Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Constantly promote jimmy savile and never carry out an investigation into him when he's commonly considered to be an abuser of young people...something the press (claims) it hates?
Can't really do anything about them not investigating shit though. Damn.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...for-saddam-photo-parliament-told-8376417.html
Interesting timing although the event was some time ago.
Interesting timing although the event was some time ago.
like the heavily regulated bbc did?
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
Is it just me or does it seem to anyone else like Leveson gives Jeremy Hunt and the cops a free pass, blaming Hunt's special advisor for being up Murdoch's arse and suggesting that media corruption of cops isn't a big problem?
Nor does he seem particularly worried about Murdoch owning around 40% of the UK media and being so powerful that he can tell prime ministers what to do.
I find myself wondering if this report is being deliberately framed in PR terms as being something rather more closely aligned to the public interest than it actually is.
Nor does he seem particularly worried about Murdoch owning around 40% of the UK media and being so powerful that he can tell prime ministers what to do.
I find myself wondering if this report is being deliberately framed in PR terms as being something rather more closely aligned to the public interest than it actually is.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Jack Straw claiming that the report was "magisterial" yesterday - as well as Harman who said his response of slightly altering the status quo was "ingenious" - was the best illustration of that, IMHO.
elbows
Well-Known Member
When it was very first published I briefly saw some rumbling that it was 'more like the Hutton inquiry than people expected' but I'm not sure we should be surprised. Establishment inquiries seldom seek to demolish the status quo, just fiddle about a bit to restore credibility, usually to a laughably lame extent.
Balbi
Hey, Dean Yager!
Harman out the traps early with draft legislation for statutory underpinning of regulation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/10/labour-leveson-plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/10/labour-leveson-plan
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
So, nothing to make papers join the trust, the trust to have no teeth (only benefit of joining is lower court costs etc) and for some reasons judges gets to run it.
gosub
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...g-to-the-Telegraph-before-expenses-story.html
New culture sec please
New culture sec please
Lord Lester has another go, in a Bill which had its First Reading in the Lords yesterday: Bill homepage.
- Press Council to be audited by senior judge, the President of the Supreme Court, not a quango
- Papers that abide by audited code of conduct to save massively on costs in defamation proceedings
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
It is somewhat telling of the power of the press still that the state feels the need to bribe them (and with what is effectively other peoples money, no less) into doing things that they have already pretended to sign up to as part of the PCC.
"Yes, we know the Sun wrongly labelled you as a nonce, but they are part of the Press Council so here is twenty quid".
gosub
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/12/rebekah-brooks-news-corp
Rupert's £10.8 million fire wall, cheap at half the price
Rupert's £10.8 million fire wall, cheap at half the price
Not sure how much they'd save on awards. Both sides would save on costs, which could lead to more actions being brought.
Larry O'Hara
Well-Known Member
A pay off for silence, undoubtedly.
The Guardian, of course, prints stories from its CPS/Met Police mates for free
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Does it work like that ....
I would definately go to prison for a year for one million ..... but ten .. I am not sure
Five years has been mentioned.
Would you get the money upfront? If so surely prison would be a bit easier with those sort of funds? Seems RB has the cash up front so based on that I would do a stretch.
Assume I got a good job for 5 years I would earn about £300k pre-tax and living expenses. If I took a five year prison stretch (out in 2-3) then I would reappear a 40 year old with over £9m (after expenses) to play with. Not saying I don't value my freedom but a few years of shit for an early rich retirement would be okay.
Assume I got a good job for 5 years I would earn about £300k pre-tax and living expenses. If I took a five year prison stretch (out in 2-3) then I would reappear a 40 year old with over £9m (after expenses) to play with. Not saying I don't value my freedom but a few years of shit for an early rich retirement would be okay.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I would imagine, with careful investment it will be a lot more than £9 million, expenses or no expenses.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
What I don't get is when these company directors and other moneybags get the chop but are given a golden handshake of millions, they go off and get another job! Wtf? Why don't they just retire?
pesh
Well-Known Member
couldn't they seize it if she's found guilty? proceeds of crime and all that.
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