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

[two sheds]

Whats that german word?? begins with s

scheisskopf?

 

[Gingerman]

scheisskopf?

Schadenfreude

 

[equationgirl]

Only one left now.

They all look a bit shifty in that picture. James and RB most studiously NOT looking at each other.

 

[ericjarvis]

Schadenfreude

Bless you.

 

[laptop]

Schadenfreude

Santé!

 

[laptop]

Oh look - the apology ad in the other papers tomorrow:

In the coming days, as we take further concrete steps to resolve these issues and make amends for the damage they have caused, you will hear more from us.

What can this portend? Another inadequate compensation pot?

Even odder, if I try to copy & paste that I get:

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Yes! Rupert's secretly Klingon!

 

[ericjarvis]

When an enemy trips, it's not wise to claim it as a victory.

No, but it's a great opportunity to really put the boot in.

 

[pk]

No, but it's a great opportunity to really put the boot in.

And once again for the lawyers to clean up.

If News Int pays out as it should to every of the 4000 it allowed to be hacked - you can bet your sweet ass NYC's finest paralegal parasitical minds will be calling up every single 9/11 victim household on a no win no fee deal.

I smell dumped shares. I smell contamination of everything Murdoch ever touched. I smell karma.

 

[ericjarvis]

of course do and companies arent supposed to break the law, neither are people but they do. what happened with millie was obviously bang out of order, and i think most people would draw the line at hacking into phones of crime victims etc. im not sure people feel the same about celebs and politicians, i dont think most people care - and as for browns intervention, whilst of course it must have been sad that it came out about his kid the way it did, but he was the fucking chancellor, doesnt it kind of come with the territory

No it bloody doesn't. It's basic morality. It's just plain wrong no matter whose sick child you use to make money off, it's just plain wrong. I wouldn't even condone it if it was the child of a NotW journalist.

Sorry, that should read "former NotW journalist".

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I smell dumped shares. I smell contamination of everything Murdoch ever touched.

Yep. It is possible the damages issue could completely ruin his empire. Every last bit of it.

 

[DrRingDing]

We're a long, long way from seeing the Murdoch empire crumble.

This will be milked by people as much as it benefits themselves, no more.

 

[pk]

Yep. It is possible the damages issue could completely ruin his empire. Every last bit of it.

I can't see shareholders lasting the distance on this one.

Once the pressure begins to push brokers away from stale News Corp stock, the house of cards will tumble as people crawl over each other to sell their stories for a quick buck.

A tenner says Rebekah Brooks will have a book out within 12 months, even if she's in exile.

"Red Top" it'll be called. Or something like that.

Her husband will ghost write it.

It'll sell too.

 

[pk]

We're a long, long way from seeing the Murdoch empire crumble.

This will be milked by people as much as it benefits themselves, no more.

A fortnight ago you might have said same about the NotW...

 

[DrRingDing]

A fortnight ago you might have said same about the NotW...

They were going to shut up shop regardless. Don't get me wrong I would dance a silly jig infront of the most discerning of audiences stark bollock naked on acid if his empire fell. But it won't.

 

[paolo]

We're a long, long way from seeing the Murdoch empire crumble.

I think you're right. Fox and BSkyB are both bigger and far more unshakeable than a few British newspapers.

People won't cut their Sky subs when they want the footie. He'd have to have his hand in Fifa bribery to provoke a subscription revolt from the football 'consumers'.

Maybe Fox would take a hit if the 9/11 thing gets legs, but even then I think that's stretchy.

 

[pk]

They were going to shut up shop regardless. Don't get me wrong I would dance a silly jig infront of the most discerning of audiences stark bollock naked on acid if his empire fell. But it won't.

I think they are going to shut up shop in the UK. Regardless.

And if the Mirror Group had any sense they'd launch a Sunday rag pronto, but they're up to their necks in the same shit, as are the Daily Fail/Associated.

Newspaper business globally is just piecemeal these days.
And Murdoch's strategy has failed, the sudden vacuum of lost influence combined with a LOT of pissed off people with no intention of assisting any more of Murdoch's endeavours, added to the weak position and the cut-and-run ruthless ploy of sending hundreds of NotW people their P45's at once means he is fucked in the UK, and legal apparatus will strip the carcass like it was the Serengeti.

