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joeysteele 06-07-2011 04:59 PM
It all seems to be piling up day after day,even the Police are coming out of this badly if the exchanging of money is as it is reported to be.

How the News of the World can go on after this is beyond all comprehension.

bbfan1991 06-07-2011 05:13 PM
Sick thing to do, those poor families:(.

Hope the NOTW pays the ultimate price for their actions!

joeysteele 06-07-2011 05:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbfan1991 (Post 4354820)
Sick thing to do, those poor families:(.

Hope the NOTW pays the ultimate price for their actions!
I really do too,in fact I think if I had my way I would stop the News of the World reporting anything at this point in time and make a final decision as to its future,(if it has one left),after all the investigations are completed.

Tom4784 06-07-2011 06:43 PM
Sadly they'll recover from this, they'll find themselves a scapegoat and it'll be business as usual in a few weeks.

Kerry 06-07-2011 08:13 PM
Yeah someone sacked or resigned. They'll continue :rolleyes:

joeysteele 06-07-2011 08:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 4355002)
Sadly they'll recover from this, they'll find themselves a scapegoat and it'll be business as usual in a few weeks.
I think you are totally correct in that.

Omah 06-07-2011 08:48 PM
Met confirms that Rebekah Brooks was aware that the officer was targeted
 
http://www.channel4.com/news/rebekah...edia-intrusion

Quote:
The Metropolitan Police have told Channel 4 News that in 2003 officers met the former editor of the News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, over claims that a police officer was shadowed by journalists from the paper.

The allegations - exclusively revealed by Channel 4 News on Tuesday - involve a surveillance operation during a crucial murder investigation which implicated private investigators who had alleged links to News International.

In 2002 a BBC Crimewatch report investigating a notorious unsolved murder featured senior detective Dave Cook. Later, Cook realised he was being followed after colleagues informed him he was being targeted by journalists at the News of the World.

So concerned were police that a witness protection unit was mobilised along with a counter surveillance team to watch journalists allegedly following Cook.

When finally confronted, the News of the World apparently said they were interested in whether Dave Cook was having an affair with a Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames. They were in fact married at the time.

Jacqui Hames told Channel 4 News that she has been contacted by Operation Weeting detectives investigating the phone hacking scandal.

On Wednesday she voiced fears that her personal details had been sold by someone in the police force to the News of the World.

Following the report by Channel 4 News the Metropolitan Police have confirmed the issue of "media intrusion" was addressed with News of the World executives.

Rebekah Brooks - editor of the newspaper at the time and now CEO of News International - was told by police in 2003 that an officer had raised concerns about intrusion.

The outcome of the meeting remains unclear, but both the News of the World and the Metropolitan Police appear never to have spoken about it publicly.

In response to questioning by Channel 4 News, the Metropolitan Police confirmed a meeting took place between Dick Fedorcio - the Met's longstanding Director of Public Affairs - Commander Andy Baker, Dave Cook and Rebekah Brooks on 9 January 2003.

"The meeting was held to discuss concerns raised by an officer about media intrusion he believed was taking place," the Met police said, adding that they had "not received any formal complaint relating to the alleged selling of details of a personnel file."

On Wednesday Channel 4 News wrote to News International asking them to confirm Rebecca Brooks was at the meeting; whether she responded to concerns by Dave Cook; whether she raised the issue with her bosses at News International; and whether any action was taken.

News International told Channel 4 News on Tuesday that they are not aware of the claims that a police officer was targeted, but that any allegations would be investigated.
C4 News are still digging ..... :thumbs:

Kerry 06-07-2011 08:49 PM
Quote:
News of the World editor Colin Myler has sent out an e-mail to all staff of the newspaper following the ongoing accusations of phone hacking.

The tabloid is alleged to have hacked into the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, as well as families of people who died in the 7/7 London bombings among others.

In a message sent out to employees, Myler said that he was "appalled" to hear about claims that private investigator Glenn Mulcaire accessed Dowler's voicemail on behalf of the paper, adding that he is in the process of uncovering the truth behind the allegations.

"I know you will be as appalled as I am by claims that a private investigator working for the News of the World intercepted the voicemails of Milly Dowler, victims of the 7/7 atrocity and others," Myler wrote.

"We are urgently trying to establish the truth of these allegations which, if proved, would amount to the most unimaginable breach of journalistic ethics.

"Understandably, there is a great deal of anger directed towards this newspaper as a result of what happened in some cases as far back as nine years ago."

Myler went on to warn staff that the near future could be "extremely painful", and praised the paper's "honest journalism" outside of the scandal.

"Inevitably, there is an extremely painful period ahead while we get to the bottom of these issues and atone for the wrongdoing that took place in the past," he added.

