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

[chazegee]

All relative innit.

 

[newbie]

The guardians coming out of this looking like a saint.

not according to the Times, which made a big thing today of a G apology for a story claiming that the Sun had doorstepped one the Leveson lawyers. Much high horsery about how the apology should have been on the front page and general finger pointing about shoddy journalism.

ps I read it in a coffee shop, just for the record, like.

 

[MellySingsDoom]

Ooh, blimey - have to admit that I've haven't heard about this angle on the whole thing before (and tbh, I haven't been looking so much at this thread, lately): http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/28/peter-hain-computer-private-investigators

What would be the News Of The World's "agenda" be in getting hold of sensitive Northern Ireland info, I wonder? Speculation: making out Labour to be "pro-IRA"? Potential de-facto blackmail against Hain and Co? Ensuring that any hacked info would "accidentally" fall into the hands of the more "respectable" Times?

 

[Kaka Tim]

When 15 Charlote Church was asked to wave her substnatial fee for singing at Rupe's birthday party in return for a promise of 'favourable coverage'. The clear implication is that if she didn't they would dip her in the shit.

'If you do a favour for me, then I do a favour for you'

 

[MellySingsDoom]

^^^And then went ahead and did the "not long till she's 16 now!" thing anyway.

 

[teqniq]

 

[Ted Striker]

Ooh, blimey - have to admit that I've haven't heard about this angle on the whole thing before (and tbh, I haven't been looking so much at this thread, lately): http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/28/peter-hain-computer-private-investigators

What would be the News Of The World's "agenda" be in getting hold of sensitive Northern Ireland info, I wonder? Speculation: making out Labour to be "pro-IRA"? Potential de-facto blackmail against Hain and Co? Ensuring that any hacked info would "accidentally" fall into the hands of the more "respectable" Times?

No idea, but seems odd that the guy they try and snoop 'should' have (one of) the most secure/protected communication systems ofr necessary reasons.

Guardian guy (Nick Davies) on today has done very well. Next up is McMullan though, should be entertaining...

 

[DaveCinzano]

Next up is McMullan though, should be entertaining...

Straight off with the lulz: "Funnily enough I was a trainee with Michael Gove. I was top of my class. He was down near the bottom."

And then making good use of the platform to have a moan about his local fire safety officer not allowing him to let out the rooms on the top floor of his pub. "Let's stick to your journalistic experience, please, Mr McMullen..." "No, no, this is important!"

 

[London_Calling]

On Muckymullen, of its type, this was genius:

 

[two sheds]

I'm sort of wondering what the point of the Leveson enquiry is, apart from trying to postpone any action and defuse the situation so that the journos don't get sent down. Why not just have criminal investigations and trials? It sounds like plenty of existing laws have been broken.

 

[London_Calling]

I'm sort of wondering what the point of the Leveson enquiry is, apart from trying to postpone any action and defuse the situation so that the journos don't get sent down. Why not just have criminal investigations and trials? It sounds like plenty of existing laws have been broken.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveson_Inquiry#Scope_and_process

 

[killer b]

Straight off with the lulz: "Funnily enough I was a trainee with Michael Gove. I was top of my class. He was down near the bottom."

And then making good use of the platform to have a moan about his local fire safety officer not allowing him to let out the rooms on the top floor of his pub. "Let's stick to your journalistic experience, please, Mr McMullen..." "No, no, this is important!"

I <3 paul mcmullen.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Is there a McMullan "toilet suite" facepalm internet meme graphic yet AND IF NOT WHY NOT?

 

[DaveCinzano]

"Privacy is the space bad people need to do bad things in. Privacy is for paedos, no one else needs it, it's evil."

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

"I absolutely loved giving chase to celebrities. Before Diana died it was such good fun"; Paul McMullan

 

[DaveCinzano]

TBF, when asked what it was like after Diana's death, he said that was fun as well, and the only real change was that NOTW togs were told to report for duty in the morning in a suit

 

[teqniq]

What is it with this guy? He seems to have no concept of exactly how dreadful he sounds. Very entertaining in a ghastly sort of way.

 

[MellySingsDoom]

"I'm a sleazy, amoral guy who'd shoot his own Mum for a scoop....but why is everyone having a go at me? It's just not fair!"

 

[Orang Utan]

He only got paid £60K a year - ah diddums
he's astoundingly inarticulate, considering he's supposed to be a journalist

 

[killer b]

He seems to have no concept of exactly how dreadful he sounds.

do you really think that?

 

[Orang Utan]

i think he must be relishing in appalling everyone

 

[gabi]

the womanontheleft is looking quite fetching today

 

[Orang Utan]

it cut out at a very inopportune moment just then

 

[killer b]

is this going to be on watch again, or will i have to make do with whatever edited highlights the news gives us tonight?

 

[teqniq]

do you really think that?

Not sure, but sometimes he gives the impression of that, heh, maybe it's just me being naive.

 

[gabi]

this is extraordinary

 

[gabi]

is this going to be on watch again, or will i have to make do with whatever edited highlights the news gives us tonight?

i imagine the news will be giving this quite some extended coverage. he's spilling the beans good n proper here.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

i like the way that the former features editor of NOTW says that even he wouldn't have bought the paper because of the nasty shit being printed.

 

[London_Calling]

If you need it - Muckymullen live:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8167000/8167512.stm

 

[gabi]

oh dear. hacking milly's phone was good journalism.