Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"
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ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
that is waaaay bizare
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Happy Days. I bet she still wont resign and be trying to run News International from holloway cell block, issuing memos sewn into her laundry or something.
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
The poor sods. First they lose their daughter. Then the News of the World target them. Now they have to meet Nick Clegg. Will their torture never end?
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@jonsnowC4
Murdochs need Rebekka as never before: she is their human firewall: remove her and James is the next to get his collar felt
Murdochs need Rebekka as never before: she is their human firewall: remove her and James is the next to get his collar felt
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worst to come.. they iz proecting with 'alleged,' there will be more clear damning stories appearing later....
the whole house of cards is close to collapse......
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hiraethified
Adding 9/11 victims to mix is going to seriously put the heat on Murdoch and make this a truly international PR disaster. This really could see the wheels falling off Murdoch's wagon.
Weller
So ermm ... You know ermm
I think this too , there has to be some more damaging stuff coming , many MPs that have squirmed before dont seem to be squirming now , if they have grown backbones they must be pretty sure that hes not going to have such influence in the future.
She did say (Wade) that "you will all know in a year why we had to do this" , these days it doesnt quite take a year though , they always underestimate the speed of change these days from public reaction , any 9/11 messing is going to be a game changer imo , things could move very fast if thats true .
No wonder hes come here if it is , they really would want to lynch him
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yup.. we having passing on info to the anti=faux groups, usa etc..... they have got such a lift with UK actions....... gonna be an interesting week for sure and beyond...
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@j_freedland If 9/11 hacking story is true, Murdoch empire is staring into the abyss: wrath of US public and politicians will be mighty to behold
sweet.....
sweet.....
dylans
overlord of all acorns
It's not just that he has a history of wrongdoing though is it, as though he had a previous conviction for shoplifting in his youth. That could be something that we could understand forgiving and perhaps giving someone a second chance. Hacking phones is spying. It's effectively industrial espionage (which is defined as spying for commercial purposes.) That is exactly what this was, they spied on people to gain information for commercial reasons, in this case, to gain information to use to sell newspapers. Cameron brought a man with a shady history of spying into the heart of the Government and gave him access to classified information. That is about as serious as it gets.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Nice quote at the end from Greg Miskiw, the assistant editor (news) on the bloke not wanting to prance around in Harry Potter garb just after 9/11:
"Why not? Charles, that is what we do - we go out and destroy other people's lives."
which is exactly what they specialise in.
Yes well also I still feel that giving someone a second chance also recognises that you know they did something wrong in the first place. We now know that Cameron knew he'd hacked phones and just didn't care because he was Murdoch's man.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
That Harry Potter piece was so odd; presumably Brooks wanted a kind of village idiot for her Court.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Yes, particularly straight after 9/11 when - as they said - they thought that 50,000 people had died. It's the sort of thing that I presume would seem like a good idea if you were pissed or coked up or something. Oh, wait ...
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
I think people like her can't conceive of "having power" if they aren't able to humiliate someone.
lopsidedbunny
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they are Eton mob after all.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Is the obvious conversation (or implied notion) is from Brooks to Murdoch Snr "Protect me or I'm taking (and sending) James, and the rest of you, down"...She's apparently got some form and ability to create these semi-blackmail deeds and pacts, and theoretically can't see why, if she can gain traction with our PM with similar means, then why shouldn't see use her 'skills' on her employer?
its long been a staple of tabloids to make journalists dress in up daft costumes, him refusing is a bit like daniel radcliffe refusing to wear a harry potter outfit - its showbiz
having said that it was possibly a bit tasteless straight after 911
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hiraethified
I think that's something of an understatement.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
But you never know when a Harry Potter emergency will arise....
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
But what is in it for Brooks? Why would she want to stay on now? She must know she is finished - no more A list parties for her, no more schmoosing with the political elite. She could negotiate a genorous pay off in return for keeping schtum.
Murdoch is keeping her in place for his own reasons - it looks like an attmept to keep the heat off his son. Its pretty unfathomalbe unless they are just so arrognat and deluded they think they just ride this out.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I suspect the reason for it is hidden in her comment about waiting a year to see why they acted as they have done during the last week. That's a fairly clear hint there's something else to come that involved her and the other execs that even resigning will not get her and them out of - and to fight it they need to be on the NI inside.
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