"But please be aware that I am extremely proud of your loyalty and commitment, the work we have done, and continue to do, to ensure that nothing like this should happen again. I am also proud of the great, honest, journalism that continues to win awards and make a positive difference to people's lives.

"We are the paper that campaigned to enshrine the Military Covenant in law, fought for ten years to establish Sarah's Law into legislation, the paper of Children's Champions, the paper that has fought tirelessly against bullying and so much more."

Myler concluded the e-mail by stating that he aims to restore the reputation of the newspaper once the full facts of the investigation have been revealed.

"As Rebekah [Brooks] said in her statement yesterday, News International will pursue the facts with vigour and integrity," he declared.

"Please be assured that, as editor, I will do everything in my power to restore the News of the World's reputation for fair, accurate and, most importantly, responsible journalism."

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a public inquiry into the "absolutely disgusting" allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World.
DS



Excuse me while I vomit

Omah 06-07-2011 08:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Kerry~ (Post 4355551)
DS



Excuse me while I vomit
You are excused ..... ;)

What an appalling travesty of the truth and abuse of the facts from Myler - perhaps he's up to his neck in the mire, too ..... :eek:

Kerry 06-07-2011 09:08 PM
It's on the news now. Literally making my skin crawl.

arista 06-07-2011 09:16 PM
Yes Ch4 news is Top.
And SkyNewsHD

Omah how many more threads are you going to do,
you could have all these boring bits on one thread.

Omah 06-07-2011 09:19 PM
Dead soldiers' families 'hacked by NotW'
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14052909

Quote:
Phones owned by relatives of dead UK soldiers were allegedly hacked by the News of the World, a national newspaper reports.

The Daily Telegraph claims the phone numbers of relatives of dead were found in the files of private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.

After details of the Telegraph story emerged, a senior source at News International told BBC political editor Nick Robinson: "The military is a cause central to the heart of News International. If this story is correct we are absolutely shocked and appalled that that tradition has been besmirched".

"The News of the World and the Sun have prided themselves on their support for Help the Heroes, campaigns for the military covenant and other military causes."
The extent of this depravity is beyond belief ..... :eek:

MTVN 06-07-2011 09:26 PM
Can the Mods merge all the NotW threads? We've got 5 here now, don't really need a seperate one for each incident

arista 06-07-2011 09:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4355700)
Can the Mods merge all the NotW threads? We've got 5 here now, don't really need one for each incident

another thread?


Merge the lot

T* 06-07-2011 09:28 PM
Im SICK TO THE THROAT WITH NOTW. LETS HOPE IT GETS CLOSED DOWN!

Omah 06-07-2011 09:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4355700)
Can the Mods merge all the NotW threads? We've got 5 here now, don't really need a seperate one for each incident
Yes we do - there's more than ONE issue in the debate .....

MTVN 06-07-2011 09:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omah (Post 4355711)
Yes we do - there's more than ONE issue in the debate .....
Not really, they're all a part of the NotW phone hacking scandal as a whole

Omah 06-07-2011 09:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 4355668)
Yes Ch4 news is Top.
And SkyNewsHD

Omah how many more threads are you going to do,
you could have all these boring bits on one thread.
Boring .... a man with an axe in his skull and NoTW journalists implicated ?

:amazed:

Omah 06-07-2011 09:38 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 4355716)
Not really, they're all a part of the NotW phone hacking scandal as a whole
No, they're not ..... :nono:

The "hacking" is just the tip of the NotW, and perhaps NI/NC. scandal ..... :hmph:

Omah 06-07-2011 09:40 PM
Hugh Grant: How I exposed hacking
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14052690

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The actor Hugh Grant has been speaking about how he recorded a conversation between himself and Paul McMullen, in which the journalist revealed details of phone hacking by the media.

Details of the exchange were then revealed by Mr Grant in the New Statesman.

Mr McMullen, a former features editor at the News of the World, joined Mr Grant on the BBC's News Channel to debate the issue.

arista 06-07-2011 09:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omah (Post 4355718)
Boring .... a man with an axe in his skull and NoTW journalists implicated ?

:amazed:



He is dead


Get over it.


This Topic is never ending
One thread would be better

arista 06-07-2011 09:48 PM
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...7.2011-001.jpg


King Rupert
has a solution.


Great Sketch steve bell

Omah 06-07-2011 09:51 PM
Who, What, Why: Can phone hackers still access messages?
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14044499

Quote:
When mobile phones were analogue, would-be snoopers could listen in using scanners. When mobile phones became digital, this option largely disappeared. But by then another way of snooping on people's private lives had presented itself - hacking into voicemail.

Mobile voicemail was introduce during the mid-1980s with users dialling a number, such as 121, to retrieve their messages. Because of poor network coverage, short battery life and people needing to listen to messages while abroad, mobile operators offered customers the chance to access messages remotely from another phone.

