. British journalism's investigative streak is a massive asset when used for good, but it's always had an incredibly nasty tone in the majority of papers and I hope this is a sign of it lessening. Also hope Murdoch's nose gets bloodied but it probably won't
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2011, 03:51:38 am »
The interesting addendum to this, and not being over there I'm not sure how true it is, is that some British papers aren't covering the story as well as they could (I think I remember the Daily Mail being name checked) and the received wisdom on the subject is that it's because they've been up to similar shenanigans and everyone is shitting themselves they're going to be found out.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2011, 11:58:39 am »
Quote from: Doc on July 09, 2011, 03:51:38 am
The interesting addendum to this, and not being over there I'm not sure how true it is, is that some British papers aren't covering the story as well as they could (I think I remember the Daily Mail being name checked) and the received wisdom on the subject is that it's because they've been up to similar shenanigans and everyone is shitting themselves they're going to be found out.

Oh yes, this is definitely the case



The Guardian do a hell of a lot of good in general. That's a fairly accurate spectrum of the shiteness of the papers, though the Murdoch-owned Times is a very different beast from the Sun etc.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2011, 12:00:35 pm »
I have mostly only been following this story to the extent that British people I follow on Twitter mention it but - shutting down the paper seems like a bizarre reaction. Surely he was looking for an excuse anyway? Was it losing money?
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2011, 12:46:46 pm »
Take the Onion, take away the humour/irony and add an unfounded implication that what is written is actually true, plus a dash of fear mongering and pandering and you've got News of the World.  They didn't need an excuse to close down that paper at any point.  They could have just said - "well, almost everything we published was bullshit.  Sorry about that.  Bye" at any point.

Is News of the World not a thing in the US?  We used to get it here in Canada anyway.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2011, 03:37:50 pm »
Fuck Rupert Murdoch.  Fuck him in the ear.

Dude make bank from lies and feeding people's basest instincts.  Evil.

Definition of a crap dude.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2011, 09:07:33 pm »
Quote from: wombat on July 09, 2011, 12:00:35 pm
I have mostly only been following this story to the extent that British people I follow on Twitter mention it but - shutting down the paper seems like a bizarre reaction. Surely he was looking for an excuse anyway? Was it losing money?
No, it has to do with getting regulatory approval for Murdoch to purchase the rest of Sky (cable broadcast networks). Or so I understand.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2011, 01:42:18 am »
Ah, fiendishly clever.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2011, 12:03:19 am »
As usual Steve Coogan brings the pimp hand.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2011, 03:29:21 pm »
Quote from: Doc on July 11, 2011, 12:03:19 am
As usual Steve Coogan brings the pimp hand.

That was right on time, but man the whole shouting at each other thing exhausts me. I wish it wasn't so pervasive.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 12:31:00 am »
That utter waste of miserable flabby potchy pig-like human skin Piers Morgan might be implicated in all this

GET THE FUCK IN
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2011, 01:25:25 am »
Quote from: Drygioni on July 13, 2011, 12:31:00 am
That utter waste of miserable flabby potchy pig-like human skin Piers Morgan might be implicated in all this

GET THE FUCK IN

i could hug you for saying that, but giving you a can would be less awkward.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2011, 05:58:21 pm »
I haven't been following this too closely, but I haven't heard much about Fox News or any of the American outlets of News Corp. Has there been any American fallout other than maybe Les Hinton's resignation?

I don't mean to say that I expect Fox News or the WSJ to be directly implicated, in fact I'd be surprised if either were, but just curious. Well, maybe a few people at Fox News.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2011, 10:37:06 pm »
Fox News implicated? Oh, isn't it pretty to think so.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2011, 11:14:29 pm »
fox news is all, "if you have a problem with their actions, youre probably a pinko commie fuckstick."
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