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Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

Does worse mean 'an even sicker target' or 'an even more damaging interference with the course of an investigation'?
 
So it appears the Police already knew about the hacking and were seemingly unbothered, the tabloids are all treating with kid gloves as they are up to their necks in it and the government are just dropping meaningless soundbites whilst paving the way for Murdoch to take more control of UK media.

Basically the BBC will have a real go because they love getting back at the Murdoch rags for all the shit they've copped over the years and there will be a bit from the guardian and indy. But I bet if you were to catch any of these fuckers in a candid moment in the early hours in the garrick club I bet they'd all agree they would have done the same. Cunts the lot of them.

A couple of sackings and a few more comepensation payouts, thats all that will come of this.
 
To say that all journalists, BBC included, would do the same is tantamount to being a Murdoch apologist.
 
If it turns out they've been hacking more senior members of the coalition and opposition - what then? :confused:
 
Santino said:
Staff appraisals must have been awkward.

'How do you feel you've performed this year?'

'Fantastically.'

'Well, I'll just have to take your word for it, I'm not involved in the actual day-to-day running of things. See you next year!'
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Ah, the manouvre otherwise known as "The Howard Defence". :)
 
ViolentPanda said:
Mmm, because the Torygraph (and it's demented clone owners) have no Murdoch-like interest in putting the boot into the Beeb, do they?

Do they think that people (besides their readership, obviously) are idiots? :D
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The Telegraph was leading the charge against Murdoch acquiring Sky though, no?

They just don't know which one they hate most, so they're revelling in it.
 
http://hackinginquiry.org/ PETITION
The phone hacking scandal has now cast its shadow so widely across British public life that only a full public inquiry can restore confidence in our press, police and government institutions.

What began as ‘one rogue reporter’ with a handful of victims is now acknowledged to be industrial-scale illegal information gathering, probably affecting thousands. All kinds of people, including royalty, cabinet ministers, celebrities, police officers, bereaved families and victims of crime have been targeted, and it seems it’s not just voicemail messages that have been hacked but also calls and emails, bank details and health records.

A full public inquiry into phone hacking and other forms of illegal intrusion by the press is imperative. The inquiry should cover:
The extent of the use of illegal information-gathering methods by the press, directly and through intermediaries;
The conduct of the Metropolitan Police Service in investigating these matters, and its relations with the press;
The communication between press and politicians in relation to these matters;
The conduct of the Press Complaints Commission and of the Information Commissioner, and of other relevant parties such as mobile telephone companies;
The lessons to be learned from these events and actions to be taken to ensure they are not repeated.

News International has been slow to acknowledge the extent of the wrongdoing. It has made limited admissions and is trying to buy off of civil claims. Most other news organizations have kept their reporting of the scandal to a minimum. And public concern has been heightened by the response to these activities from the Press Complaints Commission, the Metropolitan Police and by politicians and Government.

A police investigation and civil proceedings are under way, but they are narrowly focused. Even if there are prosecutions, they will concern themselves only with specific cases and individuals. Without an inquiry most of the evidence will stay secret and the wider story of illegal information-gathering and the official response to it will never be told.

Unanswered questions

Many questions remain unanswered: how extensive was illegal information-gathering? How did it affect our public life? Was everything done that should have been to halt it and expose and punish those responsible? And if not, why not? The longer these questions remain unanswered the more damage is done to confidence in our institutions.

Only a public inquiry with full powers to call for papers and summon witnesses can explore the full range of issues involved, establish what went wrong and identify lessons to be learned. Anything less risks leaving a lasting stain of suspicion on individuals, companies and institutions. Anything less would be widely seen, both in Britain and abroad, as a cover-up.
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"liberal bandwaggon" - that's right. Outrage at hacking dead kids and their parents is for liberals.

Conservatives must think it isn't such a big deal. It makes money I guess.

Imagine if the BBC had done this.

And to think that Wade/Brooks ran that "Sarah's Law" campaign, because paedophilia sells, whichever angle one claims to be taking.
 
ymu said:
The Telegraph was leading the charge against Murdoch acquiring Sky though, no?
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Yes, but their position on the BBC doesn't mean they can't also hate Murdoch. :)

They just don't know which one they hate most, so they're revelling in it.
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A veritable hate-fest. Bruce Anderson has probably achieved an erection for the first time since he last was allowed to beat a servant. :D
 
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