For many years the mobile phones came with a default four-digit Pin such as 1234, 0000 or 3333. In theory customers were expected to change their Pin, but in practice very few people did so.

This presented tabloid journalists and private investigators with a golden opportunity. They could simply ring the number and if the caller didn't answer, enter the default Pin and access the person's messages.

Another ruse was to change the voicemail Pin from the default to prevent other journalists having access to it.

Prominent hack victims were Siena Miller, the publicist Max Clifford and Professional Footballers Association chief Gordon Taylor.

But today hacking is not the simple business it once was.

Security has been tightened but the answer is to drop remote access to voicemail altogether.

Simply switching this function off would make phones safer from determined hackers intent on digging around one's voicemail.

Omah 06-07-2011 09:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 4355777)
Get over it.
Please do not patronise ..... :nono:

arista 06-07-2011 09:58 PM
http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content...1/16025648.jpg


http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content...1/16025592.jpg

Omah 06-07-2011 09:59 PM
Phone hacking: The day everything changed
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14045722

Nick Robinson Political editor

Quote:
For the past two decades no politician with a prospect of power dared attack the Murdoch empire.

Indeed, politicians of both major parties and their spin doctors fought with each other to woo, to charm and to convert the executives of News International. Today all that changed.

The prime minister has promised enquiries into media ethics and the relationship of the police to News International.

The leader of the opposition has called for the chief executive of News International Rebekah Brooks to be sacked and the News Corporation's bid for BSkyB to be delayed.

Nothing will be quite the same again.

Update, 1513: I'm aware that some people have read my earlier entry and think I'm pointing and nudging towards Andy Coulson.

I'm doing no such thing. I can't say who News International think commissioned and sanctioned the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone, because I don't know. And I have no evidence to suggest it was Mr Coulson.

The fact is that News International are pretty clear they know who was involved. We have to assume that if it's someone on the staff they will have to be disciplined and - if the company doesn't discipline anyone - then it's someone who has already left the building. That includes more people than just Andy Coulson.
Does that someone have ginger hair ..... :conf:

Omah 06-07-2011 10:24 PM
Miliband declares war on Murdoch empire
 
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50e4da86-a...#ixzz1RMlyTGpQ

By George Parker and Kiran Stacey

Quote:

David Cameron’s relationship with News International was consummated on September 29 2009, when The Sun announced on the day of Gordon Brown’s Labour party conference speech that it would back the Conservatives at the forthcoming election.

A furious Lord Mandelson, Labour’s election chief, angrily confronted Rebekah Brooks, the group’s chief executive. Now the ramifications of that heated night are coming back to bite the media company.

In calling for Ms Brooks’s resignation on Wednesday, Ed Miliband in effect declared war on Rupert Murdoch’s news empire and completely changed the terms of the political debate, at a stroke transforming the relationship between Westminster and the media group.

Cheered on by his MPs during prime minister’s question time on Wednesday, the Labour leader said Ms Brooks “should take responsibility and stand down”.

“We had a brief internal discussion about the risks,” said one ally of Mr Miliband. “But in the end it was a simple decision – sometimes things are just so obviously wrong that you have to speak out.”

In taking on News International – leading demands for a full inquiry into the hacking scandal and calling for News Corp’s bid for British Sky Broadcasting to be put on hold – Mr Miliband is putting himself at the head of a parliamentary cause.

As Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and former minister, said in opening Wednesday’s emergency debate, media barons have long deployed their power to curtail political criticism. “We have colluded for far too long with the media,” he said.

The latest allegations of phone-hacking – moving from the realms of celebrity to embroil bereaved families in their darkest moments of despair – have emboldened parliament to take on what Mr Bryant called “other powers” in the land.
:cool:

Harry! 06-07-2011 10:25 PM
I'm bored of this now :bored:.

Omah 06-07-2011 10:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry! (Post 4355945)
I'm bored of this now :bored:.
Well, there are rather complex social, moral and emotional issues involved, along with massive potential political and economic considerations ..... :)

joeysteele 06-07-2011 10:47 PM
I'm far from bored with it and its news that is changing and seemingly getting intensely worse all the time, this is matter of peoples privacy and the right to that but it is also becoming an insight to some of the possible corruption not only as to certain media but within the Police too.

arista 06-07-2011 11:03 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry! (Post 4355945)
I'm bored of this now :bored:.

Yes
Africa has starving children
more important.

joeysteele 06-07-2011 11:19 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 4356006)
Yes
Africa has starving children
more important.
I agree that starving Children is a very important and urgent issue and has to be kept in the news more too,however in truth Africa always has starving Children and adults too.
This news though as to the hacking scandal has even now far evovlved into even more issues concerning peoples privacy and freedoms and therefore I would say is as important at this point in time.

