ramsbottom Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 All said and done it's still a more respectable and interesting publication than The People On a serious note I'm in two minds about this, by all means get rid of the odious little scumbags who hacked all these phones but it's a shame for anyone not directly connected to those cretins actions to loose their jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliRam Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 It's an ongoing investigation, and one that I'm sure will lead all the way to the top of the organisation. I certainly don't think it was a few rogue journalists while the people at the top were none the wiser. It's just sad that a lot of decent honest people have lost their jobs now as a result of these scumbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Ex NOTW editor and ex tory press secretary Andy Coulson arrested today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliRam Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 along with former royal editor Clive Goodman, who was arrested and did time for the hacking of prince william's phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 what's David Cam's veiw on it all? owt been said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I'd have far more respect for Murdoch's media if it simply supported politically who they wanted to agree with (even if I don't agree myself) rather than just backing the likely winner of each general election so they can sell papers and get support in bending legislation to expand their media by whoever wins each respective election. It's why The Sun slated the miners in the eighties, advocated Thatcher's Falklands war strongly but then dramatically flipped to support New Labour. Then last year, they flipped again to put a Obama style campaign poster of David Cameron on the election day edition of the paper. As for the phone hacking, the scandal is going to be a can of worms so large that there will be no justice for the victims. The relatively small amounts of celebrities who had their phones hacked were able to take the case to court and receive generous compensation. However, when it unfolds that large amounts of 7/7 victims and families were hacked as well as Milly, not even a class action is going to be able to entitle victims to the compensation they deserve for having their lives ruined by the News of the World. Yes, there will be an inquiry and the newspapers will continue to report new developments in the scandal as the public grow angrier. But no one will pay for this. News International are already sweeping matters under the carpet. What better way to do that than bring the newspaper to its end? By the time the police and public inquiry get to the end of this, News International will have both destroyed large cabinets of evidence and prepared a sublime legal defence that saves them having to pay the compensation out that the victims deserve. Then the News of the World will be back in the shape of "The Sunday". It will clean up the industry for the next couple of years but things will eventually get back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Anyone see Steve Coogan on Newsnight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliRam Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Anyone see Steve Coogan on Newsnight? It was spectacular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 coogan was simply faultless on newsnight, going at it like a ravenous dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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