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

[Streathamite]

I'm a cynic at the best of times and have to say I wasn't terribly surprised when I saw the headline. But when I read that they'd deleted messages to make room for more I think I actually looked like a goldfish for a minute. I can't believe that even the coldest, most-cynical, money-grabbing tabloid journalist would not maybe think twice about that. Fucking unbelievable

That's roughly where I'm coming from. I simply can't conceive how anyone can do something as vile as this

 

[Pickman's model]

The News of the World

April 21, 2002

HELP MILLY'S FAMILY

SECTION: LEADING ARTICLE

LENGTH: 80 words



THIRTY-one days after Milly Dowler vanished into thin air we print poignant pages from her diary.

Her parents pray these extracts will prompt a clue to their cherished daughter's whereabouts.

Despite all efforts police remain mystified by Milly's disappearance.

Whether she went off voluntarily or was abducted, someone, somewhere CAN solve this riddle.

For the sake of her family's peace of mind, we beg them to come forward without a moment's delay.

 

[moochedit]

No, none at all.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Surely deleting the messages must have made the police think she was still alive. Maybe that's why they pursued the 'ran away from home after discovering her dad's porn stash' avenue. I really can't get my head round this. I really hope the perverting the course of justice cases fall around their ears like anvils.

 

[elevendayempire]

Anywhere I can link this to share?

Stuck it on Twitter, too: http://twitpic.com/5l7mkg

 

[Pickman's model]

Surely deleting the messages must have made the police think she was still alive. Maybe that's why they pursued the 'ran away from home after discovering her dad's porn stash' avenue. I really can't get my head round this. I really hope the perverting the course of justice cases fall around their ears like anvils.

shurely 'conspiring to pervert the course of justice'?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well, if it put the police on the wrong track, then the course of justice was perverted, surely?

 

[g force]

People will still by the NoTW despite the scandal - how else will they get the juicy gossip on the latest rapes and murders?

Therein is the crux of the problem...they do this because it sells, and it sells because a certain section of society feels they have the right to know all the sordid details.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

People will still by the NoTW despite the scandal - how else will they get the juicy gossip on the latest rapes and murders?

I've been boycotting their rag for decades after some non-famous person topped himself after being exposed for an extra-marital affair. I think this could be for the NOTW what Hillsborough was for the Sun, but bigger.

 

[colacubes]

Well, if it put the police on the wrong track, then the course of justice was perverted, surely?

Plus he attacked and killed other women afterwards. Maybe they never would have found him beforehand but even so Monumentally depressing all round.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well, if it put the police on the wrong track, then the course of justice was perverted, surely?

that's generally up to 24 months - http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/sentencing_manual/perverting_the_course_of_justice/ - i thought conspiring could make it longer but i'm not so sure now

 

[killer b]

I've been boycotting their rag for decades after some non-famous person topped himself after being exposed for an extra-marital affair. I think this could be for the NOTW what Hillsborough was for the Sun, but bigger.

i actually agree. i can't imagine many people will be anything other than utterly disgusted by this. i wouldn't be surprised to see paedo-trial type protesters at wapping tomorrow...

 

[Streathamite]

Surely deleting the messages must have made the police think she was still alive. Maybe that's why they pursued the 'ran away from home after discovering her dad's porn stash' avenue. I really can't get my head round this. I really hope the perverting the course of justice cases fall around their ears like anvils.

It didn't just lead the family down that route - her poor fucking parents were given false hopes, and led to believe for a short while that she was stuill alive.
For that utterly unspeakable cruelty, it is enough to make me wish there was a hell, just to see them burn in it

 

[dylans]

How about a national boycott News international campaign, not just the NOTW but sky and everything else that makes that ratbag money

 

[AKA pseudonym]

Rage Against The Murdoch
06 July · 13:00 - 16:00
News International Ltd 1 Virginia Street, City of London E98 1XY

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175119305885168

 

[Mrs Magpie]

How about a national boycott News international campaign, not just the NOTW but sky and everything else that makes that ratbag money

Wonderful idea. Get it out on twitter and the like (I don't have a phone, so I'm hoping others will run with this).

 

[Pickman's model]

(I don't have a phone).

probably a good thing if you're planing a boycott murdoch won't like

 

[Orang Utan]

most people who read the paper don't give a shit unfortunately

 

[paolo]

During one of the investigations, Wade/Brooks refused to answer questions on the basis that she wasn't in charge at the time of events then in question.

This line of defence has an implicit acknowledgement that one should answer questions about what happens when it's your watch. It'll be an interesting day tomorrow. The Graun, Indy (and likely Telegraph) will give it the coverage it deserves. But what of The Times or the Sun? Can they duck running it as front page?

 

[Pickman's model]

But what of The Times or the Sun? Can they duck running it as front page?

a fiver says they can

 

[Pickman's model]

most people who read the paper don't give a shit unfortunately

fact or opinion?

if that is the case, i think most people would see something of a difference between hacking eg boy george's phone and hacking the phone of a murdered teenager and deleting messages while publicly saying 'do everything you can to find out what's happened to milly' as per editorial i quoted above.

 

[Orang Utan]

opinion, would be hard to quantify wouldn't it?

 

[killer b]

times will run it, probably not the sun. maybe though.

 

[paolo]

a fiver says they can

You may well be right, but if they do it won't play well with any of their readership that understands the group ownership.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well, the Sun boycott in Liverpool is still going strong over 20 years on, OU.

 

[Pickman's model]

You may well be right, but if they do it won't play well with any of their readership that understands the group ownership.

i'll take that as an acceptance of the bet. - £5 to the server fund from me if i'm right and a fiver from you if you are?

 

[paolo]

times will run it/

Currently it's no. 3ish story on their web front page.

 

[Orang Utan]

fact or opinion?

if that is the case, i think most people would see something of a difference between hacking eg boy george's phone and hacking the phone of a murdered teenager and deleting messages while publicly saying 'do everything you can to find out what's happened to milly' as per editorial i quoted above.

yes, but they are unlikely to see it presented that way in the newspaper they read, or on sky news, or any other murdoch controlled outlet

 

[Pickman's model]

yes, but they are unlikely to see it presented that way in the newspaper they read, or on sky news, or any other murdoch controlled outlet

yes fact or yes opinion?

 

[Orang Utan]

Well, the Sun boycott in Liverpool is still going strong over 20 years on, OU.

in liverpool, yes, but not the whole country