Omah 06-07-2011 11:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 4356006)
Yes
Africa has starving children
more important.
That's not new and, seemingly, it never changes - mainly due to rampant corruption, which, coincidentally, is one of the issues in the NotW "case" ..... shouldn't we put our own house in order first ?

:conf:

Omah 07-07-2011 09:26 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14060039

Quote:
David Cameron is under growing pressure to act now to set up a judge-led public inquiry into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World.

The PM has said a probe must wait until police investigations are completed.

But Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson said it should be "immediate" and "no holds barred".

Labour MP Chris Bryant also said an inquiry could be set up now and given the power to summon evidence "before somebody starts shredding it".
The PM is procrastinating as much as possible, presumably to permit his "pals" to prepare their "defence" ..... :rolleyes:

joeysteele 07-07-2011 09:48 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omah (Post 4356757)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14060039



The PM is procrastinating as much as possible, presumably to permit his "pals" to prepare their "defence" ..... :rolleyes:
It certainly appears he is going to have to be dragged kicking and screaming into taking any action on this, maybe it's likely he hopes to limit the damge to or try to protect, his Sun and News of the World friends.

He is having to be pushed very hard by all other politicians and independent sources all the way on this and even Boris Johnson the London Mayor is saying he should get the public enquiry up and running now.

I liked one MPs call that the public enquiry should be set up now and should be gathering information and evidence now too before someone starts shredding it.

It seems the Police have made a right old mess of this too and although I cannot stand the man,well done to John Prescott for really pushing this one too, he has never given up on his grievance with the News of the World and eventually it seems the can of worms has finally been opened.

This may damage Cameron very badly,personally as to judgement and politically too if he is seen to try to protect any people at the News of the World, he is friendly with Rebecca Brooks,if she has anything on him and his party she seems a lady(?) that will go down fighting in the nastiest way possible.

Omah 07-07-2011 10:43 AM
Royal British Legion suspends NoW ties over 'hacking'
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14061557

Quote:
The Royal British Legion (RBL) has cut ties with the News of the World as its campaigning partner amid claims the paper may have hacked into the mobile phones of bereaved military families.

The forces charity said it was "shocked to the core" by the allegations.

It said it was also reviewing its advertising with the paper's owner, News International, which also publishes the Sun and The Times.
Good for RBL ..... :thumbs:

Omah 07-07-2011 10:59 AM
Letting Rebekah Brooks lead inquiry is 'extraordinary', says PCC chair
 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...-extraordinary

Quote:
The PCC chair says it is extraordinary that Rebekah Brooks is leading the internal inquiry into phone hacking.

The head of the press watchdog has attacked the "extraordinary decision" by Rupert Murdoch to allow Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, to oversee the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World.

Peta Buscombe, chair of the Press Complaints Commission, who insisted in 2009 that the PCC was not misled by the News of the World during its own inquiry into phone hacking, has conceded in the wake of this week's revelations that the watchdog had been "lied to".

She urged News International chiefs to "look at their own conscience" and give the true facts.

But she expressed doubts that there could be confidence in an internal company investigation conducted by Brooks, the former News of the World editor under whose watch some of the alleged phone hacking took place.

"I think it's extraordinary that Rupert Murdoch has asked Rebekah Brooks to lead their own internal inquiry into this," she told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"In any other business that would not be allowed to happen."
Unbelievable - the alleged criminal allowed to investigate their own activities ..... :shocked:

arista 07-07-2011 11:46 AM
NOTW could sell for 20p
this Sunday, if it comes out.

Omah 07-07-2011 12:56 PM
Phone hacking: IPCC oversees police payments inquiry
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14065599

Quote:
Sir Paul Stephenson Met Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson asked the IPCC to supervise the payments inquiry

The investigation into claims officers were paid by the News of the World will be overseen by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

The watchdog's deputy chairwoman Deborah Glass said she would personally supervise the "robust" inquiry to give "independent oversight".

The Met said it had formally referred documents from the tabloid's publisher News International to the IPCC.
Now that seems fair enough ..... ;)

Quote:
Newspaper reports claim several people are likely to be arrested within days.
Oo-er - brown trousers for several coppers, then ..... :laugh2:

Omah 07-07-2011 01:57 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14059572

Quote:
More companies have withdrawn advertising from the News of the World in light of the phone-hacking scandal.

Major advertisers Boots and O2 are the latest to join a list of businesses wishing to distance themselves from the paper while the situation unfolds.

Mobile phone company O2, who spent more than £1m on advertising in the News of the World last year, said it would not be purchasing advertising "while the situation unfolds".

Boots, who spent £800,000 last year, said it had also put further advertising on hold.
They're only small amounts, but they all count as a protest ..... :cool:


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