He has vast interests, but they are worthless if nobody is interested in dealing with him. He's fair game for phone-tapping in any country on Earth now.
He has become the victim in precisely the same way the culture of his tabloids dealt with their victims. He doesn't stand a chance. Neither does James. Even Elizabeth is a non-starter now.

 

[pk]

I think you're right. Fox and BSkyB are both bigger and far more unshakeable than a few British newspapers.

People won't cut their Sky subs when they want the footie. He'd have to have his hand in Fifa bribery to provoke a subscription revolt from the football 'consumers'.

Maybe Fox would take a hit if the 9/11 thing gets legs, but even then I think that's stretchy.

The footy aspect is the ONLY thing that concerns me, he could turn utterly spiteful. In which case there truly would be no Sky dishes allowed to remain fixed, I'm sure.

 

[laptop]

And if the Mirror Group had any sense they'd launch a Sunday rag pronto

Why would they want three?

 

[pk]

Why would they want three?

Just one new one, obvious cash-in, duplicate the format just to put the boot in to the sales.

Sun readers aren't loyal.

 

[pk]

They haven't got the bollocks, so the point was rather moot.

The Guardian could, for a laugh. It would be high art. Get the Chapmans in as editors.

Or Viz. Viz should launch a Sunday tabloid.

 

[peterkro]

I think you're right. Fox and BSkyB are both bigger and far more unshakeable than a few British newspapers.

People won't cut their Sky subs when they want the footie. He'd have to have his hand in Fifa bribery to provoke a subscription revolt from the football 'consumers'.

Maybe Fox would take a hit if the 9/11 thing gets legs, but even then I think that's stretchy.

While your right about News International being only a smallish part of NewsCorp,the whole set up is a house of cards.The knock on effect of lack of confidence can spread like wildfire,the only reason NewsCorp shares haven't tanked is because they them selves are buying and selling them as fast as possible and they are losing on each transaction,this is burning up cash and even NewsCorp is limited as to how long they can continue this.The Saudi guy who's the second biggest shareholder is not pleased and could sell his stock at anytime. Murdochs hopes to expand the Chinese market is looking pretty ropey also.I wouldn't say they are teetering yet but it is possible the whole thing could go tits up.

 

[Gingerman]

To coin a famous Murdoch newspaper headline: will the last person to leave News Corporation turn off the lights?

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes! Rupert's secretly Klingon!

that's cthulhu, not klingon

 

[Badgers]

They were going to shut up shop regardless. Don't get me wrong I would dance a silly jig infront of the most discerning of audiences stark bollock naked on acid if his empire fell. But it won't.

Quoted just in case

 

[Giles]

They didn't just hack Millie Dowler's voicemail. They deleted messages on it in the early days of the police investigation of her disappearance. It's far more than privacy. It's about the NotW assuming the right to interfere with a police investigation and to mislead the parents of a missing teenager in the hope that they might find a story... and then bribing and blackmailing people to cover it up afterwards.

That was very bad. All I would say is that the police would have known the difference between her deleting messages from her own phone, (which would suggest she was alive) and someone accessing voicemails from another number, Her poor parents probably wouldn't, though. And I am in no way at all taking NOTWs side. Just that they would get any data on her phone being on and where it was straight from the network provider.

Giles..

 

[Open Sauce]

Fair enough, they sound remorceful, tally-ho.

Cameron should get rinsed over forgetting his hook ups at Chequers, Ed needs to go nuclear over that.

The S*n apologised to Liverpool, not unconditional of course, but whatever, even if accepted and no hard feelings (no chance of that) no reason to throw any cash their way, they are still a corporation

 

[shagnasty]

It may not destroy the murdoch empire but it as certainly set back his plans ie full control of sky ,the news of the world ,the lose of many of his generals

 

[miniGMgoit]

US resignations begin

Les Hilton, chief executive of Dow Jones & Company and Wall Street Journal resigns over phone hacking scandel.

 

[Badgers]

How is the share price looking?

 

[DrRingDing]

Anyone else aroused by Rebekahkahkah?