The Official Newscorp/UK end of season finale/Rebekah Brooks did 9/11 thread

column on p3 iirc

“I am aware of the case of surveiling Mr Watson and again, under the circumstances I apologize unreservedly...It is not something I would condone, it is not something I had knowledge of. It’s important to say that certain surveillance of prominent figures is acceptable in investigative journalism, but in this case it is absolutely unacceptable.”

Found nothing then?

they caught him pwning n00bs on xbox

"we followed him into a room where he disappeared into a hole in the wall and somehow appeared behind us, carrying a box"

james murdoch arrested!

https://twitter.com/#!/SkyNewsBiz/statuses/135489287373336576

huh, weird, they deleted the tweet

Rebekah Brooks' PA arrested. Could be interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3HM0BUz3WA

Awww man why did no one tell me Ian Hislop was giving evidence to the Leveson Enquiry today?

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Asked if he has evidence for this, Hislop says: "Oooh."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/19/phone-hacking-news-international-settles

is it wrong to be bummed at celebs willing to settle? i want these fuckers to go to trial. or am i massively misunderstanding what's going on?

Hard to imagine Prescott settling up + shutting up

... well, shutting up, tbh

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/19/phone-hacking-settlement-now-publisher

Although the lawyers' statement does not name names, it specifically accuses directors of News Group Newspapers Ltd, the Murdoch subsidiary which controlled the News of the World, of seeking to conceal the wrongdoing by "deliberately deceiving investigators and destroying evidence".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/23/phone-hacking-news-world-milly-dowler

What in blue blazes has Bob Crow got on his head:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58091000/jpg/_58091688_013811667-1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Tz7NO.jpg

Ha! Two Great Beasts!

4 The Sun writers and a copper arrested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16771809

News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".
News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".
News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".
News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".
News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".
News Corporation said it would continue to pursue "legitimate journalism".

http://images.wikia.com/simpsons/images/8/8e/Legitimate_businessman

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/29/data-pool-3-sun-arrests-murdoch

http://www.artmediaagency.com/en/35973/james-murdoch-leaves-sothebys-board-of-directors/

A slow but sure unwinding.

Police probe hacking at The Times

boom

I think we're past the end of season finale and onto the extras disk no-one gets around to watching at this point.

Starting to kick into high:

The Sun has been plunged into crisis following the arrest of five of its most senior journalists, including the deputy editor, over allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials.

The five Sun journalists are understood to be: deputy editor Geoff Webster, picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker and reporter John Sturgis.

The Sun's editor, Dominic Mohan, said: "I'm as shocked as anyone by today's arrests but am determined to lead the Sun through these difficult times. I have a brilliant staff and we have a duty to serve our readers and will continue to do that. Our focus is on putting out Monday's newspaper."

A News International source said Mohan was "not resigning" but added that it was "obviously a dramatic day for him".

Sky News reported that Rupert Murdoch is flying into the UK to reassure Sun staff that he will not close the paper in the wake of the latest arrests.

Sky News reported that Rupert Murdoch is flying into the UK to reassure Sun staff that he will not close the paper in the wake of the latest arrests.

Very, very difficult to imagine he'd close The Sun. Think the NotW closure was primarily based on the Millie Dowler evidence.

There's a suggestion that this could be much more serious for News International than the Dowler phone hacking because of US statutes preventing the payment of bribes to foreign officials, but i'm not sure how much weight that has.

"Witch-hunt has put us behind ex-Soviet states on Press freedom - The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh on the biggest police operation in British criminal history."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4124870/The-Suns-Trevor-Kavanagh-Witch-hunt-puts-us-behind-ex-Soviet-states-on-Press-freedom.html

What a shame for the highly-paid amoral lawbreakers at The Sun that the higher-ups are dobbing them in to the law.

We will build on the Sun's proud heritage by launching the Sun on Sunday very soon.

uh-oh

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/9102231/Phone-hacking-News-of-the-World-bosses-ordered-emails-to-be-deleted.html

wonder if this story will be covered in depth in the debut issue of the sun on sunday?

Will Charlotte Church settling mean that we don't get to hear the real dirt (on New Int, not on Church) or will it all come out in the inquiry anyway?

Getting weirder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

She only adopted the animal so it would have a stable home.

If she was sensible she would have worn one of these, while out riding her police horse:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DHcE_DhQ6oQ/TnN7XUiyGYI/AAAAAAAACyY/-ABXKFXGiQo/s640/IMG1061.jpg

"A horse, a horse, favourable coverage in the United Kingdom's best selling tabloid for a horse"

I can see that as tomorrows Sun frontpage.

um, unless..

James Murdoch quits News International

James Murdoch has stepped down as executive chairman of News International [...] Mr Murdoch will remain as deputy chief operating officer of parent group News Corporation.

corporate boardroom musical chairs is all greek to me.

another innocent bites the dust

from Rawkus to this, quite a tumble

At this rate they'll need their own wing and prison uniform

police announced in last few minutes further arrests for phone hacking

i guess none of this will really stick until prosecutions begin? this thing seems so big now - news int, police, politicians - i wonder if its not gonna blow over because people would rather corruption than cleaning house

yeah, i know, 'people'