Tabloid’s phone hacking turns into scandal FLASH Paper to shut down!

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The headlines in Britain are full of a brewing scandal involving the illegal hacking of cellphones by a tabloid newspaper for the express purpose of gathering inside information. The “News of the World” is a national tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom and is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation. The newspaper’s main focus is celebrity-based scoops and populist news with a fondness for sex scandals. It is well known for exposing celebrities as drug users or criminals going so far as to set up insiders and journalists in disguise to get video or photographic evidence.

While this latest headline splash may be new to the general public, the newspaper has been hot water over this and other practices dating back to 2006. Clive Goodman, the News of the World’s royal editor, and Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator, were investigated by the Metropolitan Police (greater London police) for intercepting voicemail messages left for members of the royal household. Both men were jailed in 2007. These allegations have continued in subsequent years implicating other journalists and staff at the paper involving various high profile targets such as celebrities, politicians and other public figures.

The Metropolitan Police opened a new investigation in February 2011 into fresh allegations of phone hacking at which time there were apparently twenty civil cases still active against the paper. Britain’s Independent has reported that as many as 7,000 people have had their phone messages intercepted by the News of the World. They also quote a lawyer who is saying the total legal bill faced by the paper could be as high as £40m (40 million pounds = $63.8 million).

Further allegations have now arisen in July claiming that News of the World hacked into the voicemails of murder victim Milly Dowler (abduction and murder in 2002), as well as victims of the 7/7 attacks (7/7 = July 7, 2005 London bombings) and relatives of deceased British soldiers. The Telegraph is saying that personal details of the families of servicemen who died on the front line have been found in the files of Glenn Mulcaire, the private detective working for the Sunday tabloid.

Headlines in Britain are reporting public outrage over this affair. Advertisers have withdrawn from the paper and British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a government inquiry.

Rebekah Brooks (née Wade) is the current CEO of News International, the parent company of News of the World. She is the former editor of the paper. While she is doing damage control (letter to staff), she is facing questions of her involvement. What did she know of any of this now or when she was editor? Could she have been completely ignorant of the goings on of her own staff?

Whatever the case, the story is growing in complexity. Details of bribing the police by the newspaper both for information and for keeping quiet are coming to light as well as political connections with Rupert Murdoch.

Published on Jul 6, 2011 by Euronews

UK inquiry into tabloid phone hacking claims

There is growing outrage in the UK over claims that tabloid journalists hacked into the voicemail messages of the innocent victims of serious crime. The allegations are the most serious yet involving Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. It has gone right to the top. Parliament’s schedule has been cleared for an emergency debate and David Cameron promised an inquiry.

Published on Jul 6, 2011 by Euronews

Public outrage in UK over alleged phone hacking

There is outrage in the UK over claims that a tabloid newspaper hacked into the mobile voice messages of the innocent victims of serious crime. There are also claims that Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World paid police for information. The alleged victims include missing children who were later found murdered, and the victims of the 2005 London bombings.Rebekah Brooks was editor of the News of the World at the time of the alleged hacking. She is currently head of News International and says she was not aware of the practice.

Rupert Murdoch shuts down paper: July 7, 2011 at 12pm EDT

The New York Times and other newspapers are now reporting that the News of the World will print its final edition this coming Sunday then the paper is closing. The Telegraph has reprinted James Murdoch’s statement in full:

The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself.

Having consulted senior colleagues, I have decided that we must take further decisive action with respect to the paper.

This Sunday will be the last issue of the News of the World. Colin Myler will edit the final edition of the paper.

The paper has been publishing for 168 years.

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Daily Telegraph’s Peter Oborne: David Cameron is ‘too close’ to News International

The Daily Telegraph’s Chief Political Commentator Peter Oborne criticises the Prime Minister’s leadership in response to the News of the World phone hacking scandal as the paper closes forever

References

Britain’s Telegraph is reporting live updates about this scandal as they happen. (click here)

Wikipedia: News of the World phone hacking affair

The News of the World phone hacking affair is an ongoing scandal concerning illegal practices that have taken place, with further hacking alleged to have taken place at the News of the World, a weekly British tabloid published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

Wikipedia: News of the World

The News of the World is a national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom every Sunday. It is published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, and is the Sunday sister paper of The Sun. The newspaper concentrates on celebrity-based scoops and populist news. Its fondness for sex scandals gained it the nicknames “News of the Screws” and “Screws of the World”. It also has a reputation for exposing celebrities as drug users or criminals, setting up insiders and journalists in disguise to provide either video or photographic evidence, and phone hacking in ongoing police investigations.

Wikipedia: List of alleged victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal

The following people have been identified as victims of the News of the World phone hacking affair.

Wikipedia: Mazher Mahmood

Mazher Mahmood is an undercover reporter for the British tabloid newspaper News of the World. He has been dubbed as “Britain’s most notorious undercover reporter.” News of the World claims he has brought over 250 criminals to justice. He often poses as an Arab sheikh in order to gain his target’s trust, and is also known as the Fake sheikh. In September 2008, he wrote a book entitled Confessions of a Fake Sheik – The King Of The Sting Reveals All published by Harper Collins.

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